We took down Christmas on the weekend, fought a cold Daniel had picked up somewhere, got new carpet and vinyl flooring in our family room and kitchen, and Vi attended her first movie in a theatre. It was a great time.
First, I will fill ya'll in on the flooring bit. We moved into our base house and it had nasty carpet. It didn't really mean that much to us in the beginning since we have so many floor rugs we could cover up major spots, but after a while it started to get to us. With Violet learning how to crawl on this floor in the future we weren't looking forward to little hands and mouth on the gross floor, so Daniel requested new carpet in a letter to the housing company that rents out the base housing. We didn't hear from them for some time so Daniel gave them a call. I was pretty skeptical of them replacing this carpet since this is old housing and I figure they will tear it down in a few years, but they sent a person out to the house to look at it. The person agreed and said we should get new vinyl in our kitchen as well. Well, that was an added bonus. I was thrilled! The kitchen floor has several gashes that make it look dirty even when it is freshly swiffered, so I was surprised.
Anyways, they had two men come lay new, soft carpet and updated vinyl on Monday. I really think it looks like a different home. We rearranged everything as well and I really like the new set-up better, so that feels new and different.
Here are a few pics. (Daniel likes to photo-document these kinds of things. I am glad.)
After the nasty carpet was gone.
Half of our family room crammed into the breakfast nook.
Clean carpet in the entry. No nasty unwelcoming spots.
Old kitchen floor.
New kitchen floor.
New arrangement...feels larger.
Decorator Violet Good helped us arrange everything in a better way. I think she approves despite the iffy look. :)
Monday we went out to dinner to celebrate Daniel's grades from last quarter. He finally got all of them in, and he did an excellent job. I am so proud. We invited some friends and went to a yummy seafood restaurant downtown. It was a special evening.
On Tuesday we spent the day running some errands and went to see a movie showing of Blindside. We had heard it was a good movie, and what we heard was true. Vi did great. I fed her as we got in there and then she slept on my lap the whole movie. I think people could barely tell there was a baby in attendance.
Violet's latest things to do are randomly smiling for several seconds, constantly sucking on her hands, cooing for several minutes, and giving blank stares at any electronic device held up to her face. It takes a lot to catch a smile lately. She even gives a blank look at our phones...she has learned...and at such a young age. Here is one to demonstrate.
Daniel got her this loon on sale at REI, our new favorite place to hang out. It makes an eerie loon call. It wigs out the cats, but Violet seems to like it. Yes, the loon bill must go in the mouth.
Love Ya'll!
4 comments:
The new flooring looks great, especially compared with the old. And that Vi, she sure can decorate!
Cute pics of the bebe.
The new floors look great.
And I LOVE the new setup! Way to go!
The floors look great! When Kenley was Vi's age we went to see a movie and she did great. We tried to go again last weekend though and it was aweful! She fussed the whole time we were in the auditorium where it was dark so I took her into the concession area. It is kinda funny now though because I dragged Brian to New Moon and he ended up watching THE WHOLE THING by himself :)
Your new carpet and flooring looks great. Very warm and inviting...which is more due to the people that live there I know :) Love the pics of Vi. Her expressions are priceless.
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