Babies and construction

The last few weeks have been super busy, but lots of fun and you know we never like to stop moving around here. I hosted a baby shower for one of my 5,000,000 pregnant friends and made this delicious spread:

Cucumber Sandwiches!

My wonderful hubby continued our Valentine's day tradition of making me a delicious dish for dinner. We snuggled up with full bellies and watched the Social Network. It was AWESOME!

I've also really gotten into making my own bread. I am sick of looking for bread that doesn't have a gazillion (yes that is a real number) of preservatives and additives. It's also super expensive. I don't have a bread maker and its a little time consuming, but holy goodness, there is nothing like fresh, homemade bread. Not to mention, it only costs about 50 cents a loaf to make myself. We are converted!

And because you know we can't just do one thing at a time around here, we are in the midst of a bathroom reno and basement upgrade. Dr. F needs a study/work area and we need to move Little Man from his crib into a big boy bed. Currently Dr. F's desk is in the Big Boy room and we'll need the nursery sooner or later (nope, still not pregnant, but in the next year or so...hopefully!). Oh, and did I mention that our basement is very unfinished and completely unleveled? Enter my Dad and Dr. F concocting a plan to level part of it themselves. You know what, 30+ bags of concrete and 36 hrs later, they did a pretty good job!

Framing out the area

Getting water to mix the concrete

Hard at work...and man, was it dusty!

I rewarded the guys with an apple pie

Don't you love my sweet apron, sweat pants and hot pink slippers? I thought so :)

And LM's hand prints will forever be in our basement :)

Oh, and that other simultaneous (although as yet, unfinished) project? Well, our house is old, as in only has one tiny bathroom and its on the second floor, old.BUT, we also have a laundry room on our first floor, almost unheard of in our neighborhood,or anywhere in Philly, really. So we decided the only thing to do is to (hire a contractor to)convert our laundry room into a 1/2 bath/ laundry room combo. This means that I got to pick out a new washer and dryer that stack (HELLO, this is so awesome I can hardly stand it) and we got all new appliances for the bathroom. IT IS AMAZING. The first step was to have the plumbing put in, which involved jack hammers and lots more dust. Then they put in our new toilet and sink and built a wall for a hallway (and bathroom privacy, obvi) and while this project is taking about a week, I'm like a little kid on Christmas morning. Can't wait to show you the finished product!

Dr. F inspecting our freshly jackhammered floor

Happy Friday, everyone!