Samantha got
to spend a lot of time with Daddy this week…I spent the first few evenings of
the week grouting the shower and bathroom floor. It took about 10 batches of grout to
finish. Once again we made our own grout
color – 1 part Delorean Gray, 2 parts Bright White. We still have some bullnose tiles to install
and grout before we’re fully done.
On Thursday
afternoon we visited a local glass shop to look at some shower doors. They are coming to the house this week to
take measurements and give us a quote. They
said it will take up to 2 ½ weeks until they can install the door – so we won’t
be able to shower in there until at least mid-June.
We did get a
lot accomplished this weekend. There
were a few outdoor activities – cutting the grass, watering the garden, etc.
but most of the work was bathroom related.
Saturday afternoon was spent at Lowe's buying the
last materials we need for the bathroom.
Chris spent some time putting trim around the door and window – it looks
much better now!
We also
touched up some drywall, paint, and installed the second medicine cabinet.
The biggest
thing remaining is the vanity. Back in
December we found a second-hand desk unit that we plan on turning into our
vanity. It has plenty of drawers and
shelves for a master bathroom and it will be fantastic when it’s done.
There is a
lot of work to do to the vanity but so far everything has gone pretty
well. Obviously we have to work around
plumbing which is the majority of the work.
However, the vanity is much shorter than we would like so we have to add
some height. We are going to use a frame
of 2”x6” with fancy molding on the outside.
We spent a lot of time Sunday night working on the plan for the vanity –
it required many trips up and down steps and a lot of measuring!
So far we
have the cuts made for the plumbing lines to come in the back and we
installed/modified the half shelf (it used to house a surge protector).
This was a
pretty big week of firsts for Samantha.
On Tuesday she rolled from her back to her stomach for the first time. Now that’s all she seems to want to do. For a girl that used to hate tummy time she
has been spending a lot of time on her tummy lately!
Now whenever
we put her down to sleep (on her back) she almost immediately rolls over. A common occurrence is to see her flipped and
rotated 180 degrees by morning.
Since it was
so hot here this weekend, we decided to take Samantha on her first trip to the
pool. At first she wasn’t too sure about
the cool water but eventually she seemed to enjoy it.
Chris and I
both noticed that Samantha’s legs seem thinner this week – we think she finally
started growing longer instead of just wider!
Hopefully by
this time next week we’ll have grass seed in the front yard and a finished vanity!
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