Anya is now 3 months old! She is so active and strong. She can hold her head up no problem, put weight on her legs, and reach for toys. She smiles a ton and is a great sleeper. The other night she slept 9 hours! We are looking forward to getting back into our house at the end of the month! Here are some pictures her auntie Kelley took of her this weekend.

more house pictures

The next two are somewhat different views of the living room, front door, and the window in the "dining room". The last two are of the back yard and the new siding and roof.

House update

well, we are told that the house will be done Oct 31st! This week, the doors, window trim, and floor boards will go on, next week the cabinetry will get installed. Then it's just stain, paint, and flooring and we're in! We have all our furniture lined up and ready to be delivered and everything else has been picked out. All we have left to find is the accessories like mirrors, shelves, art work, etc.

So here are some before and after pictures. The first two pictures are of the kitchen before and after. The new kitchen is bigger (there will be an island in it) and is open to the living room. So in that new picture you can see the same window in the kitchen, but now there is a bigger window on the left which will be where our "dining room" will be. The next two are of the living room with the fireplace. The new photo shows the vaulted ceiling and at the left side you can see where the living room turns into the kitchen. So there you have it. There will be more to come for sure!

Big News!

Well we have lots of good news today! Anya is 2 months old and had her checkup. She is 13 pounds, 2 ounces and 24.5 inches long. That means she grew 2 pounds and 2 inches in one month! She is over the 95% in both height and weight. She got her shots and should be good to go now! Also the house is progressing and we are told we will be in there by halloween!!! The siding is all up, the sheet rock is up and now they will just keep going with trim, cabinets, flooring, and lighting! We are really excited to get out of this townhouse and back into our home. Also, we found a daycare provider for Anya so things are moving in the right direction! aahhh....it's a good feeling. Thanks for all your thoughts and prayers through all of this, we really appreciate them and they have helped tremendously!

Anya and cousin Lauren

Here are some pictures of Anya and her cousin Lauren. Lauren is a month older than Anya and they are close to the same size. It is going to be so much fun watching the two of them grow up together! Anya is doing very well at night. She is sleeping through the night frequently and we are able to put her down while she is sleepy but still awake and she falls asleep on her own!
We are in the process of looking for a new day care provider because our other one can no longer take care of her. I am interviewing a few people this week so we will see what happens. Anya will be 8 weeks old tomorrow!

2 more all nighters

Anya has slept through the night 2 more times now! One of those being her first sleep over at Dan and Kelley's. I was so glad she didn't keep them up all night. She is doing great and is 7 weeks old already. Soon she will go in for her 2 month check up where she will get a bunch of shots. Tomorrow we will go to her cousin Lauren's baptism. Lauren was born about a month before Anya so hopefully I'll have some good pictures of the two of them to put up soon. Unfortunately, we have had some bad news that our day care provider can't take Anya anymore. The woman has to have a surgery and can no longer lift things over 10 pounds. So we are trying to find some day care fast because I go back to work in 3 weeks! That's all for now.