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Ashton's new pet

Anyone that knows Ethan shouldn't be surprised that Ashton's first pet would be a snake, specifically a Rosie Boa. Ashton loves them (we have two Rosie Boas and two Sand Boas). It's been a good experience for him. Mom is warming up to them as well and sometimes will even get them out for Ashton when Ethan isn't home.

Candid moments

Noah did not want to be held by Ashton, and Ashton didn't really want to hold Noah, so... we didn't get any good pictures of the boys together. But you can't say we didn't try.

Snap shots of Noah

Take a look at those muscles. Noah is so much fun these days. He rolls all over the place and sometimes pretends to crawl/scoot. All I know is that I can't leave him anywhere for very long before he's across the room and trying to get into trouble. I've been loving the cloth diapers (if any of you were wondering). And in general Noah's a pretty happy guy, we sure love him, it's so fun watching him grow.

Ashton gets a haircut

Ashton loved getting his haircut, he was so patient for mommy. Okay, he really loved the sucker he got afterwards, but the ends justify the means, right?

Before and After, Need I say more?

Down stairs makeover

I actually made this roman shade! This was a big step for me, I don't usually take on sewing projects past baby blankets and pillows, so I was pretty excited that when all was said and done it actually works.


We've also painted almost the entire interior of the home. It was much harder picking paint colors than I anticipated, but we're happy with the way they turned out, you'll have to let us know what you think.
So, we completely redid all the flooring downstairs. We took out the existing tile in the entry way and half bath. Scraped off the linoleum in the kitchen and tore out the carpet in the dining room and living room. Ethan (with the help of some great friends, and his beautiful wife:) laid the tile and we left the carpet to the professionals. It's been fun to see the transformation. The pictures don't do it justice. I guess you'll all just have to come and visit to get the full effect.

Demolition

We tore out all the flooring downstairs. It was kind of fun at first and then completely exhausting! We spent alot of time on our hands and knees with four inch scrapers trying to rid our floor of laminate glue and tile mortar. Once we started we definitely had some "Oh my gosh what have we gotten ourselves into" moments. It was a crazy couple of weeks. We did the majority of the work at night after the boys went to sleep. So from 8pm -2am we performed a labor of love. I t was totally worth it in the end, but there was some time when we began to wonder if it would ever feel like home.

Before and After

It's been nice to have our room all to ourselves now that Noah is sleeping with Ashton I think we're all sleeping better these days!

Before and After

Yeah, we finally have a guest room! This used to be Ashton's bed in our old apartment, I think he's had a hard time adjusting to less wiggle room, but that's okay. We started out with Noah in this room but have recently moved him in with Ashton and that seems to be working pretty well. So these pictures were taken before that change.

Before and After

We said goodbye to the Whinnie the Pooh wallpaper and hello to a very blue room. I had so much fun decorating this room, and now we have an appropriate place to store our surfboards:) Ashton finally has his own space and a place for his toys and books.