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!

We decided to plant a garden this year and see how it goes.  Of course Hailey was a great little helper!

Let’s hope we get lots of vegetables and fruits!

We have wanted to redo the landscaping in the front of our house for the last 2 years.  So finally this year it got done.

Here is the before.

My dad helping to cut out the bushes.

Hailey helping get rid of the bushes.

Bushes all gone.  Yay!

We laid out a hose to try to figure out where we wanted to put down some stones to separate the grass from the flowers.

Stone all laid out.

The new landscaping all done.

Closer view of the new landscaping.