Bathroom Renovation

Here are pictures of our newly completed bathroom. I'm so glad it's finally done and proud of all the work I did.

Newly installed beadboard and mirror.
New vanity, toilet and floor.

New light, mirror and vanity

New towel rack, beadboard, toilet, sink.

Happy Birthday MeMaw!

This past weekend we went up to South Bend to see Jeff's parents and celebrate his mom's birthday. I found a card with cats singing happy birthday and I knew Fiona would love it as well. If you listen closely at the beginning of the video, she's meowing along with the cats. She was so serious about it, too!

Fiona Funnies

I don't have any new pictures downloaded to add to the site, but I do have some fun stories of Fiona. She's getting so big and doing so much now. I was talking to Jeff on the phone yesterday around lunchtime. Fiona came into the kitchen with her hand on her cheek saying, "whoa, whoa". It took me a minute to realize she wanted to talk to Jeff on the phone and was saying, "hello." She actually talked to him, too (well, Fiona speak, but she didn't stay silent like she normally does).

She loves to be outside, but can only handle it for a short while (1/2 hour at the most). She LOVES to feed the birds and will carry a cup of birdseed out to the yard and dump it for them. She also likes to play in it, but it keeps her occupied while I shovel (esp. as we got 8-12 inches this past week). She has her own shovel but doesn't really know how to use it yet. She also likes to go for rides on her sled.

Today she put her baby in its bed, covered the baby with a blanket and then turned to me with her finger on her lips (or up her nose, hard to tell) and said her version of Shhh! It was too cute! I didn't even know she knew what it meant.

Another recent activity has been "shopping." She'll take her baby stroller (or grocery cart, depending on her mood) over to the pantry and start putting cans, boxes, whatever she can get her hands on into the stroller and then cart it around the house.

She's lately become obsessed with eating soup, mostly for the carrots, I think. She's not happy when we tell her she can't have it for breakfast. Although, Jeff did give her spaghetti-o's for breakfast the other morning because that was the only thing she said she'd eat. And she did eat them! Crazy kid.

I'll try to get some pictures up soon. She's changed a lot in the last few months and is getting taller and more mature each day.

SNOW!!!

We finally got some measureable snow today and Fiona had a blast playing outside in it. We didn't stay out long, but stayed out long enough to get some good photos!

Fiona decided she wanted to go with Jeff's parents when they left. She went running out after them (without a coat, as you can see). Luckily she came running back inside before she could get too cold.

It's a little big, but she looks too cute in it! This picture doesn't show off the "jester" style hood which looks so silly and fun.

What is this stuff?

Feeding the birds

Fun at the Children's Museum

Recently we spent the morning playing at the Children's Museum. Fiona loved the water table and got soaked, even with the smock on!

Merry Christmas!

Helping Daddy cut down the Christmas tree.

Cheese!

Look! Santa came!

Fiona's stocking was too heavy to hang on the mantle!

Fiona was a little slow on the uptake. She didn't see the presents right away because she was too focused on the kitty on my lap. She LOVED all her presents.

Playing with her musical dog. She picked this out at Big Lots and I hid it away. I love the way she's so interested in the wagging tail!

Fall Fun

Fiona has fallen in love with leaves and trees. She insists on walking around the block at least once a day to run through all the leaves and see what pretty ones we can find.

Two cuties

My mom surprised us with a nice long visit. She brought Fiona's Halloween costume with her. Fiona had so much fun playing with Grammie and Grammie had just as much fun.

Our Halloween scarecrow. Isn't she cute?