Emma, Ethan and I packed up our bags 2 weeks ago and invaded my parents house while Dann finished some of our house renos.
Dann has wanted to build a play room in the basement since we moved in, thus he finally got around to it. Dann framed up our storage room and sided the room with panelling. He painted the panelling to match the rest of the basement (bluff), put down a foam floor and then used our old area rug for the final touch.(Dann even framed in a plastic mirror on the wall so the kids can look at themselves - he thinks of everything)!
Emma was so excited to see the finished product! Dann moved the kitchen centre out of Emma's room and put it down in the "new" room. She has spent countless hours playing in her new play room already and we have only been home for a couple of days. Not sure if Emma will like sharing her new space with her baby brother, once he is on the move!
Dann painted the last wall in the kitchen (now the walls are all one color)...
and the stairs now have white painted risers instead of white paper risers.
I think the risers turned out great... I have such a handy husband!
Enough reno photos...lets look at the kids now!
Ethan is now 4 months old.He is 21 pounds and 27 inches long.
Those thighs are bought and paid for...
Happy Birthday Grandma!
Mom was excited to celebrate her special day with her grand kids.
While we were away, we spent some time with Great-Grandma. She is going to be 93 this summer, and still lives on her own in her house.
I think she has more energy than humanly possible!
Holding Ethan brought a sparkle to her eye, which was nice to see.
Emma also got a chance to spend 4 days with her cousin, as Dean and Richelle came home for a quick trip while we were at my parent's (to meet Ethan and visit Great-Grandma). We all had a nice visit, even if it was short.
Great-Grandma with her two Great-Grand Daughters
I managed to make a quick trip to Calgary to visit my old roommate and some family. Kari's youngest son Jack could not get enough of Ethan. All Jack wanted was to get as close as possible to Ethan. Jack is a big boy, so we had to hold him back on a few occasions.
I also got a visit in with my friend Janice. Her youngest daughter Olivia and Emma had a ball together. They were attached at the hip and played like old pals.
My cousin Debbie stopped over to Mom & Dad's the last night we were there. Grandma Deb loved Ethan and was ready to take him home! Yup, I said Grandma!! This Foxy Granny has 3 grand kids of her own and one more on the way!
We will end this slide show with a pic of Ethan in his highchair.
4 comments:
Sounds like a great trip, it was wonderful you could spend time with everyone and do lots of visiting. Emma looks as if she had a ball and Ethan is growing like a weed.
Excellent work Dan, maybe you should re-think your career path! Who wouldn't want to go and play in that toy room!
WOW! Holy Dann Batman! What a great, handy husband you have. Emma must LOVE her new play room, it's very cool. Now I don't feel so bad for painting my kitchen, one wall at a time. Of course, I'm doing it though. Al hates painting and will avoid it at all costs.
The stairs look very good.
Your kids are super cute, and growing so fast. Time must be flying by for you. Thanks for the updates.
I love the toyroom! It looks far bigger than I imagined it after first hearing about it, and it turned out SUPER COOL! Your kids will have a LOT of fun there!
I love the stairs. They really look great like that.
I'm so glad you put up some more pictures of the kids. If you could just put a few new ones up each week, we'd be sated!
Lots of love to you all!
I will try to keep up to your request JL... hahaha!
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