Reno’s, reno’s and more reno’s!

From grungy popcorn ceilings

to fresh white knockdown ceilings

Luscious blue carpet

to sleek grey floors

Dingy yellowing walls

to fresh white

dayglow eggplant

ping pong and “new” green

Can’t wait ‘til it’s all done!

Summertime

We had a LOVELY almost 3 week visit in PG; so nice to see everyone. I think my favourite part was getting to see most people more than once. It’s usually a whirlwind, so that was a nice change.
While I was Out
Not a lot of cooking went on…

But, we came home to a wonderful new subfloor with no squeaks. Picture this eventually painted grey, then a few years down the road a nice darker distressed brown wood floor with tile running from the front door through to the kitchen and out the back.

And all our stuff in the newly demo’d basement

That used to be a bathroom and a bedroom
This used to be enclosed, when ripping it out J discovered a TON of mold…. ewww

In the old bedroom/bathroom we created a clean little play area for the boys until we can get the upstairs all done

And my AWESOME friends surprised me with a painted wall

In other news, the garden we created in the back yard this year is doing GREAT

And we bought a Gazebo with Mosquito net sides so I can actually go outside!

Famous

Our first newspaper entry:

http://www.hungryeye.biz/20110518.pdf

Dancin’

Not sure why, but if they’ve got stuff in green or blue, Z is always in green, Q always in blue. Maybe that’s why: Zeeeeke greeeen, Quuuuuue bluuuuue.

Sleeping

Ah, sleeping babies. But how is this even comfortable? And how did Q’s pants get in Z’s crib?

Really?

Sunscreen and hats on, bottles prepped, playpen brought outside. Sun shade up, bottles drank, Mom weeding. 15 minutes and 7 mosquito bites later it is clear to me that the lawn growing in to the flower bed actually looks pretty good, not even sure why I started to change that.
Tulips!

Thanks to J’s hard work, all those bricks are gone, guess I’ll try again tomorrow

Zoo

Had such a lovely time at the zoo yesterday. We met up with 5 mommies we shared the Elephant Pod with in the NICU, plus Nicole who was there just before us and is part of the twin group we hang with. So awesome to see 10 healthy babies, all born between 29 and 34 weeks!
Broke out the new hats from Aunty T
We also had a play date with Max this week. He was born (full term) 1 week after the boys. Here they are in August at my baby shower:And here they are this week! Good job on the "catch up" ZQ!

ONE!

I feel so privileged to be Mom to these 2 amazing little boys.

They each got a cupcake cake, and enjoyed their first taste of sweets immensely. These little loaf pan ones will make great cars next year

Martha I am not!

They were of course showered with love and presents from friends and family.

I’m looking forward to this next year, enjoying each stage and remembering to sneak cuddles when I can; while they’re small enough to fit just in my arms.