Henry

Sweet pea

Chillin' on his blanket
I'm ready for my food mommy!
Give me my food, mommy
Hangin' out on the couch

Getting the hang of it

Look at those mitts!
Got Hexus!

Taking a nap with mommy
Pooped
House

Kitchen Renovation – Part III

More kitchen updates!  This one includes the installation of our beautiful Brazilian Koa hardwood floor, the cabinet doors and drawers, and the floorboards.  We originally were going to put down standard 3/4″ Cherry flooring in the kitchen only, but after realizing that it would require another 3/4″ subfloor for installation, and that we’d have a major tripping hazard from the adjoining rooms, we scrapped the idea and purchased the 3/8″ Koa.  We also decided to put it in both the kitchen and dining room as well as install it at an angle, rather than parallel to the walls.  This proved to be a major design windfall as it completely acentuates the two rooms perfectly.
Tom trowelling-out floor sealant in the dining room in preparation for the new wood floor
A look at the sticky sealant mess
Tom putting down the floor glue
Installing the first few rows of the beautiful Brazilian Koa flooring
Weighing down the first rows to insure a good glue bond - we could only lay-down so much flooring at one time as even with all the rocks, buckets of water, bricks, and anything else heavy we could find, we still didn't have enough to cover more than a few rows of flooring
This custom herring-bone joint between the dining room and kitchen was not planned, but a result of Tom`s discovery that the flooring in the dining room was too far out of alignment with the walls in the kitchen...after seeing the results, we wouldn't have done it any other way!
A look at the finished dining room floor
Tom working on the kitchen flooring
The finished kitchen floor in all its glory!
A look at the bar cabinets with new door and large drawers
More base cabinets with finished doors
The rest of the base cabinet doors and roll-out trash bin
A look at the newly finished upper drawers
The hidden sink bins for sponges and stuff
The new knife drawer, complete with slide-out cutting board
The finished upper cabinet doors around the microwave
Finished upper cabinet doors and custom cherry floorboards
Family

Merry Christmas 2008!

We spent Henry’s first Christmas back in NM with Joe, Oma, Holly and Scott. It was great and Henry had his first experience in snow. It was about 15 degrees outside and I took him out for a stroll in the white stuff. After about 5 minutes, he was crying and wanted to back inside. Guess he’s a desert rat already!!

Henry at the dinner table
Me, Henry and Uncle Joe at Holly's b-day dinner
Everyone pitched in for a new baby backpack - Thank You!!
Looking at all his presents
Mommy, Daddy and Henry
Mommy and Henry
Henry and Auntie
Getting a ride in the new backpack
Oma and Henry on Christmas morning
Chilling with Santa on the floor
Henry and Oma at Christmas dinner
All wet
Falling asleep with Auntie
Me and my sweet pea
Playing with his new toys

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