Seal Pup, Silverware and Chartreuse

Ian and I arrived home a bit early on Friday night. We had an appointment with the bookcase designer at 4:30 - I will always accept an offer to come home early on Friday and hang with my 2 favorite guys. Casey had a surprise for Ian...his wagon from Uncle Jon and Aunt Heather was ready to go! We couldn't wait to break it in. He spent several minutes inspecting it and pushing it around the dining room. It's a pretty pimp ride! Mommy is hoping it is the motivation she needs to get her legs a walkin' this summer.

The designer did an amazing job! It helped us envision our basement and become motivated about this project. We started out early Saturday morning by cleaning out the basement. A lot of the items being stored there will go on the bookshelves once complete, but for now they are crammed in every nook we have. Casey removed all the trim and casing, then cut the carpet where the bookshelves will be. Our contractor called as we were heading out the door to let us know he will be here Monday AM to start. This is so cool...

With that in mind, we had several errands to run. Casey had to get supplies for his AV project and we needed to get paint samples. We were also able to get a carpet sample from Lowe's to test with the paint colors. Our carpet is Chartreuse and the walls will be Seal Pup & Silverware. They are not the best images, but below will give you an idea. #1 - this is the main wall that will house the bookshelves. #2 - Seal Pup on the left, this will cover the South wall and be the background of the bookshelves. Silverware is a shade lighter than what is pictured and it will cover the remaining walls. #3 - Shag-A-Delic Chartreuse and Seal Pup. Once the radon pipe is framed in I will start painting and then they will start on the bookshelves. Stay tuned for all the progress:)

Saturday was a gorgeous day. It was 65 and sunny. You can't beat that! Ian and Daddy hung outside in the hammock for a bit. We are looking forward to spending a lot of time in the backyard this summer. Casey is going to build us a raised garden bed and we are going to get Ian a swing for Easter so he can enjoy the outdoors right along with us. I would really like to pay more attention to the front of our house this summer, but I am not sure that is a cost we can incur at the moment. It is not going to be cheap to overhaul what is out there now!


We ended the day with a wagon ride to the park. Ian enjoyed the swing and slide, sand on his feet...not so much. Two out of three not bad.

I am sure I have already mentioned this to anyone who would listen, but Ian hasn't had the best sleep since his journey back from WI in January. It took him about a month to get back to sleeping through the night. Once he found his groove he got sick, and on top of being sick, he started to cut a tooth. Ugh! Needless to say, there have been a lot of sleepless nights in our house lately. This morning he woke up crying and couldn't get settled down. We tried everything and he wasn't having it. We joined J&H for breakfast this AM and he was okay then. Mainly because I let him go to town on the yogurt and grits - he was covered from head to toe. I had to strim him down in the restaurant, but he didn't mind one bit. He started to get tired when we were out running errands and quickly crashed...for a 4 hour nap?! He was bagged. I even went into his room and starting cleaning up and that didn't wake him. I decided I had to get a video of him snoring. He's just like his Daddy!

We ended the day with another wagon ride. This time to the ice cream parlor. Yippee! It was so worth it (I had some Junior Mint for you, Dad!). Ian loved the wagon ride, until about 2 blocks from home. He hit a brick wall. We tried dinner but he wasn't interested. I decided to skip bath night and he was pleased to head straight to bed. Casey did some work in the garage and I planted our future garden. Yummy! We are starting out with tomatoes, lettuce, cucumbers, mint, parsley, rosemary, cilantro, spinach and basil. Wish me luck! I have never started with seeds before. We will see how well it works. I also got some lavender, but I have it in a planter on my window sill in the kitchen. I had to have something to enjoy now:) For now...a pic of our future garden.