Remodel ... Entry

My husband is amazing at getting our remodeling projects done. We had been waiting to get our new front door installed before Carl could tile the entryway, but now we have a beautiful entryway floor to match our fabulous new door. We put the same slate tile as our kitchen floor with a mosaic. Now we haveone less tiling project to do!!! Carl is a tiling pro. In our old house, he tiled our kitchen, laundry room, both bathrooms (floors and our master shower and tub surround), kitchen backsplash and bathroom countertop. Here in this house he has tiled our bathroom floor, countertop, tub surround, kitchen floor, backsplash and now our entryway)! He also put up his sister's backsplash in her kitchen! We have definitely gotten our money's worth out of our tile saw. This entryway project reminded me our of old house and old tiling projects, when he had his spotlight out and was cutting tile in the dark! Thank you, Carl, for always working on our house and making it beautiful!

 The cement board is down!

 New tile!! 

Kelvin is 10 months old!

On June 4, Kelvin turned 10 months old. Each month I say that I cannot believe Kelvin is ___ months old, but it is seriously hard to believe that he is already 10 months old. He is quickly approaching one year old and I feel like I just had him. Kelvin is a fun, smiley baby with a vibrant personality. He would definitely like to be able to do things like Preston. When ever he has a little car toy, or a boat or even a plane, he will "drive" the vehicle and make a "bruummm" sound. He also now drops things and says "uh oh" and will repeat it constantly (unless of course, I would like someone else to hear him!). He crawls around by dragging himself on the floor, so no matter how often I clean our floors, he is still constantly dirty. And he always finds, and eats whatever little pieces of dirt he can find on the floor. He still loves bathes, and will crawl into the bathroom, shrieking all the way and then pull up and stand beside the bathtub. He also shrieks in excitement, whenever we take his clothes off and walk toward the bathroom. Kelvin sucks his thumb and when he is tired, he snuggles a blanket next to his face with his other hand, but if a blanket is not available, he will snuggle with other replacements.... I have seen him crinkle up paper and snuggle with it. One day, he pulled himself into the bathroom and grabbed a towel (our vanity does not have doors on it yet), then he tucked it under himself and drug it out into the hallway, then sat up and started sucking his thumb and snuggling with the towel. He loves to talk and babbles all the time. He is just starting to get into our kitchen cupboards, although his favorite places are Preston's room and the bathroom. He loves to smile and laugh. It is such a joy to watch him and Preston grow! Preston is such a great brother and whenever Kelvin wakes up, Preston will say "it's okay Kelvin. I am coming" and he will run in, climb into his crib and entertain Kelvin. This month he weighed 23 pounds 2 ounces and is 29 1/4 inches long. 

 Pictures are more of an adventure!

 I love my matching brother pictures I took on June 4 also!!