Daddy's Little Helpers

Ryan began child proofing our cabinets this weekend. He had lots of "help." Josiah especially is eager to help with everything:) We got a lot unpacked this weekend and many of the boxes cleared out of the main room. Hopefully we will feel more settled soon!

My Men!

Opposite

I took this second pic recently, and remembered I had one that was similar, but opposite! In both pictures, Aedan looks stressed:) Here they are:

March 2008

September 2008

We have moved!

After all the work of getting the new place together, we have moved!! Of course, there are boxes everwhere in our house, and not much is organized. It is great to be here, though! We moved most of our stuff this past Saturday. We had lots of issues come up during the move, such as the truck not working quite right (power steering, or something like that), and the frig not fitting...yikes..which we finally got to fit! Ryan just got the washer and dryer moved over today and is going to get the rest of our food this evening. Here are some pictures:

Our last night in the rental house!

Before picture of the kithen and play area (at the far end)...the floor looks yucky from taking down the wall paper.

After picture of the same area.

Floor picture

Josiah and Aedan checking out the new house after the flooring was done.

Josiah checking out his room.

Aedan sitting on the carpet.

The outside of our house.

Josiah has found a climbing tree!

Happy Birthday Papa!!

Happy Birthday Papa (Dad)! We hope you have a great day! We love you! Love, Catherine, Ryan, Josiah, and Aedan

cheap labor!

The floors and carpet go down today and tomorrow. We found some cheap labor to get the job done!:)

Unfortunately, the little one likes to sleep on the job!

Aedan's room (for now)

For Aedan's room, I'm keeping the same colors that the boys currently have...the lime green and blues. I figured we have lots of stuff to match it already, so we won't have to buy new stuff. (The dresser, curtains, and rug we have will match.) We did all the walls white, except for the window wall. That way, Aedan will have a little color, and it can be easily changed later if needed. Below are some before and after pics.

Before: dirty white with a beautiful duck border. (Actually, there was a Titans border on top of that, too.)

The green and white walls finished!:)

"I like blue room"

We finished the boys' room yesterday!! Josiah's room (and within the next year, Aedan's too) has 3 walls that are blue, and one wall with colored squares (blue, light blue, brown, and orange). It turned out really well. We took Josiah in the room the other night, and he seemed to like it a lot. Yesterday on way back from the park, I was asking him about the room, and he said, "I like blue room." Below are some before and after pictures.

Josiah's room before. As you can see it's (surprise) yellow!...much like the whole house before.

Josiah's room in progress.

Ryan taped the squares. He did an excellent job!

The squares painted.

Ryan taking down the tape.

The finished wall!:)