March Madness!

I can't believe that April is a few days away! We are working hard on the house, chasing Cate and planning on visits from the Gunderson's and to the beach for a wedding! We have had a crazy March and we are ready for spring to warm us up from the deep freeze we had this winter! We are eating ice cream in bed while watching the movie District 9 (which was surprisingly different - but we liked it). Cate is loving just jumping from me to Dustin and crawling through the covers! Cate loves her tunnel!

Boo!

Lights and Fans amaze her!

Baby Bear!

Yes, Izzie will take ANY space you give her!

Well, she was sleeping coundly!

Cate's 1st St. Patrck's Day- to the Dr.'s for her nine month check up (17.3 pnds, 28.3 inches)

Yummy Fruit!

almost there

Bridge Troubles~

So after a weekend of warm weather, the bridge flooded Sunday after a huge rain storm passed through. D and I were able to get out from the scary back route over the mountain. The route is an old logging road, we think, that barely gets used and we know why! I kept my eyes closed the entire way but Dustin is off at his training and I got to work, late but I got there. Now that the water is down we have a section of pavement missing that makes the bridge unusable (is that a word) and all the neighbors are getting together to discuss our options! Fun times on Daniels Daughter- at least my car is on the other side of the river now so I can get to work on time! Luckily for us, my mom is here with Cate and we don't have to worry about taking her over it until next week when it is fixed!

8 months 3 weeks and 3 days- Cate Crawls!

Dustin and I were home on Friday night and Cate crawled for us! She loves to knock down anything that you build and she crawled (military style) over to knock down the blocks! It was great to watch her figure out that she can move to get things now!

half the granite

We got half the counter tops in last night (they were here until 9) and they will be back to finish them up later today. They look SOOOOO great and we are happy to almost have our kitchen back to normal- now we just have to finish the walls, backsplash, paint, floors (oh what fun)!

Brian turns 6!

We went to VA on Friday for Christy and Brian's birthday and here are some pic's.

Elan hanging out

Brian and all his buds

Giving the thumbs up to Uncle Dut

Cate eating her dinner

Elan with her face written on (she is a hoot)

new bat for tball

blowing out his crocodile cake (he was captain hook at school)

Caught 2 members of the family eating LOTS of cake and ice cream

FACE PLANT IN THE CAKE!

chocolate face

1st party tired her out!

More Renovation Pic's

This is what the left side looked like before Dustin demolished the UGLY countertops. My dad came up and helped him to rehang the cabinets to the normal height, they were barely 12 inches off the counters before. The countertop guys will be here Monday to put those in and we will be all set to finish with paint and then onto the new floors! We will have a breakfast bar to the right now and the bottom cabinets have been moved.
They gutted everything and reinsulated this wall too!

MUCH BETTER!! (the green is drywall)