This weekend was the first in a while that we were all healthy so it was great! We relaxed, did some shopping and got some work done on the house. Saturday Ryan got all the knobs and pulls installed in the cabinets!
Alex showing off the new drawer pulls!Lots of knobs!And another view
Then I installed the 2 drawers in one base cabinet that didn’t come pre-installed (these drawers were free so had to be installed).
Drawers installed!
And some features of the cabinets…
Silverware drawer (double the space!)double oven and that bottom rack rolls out !All of the base cabinets (except for sink base and kitchen aid cabinet) have rolling shelves!
On Sunday Ryan hung our maps in the tvroom before Alli’s playdate (we had a couple of mom’s/babies over for alex to play with). It was a very relaxing weekend. Alex started coughing though so I’m wondering if we’re about to get another cold – ugg!
Ryan picked up his new car today! We’ve been looking for a while because the gas is killing us driving the truck and acura with such long commutes. This will be the commuter car and I get to drive my acura again now!
It’s a 2013 Honda Accord Touring V6. It’s got tons of fun features and looks very nice. It also gets 35 hwy which will be a huge improvement to the acura driving to boston!
Well this weekend did not go as planned, that’s for sure. The one thing that did go as planned was getting the plumbing in the kitchen done thanks to Jason. Well mostly done, we still need to hook up the freezer/ice maker and install a pot filler. But the sink and dishwasher are all hooked up to the new pex!
We also got both the pendant lights installed and the center kitchen light. The outlets are all installed (using a GFCI double pole breaker instead of GFCI outlets). The cabinets are slowly getting filled up and the kitchen is being used!
Kitchen coming along!Sink and dishwasher all in!From another viewlove these counters
What didn’t go as planned was that we all got sick this weekend and missed out on Groudas family christmas. Alex got a stomach bug Thursday and had to be picked up from daycare. Ryan caught it friday night and I got it on saturday. Saturday was a really bad day, Ryan passed out most of the day, me mostly passed out and Alex still fighting her bug so extremely cranky and fussy. We are all on the mend finally and I took today off to keep Alex home since she was still sick yesterday (she can’t go to daycare until she’s healthy for 24 hours).
Pajama day again! We were having fun with blocks 🙂
Alex is eating food today and holding it all down (I’ve been sticking with plain dry food). Tomorrow she’ll be back at daycare and it’s finally back to work for me, besides a short week last week it’s been a long time since I was at work!
Yesterday while I worked from home, the counter installers showed up. Both ryan and I had forgotten what the counters actually looked like, it was so hard to choose one we liked originally. Once I saw that first pieces of stone though I knew it was perfect. We love them!
We ate dinner last night sitting at the counter 🙂 Unfortunately the main picture I took I got major sun glare so you can’t see it too clearly but still…
Counters installed!Sink installed!Close up of the stove areaThey did a good job with the seams, they are hard to see (i am pointing to it here).
The counter is grey/black/white with small bits of silver throughout. It matches the stainless steel perfectly! Now we just have to decide on a tile that matches this AND the cabinets 🙂
Well unfortunately Christmas week was fraught with sickness. Alex got a nasty cold and passed it along to us. Christmas morning she awoke with a pink/swollen/crusty eye – fun stuff. So I did’t get any great xmas day photos 🙂
Cyclops baby xmas morning 🙂She was a trooper though and loved her dragon rocker!
Wednesday and Thursday we kept alex home (ryan had to work) anyhow, and Alex and I just relaxed trying to get better. Friday she seemed much better so I took her to daycare and got much worse myself with a fever. Saturday we were hoping we’d all feel better, but no such luck and by saturday night it was clear that alex was coming down with something else (ear infection?). So sunday we took her over to the doctor and yup, double ear infection.
We had the plumber coming Monday morning to install the gas line for the stove so Sunday night we got the wiring ready for the stove and hood. Then we spent the whole evening installing the hood after getting the first 2 upper cabinets in!
Sunday night progress
On Monday we finally all felt better, although I still have a cough (asthma) and Ryan is still not 100%, Alex was good so we took her to daycare and enjoyed our day off working on the kitchen.
Stove in and working!
At 2:30pm our neighbor stopped over to help out a bit since I had to pick up Alex at 3:30pm, so we ended up getting the rest of the upper cabinets installed and progress on the fridge wall of cabinets! Then today, Alex and I relaxed with Sarah and Ryan finished up the fridge cabinets! All cabinets are now installed! This was actually planned, we are very excited!
All upper cabinets in!Cabinets around the fridge!
There is quite a bit happening still… tomorrow the counters are being installed! Friday Jason is going to do the plumbing so we’ll have a kitchen sink again! Just in time for all the family to come out for Groudas Christmas.
Once the counters are in I can start filling the lower cabinets. We have handles and knobs to install and doors to straighten still but the cabinets are in so it feels like a real kitchen! Next on the list is to buy tile for the floor and backsplash. We still have all the moldings to install too. Lots to do but it feels so close to done 🙂
