More Changes at Our House

It was a long week coming off of the Christmas break. Waking up was definitely more difficult than usual. Craig took his first trip of the new year this week. He is in Washington DC for MAGFest 10. He was really looking forward to it this year. I think this will be his last trip before Mackenzie comes. 

While he is gone, there are some big projects happening around our house. On Friday night, I went to my mother-in-law's house to work on some things for Mackenzie's room. The biggest project is the bumpers and crib skirt for her crib! To say that I helped with those projects is not exactly true. I did learn how to sew a whip stitch though! (I think that's what it was!) She finished the bumpers and I cut the fabric for the crib skirt and made some flowers. Then she surged together the crib skirt (in 5 minutes) and I just watched in amazement! I brought everything home to see how it looked, and I love it! Adding all of the color to the room definitely brings it together. We have to tweak a few things, but everything is well on it's way for her big debut! 

I made this 'M' to hang on her wall.  

Here are the SUPER cute bumpers!

The biggest project going on at the house is our new flooring downstairs. All of the carpet, except the master bedroom, is being pulled up and replaced with wood. Well, laminate! It sure does look like wood though. After a frustrating start to the installation, the workers are well on their way to getting us new floors. I know Kay Kay will be happy that Mackenzie does not have to crawl around on our used to be nasty carpets! 

All of my pictures are from upstairs, so I can be out of the way. Here are some pictures of the progress so far:  

Front entryway

Living Room

 

Almost finished hallway

Living Room is almost complete

 The flooring guys have been working for 4 and a half hours, and have all of the planks laid. They are going back and adding something the bottom of the base boards and the transitions between the rooms. It has created A LOT of dust downstairs. I hope they clean some of it up before they go, or I know what I will be doing for the rest of the night. :( I hope they finish soon for many reasons, but mostly because I am hungry and cannot access anything in my kitchen nor can I leave my house. Mackenzie needs food!