October

Almost eight weeks have passed since Porter joined us and a lot has happened.
He's gotten bigger. He's smiling and laughing and playing real hard for a little guy. He's also noticed the animals he lives with and thinks they're pretty interesting.

His Aunt Carrie came to visit. And his favorite surrogate aunt and uncle, Sarah and Jeremy came to visit.And we finally caught his anger at being burped on film. However, he has, since that evening, begun to get a lot more calm about this part of the eating process.

On the home renovation front, WE GOT A LIVING ROOM!!!!!
It's not all complete (the crown moulding, kickboard and quarter round, and the window and door trim haven't been put up yet). Thankfully Andrew and Corey mixed several primers to make enough to cover the walls so the primer is colored rather than white. Until we get the trim up we have a lovely blue instead of boring white!
I'll let the before and after pictures tell the rest.


The brick was originally covered up by water damaged plaster and lathe that was poorly covered by paneling. We liked it with the stone fireplace so Andrew cleaned it up a bit and added the lights above it. There are a few other final touches the mantel is getting later.
It's not perfect, but it's getting close!