Beck's First Birthday

I can't believe that Beck is already one. We celebrated his first birthday on the fifteenth of September. Let me just take a moment to talk about how wonderful Beck is. Beck is the happiest child. We thought that after Nash we would never be lucky enough to have another easy, independent child. We were so wrong. Beck is just as wonderful. We are so thankful for the blessing the Beck is in our life. I will say that he is way more curious than Nash was, so we always have to make sure we know where he is. Here are some pictures from his birthday party that we had with family.

Collection

I had always heard that boys like to collect things. Well now I know it is true. Nash is obsessed with acorns right now. As you can see we have officially started his first collection. He is so proud of this jar of acorns. He wants to take it everywhere and show everyone. It is really sweet. He also hated posing for pictures - hence the goofy faces.

The House Part 1

Most of you who know us know about the angst we have with our kitchen floor. For those of you who don't know our house as well here is the short version. We live in an older house that is pier and beam. We have a linolium floor that is made out of the stck on tiles and they have shifted badly over the years. We also have some soft spots under the linolium that feel as they might fall in at any moment.

So b/c of all that we are redoing our kitchen/washroom floor. We started this endevour on Thursday by pulling up some of the floor so that we could replace the subfloor before the tiling begins. By the way when I say "we" I mean the contractor that is doing all the work.

Here are some lovely pictures of our house being deconstructed before it can get fixed.

This is the boys watching Ted fix the hole in our living room floor under the carpet. As you can see he is down in the hole. I would be way to grossed out.