Sorry It's Been a While

Sorry we haven't posted in a while.  Billy has been sick and is now traveling.  Lily has been wearing us out with her new found wants as a 1 year old.  And me, well, I guess I just got lazy for a week or so.  Anyway, here are some shots from today.  Lily was in a great mood, which has put me back into a great mood. 


Walking and Flipping

Lily has been taking 3 or 4 steps for a while now, but now, as she turns 13 months, she is full on walking.  Here's a video for those of you who haven't seen it in person yet.  The 2nd video was taken last weekend.  She is all about flipping things over and climbing in or on them.  I wonder where she gets that from?  Hackie says she is a total tomboy.  Hmmm, guess that's why you haven't seen her wearing any lace. 

Painting is Complete

The painters finished yesterday.  The contractor also left town for a week - we are about 95% complete.  Enough for Lily's party though.  Carpet goes in on Monday.  Today. Billy is putting up the fan, staining the stairs and painting the baseboards.  Once the contractor returns he will put a stone stair into the room and fix the ledge outside.  So far, we are pretty happy. 

Such a bad dog

Billy is working so hard to make my backyard beautiful before Lily's Princess Birthday celebration.  Well, you can see tonight, when Lily and I went to look at the garden, that Gracie is trying to add her own flair to the yard.  I would rather she not help us out on that front.  As the pictures progress today, I guess Lily has decided a dog's life is not so bad.  She has started to love hanging out in Gracie's bed and is fairly fond of Gracie's bone too.  My little princess will be 11 months old tomorrow.  Such a big girl, and such a bad dog. 

Decorating and Landscaping

No construction was done today, so Billy took the day to start landscaping and decorating the new patio.  We have some plants and shrubs we want to put in, but we have been advised to wait until the Fall.  You can see that Gracie is very fond of this new patio.  Now, we are just waiting on Hackie to come over and tell us where to move things - we are sure we put them in the wrong places. 

Framing is done

The framing of the sunroom is complete.  Now we wait on the windows and doors to come in.  This is going to be the hard part - no work for a while.  We would have really like to have this time to start moving furniture and decorating - but it is what it is.  As long as everything is done by Lily's birthday party - we will be happy.  Speaking of Lily - the diaper rash from you know where, has seemed to be passing.  I never want to see her cry like that again.