Rich has been planning to remodel our kitchen since the day we moved in.  And the day to do it finally arrived.

Here are some before pictures:

The dishwasher had already been replaced last fall when our old one needed to go.

Day one of the tear down- May 1st 2012:

Hailey helped to take the wallpaper down.

Happy Mother’s Day- the first cabinet is down!

All the hanging cabinets are gone (May 26th)

All the lower cabinets are gone… except the sink. (June 2nd)

Since we painted the bedroom that will be for the baby, we decided it was a good time to paint Hailey’s bedroom too.  We’ve been talking about doing it since we moved here so it seemed like it was time to do it.

Hailey picked out the colors all by herself and added the first stroke of paint.

Here is what the new colors look like:

We have been busy getting Hailey’s old playroom ready to be the baby’s bedroom.  Here are some pictures of the room before:

Busy working:

Hailey helping set up the crib- the crib she used to sleep in… sniff sniff.

Trying out her hard work to make sure everything was done correctly.

Hailey helping some more.

The big helper!  She helped with everything that was done in the room- from setting up the crib to folding and hanging up clothes.  She is so excited about her little brother!!

Helping Pa with a drawer.

The finished room:

Now we’re just waiting for the Little Man Cub to arrive

Rich decided the back of our house was not complete without a bigger deck on the lower level.  So he spent his spare time building a new deck this summer.

The beginning stages.

Getting the base all put down.

The floor is all done and Hailey loves riding her bike on it!

The finished deck.

Maybe at some point we’ll have more than Hailey’s bike on it!