candygraham: March 2011

Monday, March 28, 2011

Penelope Kay Patch

Beautiful little Penny was born Sunday, March 27 at 10:28pm. She weighs 7 pounds and 1 ounce, and she measures 19.75 inches. Jessica conquered natural labor and was strong; army strong. She will post the exciting and tumultuous birthing details soon! Until then both Mom and Baby are great!

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Progress

March 2, 2011

To show you where the stairs are going off the kitchen! People have been confused:)

March 3, 2011

A new favorite spot for Graham to sit!

March 5, 2011

Vacuuming all our food after some wild dust and demolition!

March 20, 2011

Trying to expose the brick on the stairway. I really, really want it to work, but it doesn't come off really easily so we will see. We have a few ideas!

Graham's Room

View from Graham's Room

Bathroom Framed

Tub in place

Plumbing in for sink and toilet

More plumbing

Main floor is down!

Little white attic tub

Nursery wall is dry walled

Skylights and kits
8 in total we think!

Today has been a crazy day again! I'm going to kill Graham currently so I put him in his room and closed the door. I didn't want to do anything drastic so I've let him and me cool off. :)
The funny part is about 10 minutes ago he stopped calling for "Mommy!" and started calling for "Worker!" Marty thought it was hilarious!

My baby progress is that I'm two centimeters dilated and 80% effaced!
So things are going good!
Due Date April 3, 2011
I hope I go all the way!

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Treasures

As the men have been working upstairs in our attic they have found some true treasures! These items have been buried in the insulation. They were all found separately on different days, so I pretty much live for what they will find each day!
1. A letter from Elburg in Prussia
February 10, 1903
2. 1897 Webster Dictionary with handwritten addresses in back
3.1883 encased Indian penny
4. Wooden clothes pin
5. An infant bootie
6. Antique bird feeder

For those that are interested here is a bit from the letter...

"My beloved Mother,

There is little news today that I was tempted to send merely a card. But a card is a poor stick of a thing to say anything on especially when the receiver is expecting to hear something. So I will write a letter today just to keep up the deception a little longer, or for this time at least."

You want more?!

There is a lot of beautiful writing in the letter that I can't help but salivate over! It is like my own mystery! ( I also recently read The Forgotten Garden, which isn't helping) These buried treasures were in the attic and I don't know who they belong to, but you can bet I will find out! The letter talks about a Bishop Emery. There is an Emery family in our ward now that I'm curious if they have record of there family living in the neighborhood in the early 1900s. This home was build in 1913 and there have been three owners to my knowledge. Patch Family, Roscher Family and ???! I'm going to find out and I'll let you know! If you have any advice on how to go about my detective work I would appreciate the direction. I just know I'm not going to the state street pawn shop next to Big Deluxe Tattoo! :)

Sunday, March 20, 2011

38 Weeks

(38 weeks)

I can't believe this baby is coming just around the corner! I've been thinking about what my Mom said to me the other day... having a baby is like the Second Coming... you know it is coming, but just don't know when! This made me smile and think... I need to be prepared for both:)

The above photo is from today. In my Sunday comfy garb I went upstairs to take some pictures. As you can see I am getting larger and our attic is not moving much faster! Well, actually lots has been going on. Figuring out the bathroom, electrical and air conditioning has taken a lot of time. This next week should really move I hope. But as you can see we aren't "almost done"! So today my parents and Suzy came up to our house and helped get a bunch of stuff ready for the baby. We have to set up a temporary nursery in Graham's room, but I'm so thrilled that we at least know where everything is now. We got the clothes ready, diapers and wipes out, breastfeeding loot together and all in a place where it is accessible in this giant construction zone.

* So I have two special thanks for this week!
First, my sister Suzy!
Earlier this week I went to pick up my parents from the SLC airport and there Suzy was sitting next to them. I was confused and so, so happy! My helper had returned to Utah. My prayers had been answered. I seriously had been trying to figure out how I was going to do everything I needed to do this past week and not put myself into labor. She has been amazing and I can't thank her enough!

Second, my father in law, Brian!
This man is selfless! He has done so much for both Marty and I on this renovation. He is constantly coming to Salt Lake to look things over with us, give us ideas, work through problems, etc. And if he isn't up here with us, he is on the phone with us. I call him all the time with questions and he calls me to see if I'm surviving. It means more than he knows. Also, this past week he made me a treasure chest for Graham's preschool. I'm in charge of putting together a class project and trying to get it done before the baby has been tough. So Brian came to my rescue and I don't even know how many hours he spent building it, but it is beautiful and sitting in the shed for me to take to school in the morning. I love you Brian and think you are amazing! Thank you!

Below are some photos from the morning routine lately. We hide in our bedroom from the workers until it is time for preschool or whatever else is going on that day. So pardon the mess, but oh I love Graham in these shots!