This
week was all about fencing and bathrooms.
We are very close to finishing the vanity in the master bathroom. We were able to build a frame (to raise the
height), add plywood, cut out for the sinks, and tile the top. We still have to add tile to the sides and
backsplash but we should be done with that in a few days.
We also had
a local company come out to give us a quote for the shower door. We need to decide which style we want to go
with and then it will take three weeks until it can be installed. I can’t wait to get to use this bathroom!
We have been
waiting for weeks for the landscaper to finish our yard – we were hiring them
to smooth out the yard and seed it. On
Friday afternoon they finally finished.
About an hour and a half after the last piece of straw was in place, an
enormous storm hit the area. I have
never experienced a storm quite like it – extremely strong wind and very heavy
rain. It washed a lot of the straw,
seed, and dirt away. Fortunately the
landscaper is going to come back and re-do everything after it all dries out.
This weekend
my parents came down to visit (all because of Samantha of course!) but we took
advantage of having them here. Our
entire back yard is fenced and it has a lot of issues. The fence material is a rusty rectangular
metal and it is mostly held up by very crooked metal posts. The worst areas are the sections facing the
road. There are two gate panels in each
section of fence in the front and neither gate works well (or at all).
We bought
all our materials at Lowe’s on Saturday morning and rented their truck to bring
it all home. After lunch, the guys got
busy digging holes for the posts, I cut all the pickets, and my mom
babysat.
Chris and my
dad did a great job getting all the posts set in the ground and installing the
rails (only on the left side). They also
built the gate for the left side. We
still have to finish up the rails and gate on the right side and install all
the pickets. Fortunately the big work is
already done and we can take our time finishing.
I spent way
too much time with pickets. We purchased
10 foot sections of 1x6 for the pickets.
I made a jig so that I could cut them all down to 5 foot lengths and
then I set up another jig to cut small 45 degree “dog ears” on the top of each
picket.
The rough
cuts did not look good at all so I spent a couple more hours sanding each
picket. I had to sand the flat sections
and each cut edge. It all worked out to
making 312 cuts and sanding 936 surfaces or edges. Let’s just say that my whole body hurts
today.
Samantha
spent a ton of time with Grandma – they went on plenty of walks! Apparently Grandma thought that they were
going for a walk in the Arctic – Samantha was so bundled up even though it was
in the 70’s all weekend.
Samantha is
starting to get much more interactive now.
She is really enjoying playing with toys more now.
She enjoys
books so I take her to Play Partners at the library each week. They sing songs, read books, play with
puppets, and make music (she likes grabbing onto the bells and shakers but hasn’t
learned to shake them yet!).
Just in time
for the odd news about “zombie attacks” last week, Samantha has started her own
version. She opens her mouth really wide
and lunges for your face – I’m still not quite sure what she’s trying to
do! She seems to alternate between your
lips, cheek, chin, and neck.
She is also
doing more sitting up – she went from a reclining position to sitting upright
tonight. We wouldn’t be surprised if she
starts crawling soon – she already seems to have the creeping perfected.
Also, since
she’s mastered rolling over, now she only does it when she wants to be on her
stomach (she was doing it every time we would lay her down…possibly for
practice?).
Here are a
few more pictures:
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