Strawberry Pie!

I made a strawberry pie this week...Aaron had his own piece with some ice cream. Let's just say he LOVED it! Baba would be proud. Here is what Aaron looked like with his pie.

P.S. Mark's face looked EXACTLY the same as Aaron's when he was done, but he wouldn't let me take a picture of it.

random

I thought I would put some pictures on the blog to show what we've been up to the last few days. Aaron is loving having the house open with not a lot of furniture in it...more room to run and play. Enjoy!

Favorite book right now: Goodnight Gorilla

Sweetest face...decided to play dress up with one of his coats

Then he added two of my shoes to the dress up game

Helping mama paint the cabinets

GO BIG BLUE!!!

FINAL FOUR BABY!!!!!

outside

Well the weather is AWESOME right now. Saturday we mowed the lawn for the first time this season. Aaron was so excited to mow. He even tried to use the handles...which made it slightly more difficult. We had a lot of fun doing outdoor things, especially since we have been stuck inside for the past week working on the floor. I just thought I would post some pictures.

Oh yea baby!

So I thought I would update with some pictures of my GORGEOUS hardwood floor! Also, I got a new washer, dryer and dishwasher.

Organized disaster

Ok, so right now my house is pretty much a complete disaster. However, it is a controlled disaster (this is what I've decided to call it) because I know where everything is and it is somewhat organized...just no home yet. I knew this was coming, but somehow I wasn't quite prepared for what it was going to look like. Last weekend we started pulling up all the floors in the house. I was ok with that until I came home from an errand and found my entire living room full of the things I had stored in the spare bedroom and Aaron's room. Particle board and dust filled my house and things were a complete mess. And my one year old was running around in all of it. I was pretty much having a moment of complete crisis and breakdown when Kelli Wilson miraculously showed up in my house and gave me some perspective and put me back together (since I fell apart in front of all the wonderful men who came to help). She helped me sort through things and encouraged me that things were going to look great when everything was done. I have since held onto these words...especially when the decision was made to pull out the cabinets (just the bottom ones) to put the floor under them. Mark is working so hard to make this chaos as short-lived as possible. Plus, we have had SO MUCH HELP from all our friends to tear up the floors to dinner 3 nights in a row because cooking was not going to happen. Also, both our dad's got here last night and have done so much for us. We are so blessed to have them. Aaron hasn't skipped a beat. He just goes with the flow. The entire house is a jungle gym to him and he thinks it's cool to help his daddy. Matt will be here tomorrow night and my dad is staying a few extra days to help start the hardwood floors. It's hard to believe we are actually going to get the new floors in. I've attached some pictures for your viewing pleasure.

Aaron loved playing in the cabinets

when the counter tops came off

Dad and Mark taking out the cabinets

...notice NO STOVE/DISHWASHER

my current living room

Aaron and Papa...

he never stops smiling when they are together

Aaron got all bundled up to help Papa clean out the garage