Updates

There are definitely not enough hours in the day!!! Ever since our bathroom remodel began, Matt has been working tirelessly every night after work on getting our bathroom back to working condition. We are still showering outside, except it won't be too much longer...we hope...before we have full use of our new shower.

I'm sure most of you would rather see pictures of Audrey instead of our bathroom, so here are some taken in the last few weeks. She is growing up so fast and has been so fun recently. She is giggling and smiling all the time. Last week I had to go back to work and Audrey started going to daycare 3 days a week. It was really hard leaving her, but I have been able to go and feed her during my lunches and have been busy at work which makes the day go by quickly. It will take a little time for her, and us, to adjust but the daycare providers are really nice and love having her there.

Audrey with Great-Grandma Riley at Uncle Kevin & Aunt Sara's rehearsal dinner.


Audrey with dad at Uncle Conor & Aunt Erin's wedding reception.


With Great-Grandma Wilde.


With Grandma & Papa Riley. Grandma definitely has the magic touch for getting her to sleep.


We set up Audrey's high chair this past weekend since she is able to mostly hold herself up now. It was fun having her sit with us at the table while we had breakfast.


We have a tree in our backyard that has the perfect little seat on it for Audrey to hang out.




Since we didn't have use of our shower, and Audrey seems to be getting dirtier more often, we had to find new ways of washing her. Thank goodness she can now take a bath in her new tub :-)


For those of you who want to see updates of the bathroom, here is what is going on. The side of the house has now been reframed and fitted with a smaller window. Matt put in an incandescent light in the shower, put insulation in the walls this time around, installed a new cast iron bathtub, re-fitted the plumbing, learned how to and successfully soldered copper pipes and hung the hardie backer. We are having a guy come out tomorrow to give us an estimate on the drywall and getting the walls textured and we are ready to tile the shower. Matt got the tiles today, so hopefully we can be showering this weekend or early next week. This all comes down to me now that Matt has done the hard work. I am in charge of tiling & painting - none of which I have ever done, but Matt did a great job with his part, so I can't let him show me up. Here are a few progress pictures.