Ooooooh, shiny!

So, Beth had to leave the house for two days (Insert drug, booze and hooker joke here). The reason? The stain and varnish were applied to the kitchen floor. Fumes bad for baby.

This is the best shot I could get. It's still sticky.

The great news is that this is 95% the original flooring from 1912.
It's gonna look awesome!

Kitchen pix!

Beth's aunt has asked us for kitchen updates so, here we go.
I don't want to waste your time with video, that will come later.

The walls are done. All the plaster is up, the room is mudded. The floors are next. Turns out we have 3 or 4 bad boards due to some termite damage but the rest of them are fine, they are being sanded down today and tomorrow the varnish starts.

We have been told that cabinets come in starting Friday, as well as paint. Then, all that is left is the cabinet doors, handles, fixtures and appliances.

This is what the kitchen looks like as of this morning.



This wood was going to be harvested for the damaged pieces in the center but they are actually pretty bad. We are just going to repair them and put the bank of cabinets over them.




The walls have all been mudded and plastered and look fantastic.

So, more to come as the days and work progress.

6 weeks away

We are down to the wire. Zoe's due to arrive 6 weeks from TO-DAY.
Beth has settled nicely into her pregancy. She seems to be made for doing this.



Beautiful, no?

What the hell, here's another shot of my gorgeous wife, Zoe's mom-to-be.

Rats!

If you are still with us, God bless you, you are good friends.
There is nothing really going on with Zoe. No more big events as we wind down to the last few weeks of baby brewing.
Since I keep getting emails wondering what is going on with the kitchen and how Beth is doing, I thought I would just upload some video showing the renovation with a little bit of Beth. She looks great, feels tired. The end is near so the discomfort is settling in.
If you want to know more about the baby shower (and many of you have asked) please go to http://www.freewebs.com/newlulubaby/ where Kristen has set up more info.

It's just around the corner.

It's almost six. Beth is napping. And when I say napping I mean three hours. So when I say napping I really mean coma.
She needs it.
So, what's going on.......
Okay, every day Beth asks me to "come quickly" because Zoe's is moving around and all. When I arrive and put my hand on her belly, she stops moving. So, I think that lays the groundwork for the future relationship with my daughter. Read what you will into that.
For some reason Beth actually looks thinner. Nothing to worry about, she just seems to have settled into pregnancy.
And, what would our baby's dawning be without some kind of stress related scenario? The Canadian company I work for has pushed back my shoot dates again. From February to March and now to April. So, there is actually a chance that I will miss my daughter's birth. How fucked up is that??
I refuse to stress out about it.
No video right now mainly because there isn't much going on. I will have something up in the next few days but it is probably going to be kitchen related more than babystuf.
Kristen and Jen are arranging the baby shower. It's chick only and I am probably going to play poker at a casino because that is what I want to do. Lose money at the poker table. Because that is the kind of father that Zoe should have.
Um....what else? Not much. I will videoblog later.
Oh yeah!
7 more weeks!

T Minus 10 weeks and counting

Many of you have asked for more updates so I will try to upload video and let you know what's happening more often as we get closer to Zoe's arrival.
Since there is very little happening preggo-wise and some of you have asked to know more about the kitchen I will use this blog to give you a play by play on that as well. So you can commisserate with Beth and sympathize with what she is going through because living through a kitchen remodel is bad enough, add the last trimester to the mix and you have a recipe for "ugh".