Duck Face

He's not too young to practice making his duck face.

Todd's 30th Birthday with the family

I had a great time at my parent's house for my 30th birthday!  My dad grilled steaks, I had awesome cake!  My parents got me a new Peyton Manning (Broncos) Jersey that I'm already wearing the next day!  We played some party games.  Tristin is really bad at charades, but Derek somehow guessed them a lot.  Ellie stole everyone's Leis.  Grandpa Jerry was in town with Lenny which was a treat.

Pardon all the sideways pictures, technical difficulties...

Some thanks

Not too many pics of Sarah yet, but she has lost a lot of baby weight already.

Locke got a ton of gifts from family and my work.

Sarah and I really appreciate all the gifts and food that we have received this week.  Sarah Rayfield, Grandma Ross, and Aunt Tristin have all given us tons of food that helped us make it through this first week at home.  We also appreciate the baby gifts that the Whelehons, the krolls, my grandma Sandy, the Harpers, the Jacksons, and my office at Announce Media.

Kitchen Remodel: Before and after pics

Everything is finished on the kitchen other than a couple really tiny odds and ends that we are waiting for. like, we need some extra shelf pins and things like that.  Without further ado, pics!

Far away pic of before kitchen including breakfast room and original tile floor.

Picture of kitchen before showing the island.

After pic showing the peninsula.

After pic showing the new hardwood floor and breakfast room.

After pic of kitchen showing sink area.

The new custom shelves in our pantry.

Also, my wine chiller is now in the pantry!

Picture of bathroom before renovations.

We added a cabinet above the toilet to act as the medicine cabinet.

We also added drawers under the sink for extra storage.

At the last minute we decided to bring the same cabinets into the laundry room as well.

We also added some white custom shelves for the laundry stuff.

Some more Locke Pics.

A dew more pics of Locke's hospital visit.

Another sibling pic

Locke getting his official weight.

Wearing hist first polo shirt.

Awesome flowers that my company delivered to the hospital.

Locke is born!

At 2:08pm on April 6th, Toby Locke Ross was born.  He weighed 8lbs 3.9oz and was 20.5 inches long.  So far him and mommy are doing great.  Locke has the sniffles that he already got from his big sister, but he is doing ok and mommy is recovering quickly from the c-section.  They will both be coming home on Tuesday!

Siblings!

Rockin out!

I think this is my favorite picture so far!

Kitchen Finished!

The kitchen is finished!  Huge thanks to Charlie and Steve for being such great contractors working on our kitchen.  Technically they aren't done since we added the custom pantry and laundry room shelves, but the kitchen itself is finished.

I'll add before/after pictures after I recover from locke's birth.

Day 41 of the Remodel

Yay, granite was installed today!  I really like the way it turned out!

With all the lights on.

you can see how it cuts in to give more room by the door.

Bathroom is finished, sink and faucets not installed yet.

Another angle of the kitchen.  Backsplash will be installed tomorrow.

Day 37 of the Remodel

The upper cabinets have been installed and a lot of painting has been done.  Much of the finishing touches have also been completed.

Long side, still missing crown molding, countertops, and backsplash.

Sink side, with temporary countertop and sink.

Cabinet above fridge.

Day 29 of the Remodel

Not really much to update on since the last update.  The holes in the drywall have begun to get patched back up, the laundry room has been tiled (waiting on grout, probably today), and we are still waiting on the granite counter tops to come in.

There is still a lot that needs to get done.

1. Laundry room
1. grout the tile
2. put appliances back
2. Bathroom
1.  Countertop installed
1. Install sink/faucets...
2. Finish off the cabinets
1. Hardware
2. Trim
3. Kitchen
1. Countertops installed
1. install sink/faucets/garbage disposal
2. Upper cabinets installed
1. Hardware
2. Under cabinet lighting installed
3. Crown molding
3. Finish off the lower cabinets
1. Hardware
2. Trim
3. Decorative Back panel to peninsula
4. Dishwasher hooked back up
5. Back Splash
1. Mudded
2. Grouted
6. Pantry
1. Custom wood shelving
2. Wine Chiller
4. Flooring
1. Thresholds from wood to tile
2. baseboards re-installed
5. Painting
1. Bathroom
2. Kitchen
3. Living Room

Whew, I really hope all this can get done in 2.5 weeks.  Its going to be tight.

Day 22 of the remodel

The Granite countertop was templated today as well as all the lower cabinets moved into place.

Davey was a HUGE butt again today by running out again.  Charlie and Steve (the contractors), were able to get him back.  But it took them about an hour.  It let me test out the new Tagg gps system.  I could tell where he was at all times to withing about 10 yards.  It is pretty cool.

Here is the back of the cabinets.  We will be adding trim to the back.

temporary microwave location.  Also, you can see the old countertop acting as a temporary countertop.

Oven is in place, but you can see that the vent for the hood will need to be moved about a foot to the left.

Here is the cabinet in the bathroom.

Here is the new toilet!!! YAY, we have a toilet on the ground floor again!!!

Here is what the GPS of Davey's escape looks like on my new Tagg system...  Being able to know he is at home at all times, or at least know exactly where he is, is a huge relief for me.

Ellie made a crown at Tristin's house

Day 21 of the Remodel

Our tile floor has been grouted and we have a few of the floor cabinets installed!  Not all the grout has been scrubbed off the tile yet, so they don't look nearly as good as they will.  Tomorrow, they plan to install more cabinets to prepare for templating. as well as some electrical work in the walls.

picture of some of the new cabinets.  They aren't quite this dark in person.

Here are the cabinets showing some of the cool features.

Ellie, Sophie, and Aunt Tristin

I've been getting some great updates from Tristin about the time her and Ellie have been spending together this week.  She also sent me a cute little video of Sophie and Ellie on a swingset.

Day 17 of the Remodel

Today the contractors finished demolishing the bathroom and setting the tile in the kitchen.  Tomorrow they plan to grout and put the bottom cabinets in.  On Tuesday the granite company should be coming by template out the countertops.

Here is the kitchen facing the "Dining Room"

Here is the kitchen facing the sink area.  Note the terrible terrible realization that the previous owners painted over wallpaper.

Here is the toilet side of the small bathroom.

Here is the sink side of the small bathroom.  They put just enough tile in so that they can put the cabinets in tomorrow.