Master Bathroom Construction!!!

OK-so here's the update on our master bathroom. As most of you know we had an empty room off of our bedroom. There was nothing in it besides electricity. So my AMAZING husband made walls and created a walk-in closet (for me ;) a shower, an area for the vanity and a toilet room. He also added all the necessary plumbing, which required hours underneath our house connecting pipes to the existing system. When we first started the discussion on the bathroom, I had NO idea the amount of work it would be for Matt. However, unlike the rest of the work we've done on our house over the last year, the master bath has been the first project that we've gotten to enjoy designing together, unlike the other bathroom we added in the studio. Matt and I have enjoyed everything from deciding the color scheme to picking out tile and fixtures. And the nice thing is we agreed on 95% of it!!! haha This little project as gotten me excited about building a house one day. I can only imagine all the detailed work and choices!

Below is a picture of Matt working on some plumbing under the house. Followed by a picture of the shower with the "backer-board" up. It's what you stick the tile to. The picture after that is the beginning of the toilet room. And then another pic of the pre-tile shower.

Here are some pics of the tile work that my Dad and Matt got done last weekend. The shower was about 1/2 way done at this point.

Resolutions, Yay! for rice cereal & my little rocket scientist!

So, it's 2009, and I've given a lot of thought to my resolutions. My first is to read more....books, news everything. It's hard to find time to sit and read when you have a little one needing you, but I think it's important so I'll be trying my best to make time to do so. My second resolution is to run as many organized races as possible. Jacqueline and I started training for the 15K Gate River Run on March 14th (15K is 9.3 miles I think) and before that we'll run in the Ortega River Run (5 miles) at the end of February. I love running with Jacqueline. I think we keep each other motivated and I just love spending time with her..I couldn't ask for a better running partner. Some other great girlfriends and I ran in the Gator Bowl 5K on December 31st, which was a blast! (two pics below). Part of what made it so much fun was that one of my best friends and "sister" Meghan Darlson, whose blog (http://www.alittledarlson.blogspot.com/) you might frequent, was in Florida visiting. She ran it while pushing her 8 month old little girl and my God daughter Adalie in a jogger. GO MEG! My other resolutions I'm keeping to myself ;) But just so ya know, I have others! haha So onto the rest of the title of this blog entry. "Yay! for rice cereal". To make a long story short-J man was doing great in the eating department. He was a champion nurser and growing like crazy. Well, about 2 weeks ago he started waking up every 3 to 4 hours at night instead of sleeping 6. So, when my friend Meghan (who I mentioned earlier) was visiting and I explained my confusion and tiredness and she said "maybe he's ready for rice cereal." Now I know most moms start r.c anywhere between 4 to 6 months, but for some reason I didn't equate his waking up and fussy behavior with hunger! Sometimes as moms I think we're so close to the situation-the answer is obvious but we need someone else to point it out. Well, in addition to Meg's suggestion, Jack had a doctors appointment on Friday and his pediatrician confirmed that it's time! Oh and as a side note he is in the 75th percentile for height and weight. He is 26 inches long and weights 17 pounds. Well sure as sugar last night he woke up once to nurse!!! Which was great. Before we know it, he'll be sleeping the entire night. Below the pictures of the 5k is a video of his messy first spoon feeding. And finally the first picture in this entry..Lisa McCotter aka Marmie gave Jack the future Rocket Scientist shirt for Christmas and not only to I love it....I hope it's true! Love you Lisa & thanks!

Hope all is well with everyone. If anyone feels like sharing their new years resolutions in the comment section, I'd love to hear them. Don't forget you don't have to have a google account to post a comment. You can write what you want and post anonymously-just write your name in the message so we know who it is!

From Left: Jessica Merrell, Meghan Darlson with Adalie, Me with Jack, Tina Thorpe, Melanie Williams, Stephanie Garthe, Amanda Skinner and Megan Millar.

Meg & Addie's Visit

Meg & Addie came back to Jacksonville to visit on their way home to MS. On Friday night Matt was kind enough to watch both babies so Jacqueline, Meg and I could have dinner and see a movie just us girls! And it was priceless! We had a wonderful time with the Darlsons (on their first trip to Jax for NYE with James and this past trip!) Here are two pics from this past weekend. Matt and Addie relaxing on the couch & us gals heading out the door for Mommy' s night out! Little man Jack was already asleep when we took these pics! Hope everyone has had a peaceful start to the year. I can't wait to finally post the bathroom pics I've been promising. My Dad is coming up next weekend to help Matt tile the floor and entire shower-so we are moving right along! Love to all. xoxo chw

Pictures from the day after Christmas at Disney

Here are some silly pics from our Disney trip.

My Mom, Me & Matt (with Jack) at Disney the day after Christmas.

My Dad got Jack a wet suit for him to grow into and surf with Matt in.

From my Dad... haha

Jack enjoying presents.