See our home improvements

We've been pretty busy with our house projects still. Over the weekend we were able to paint the office/guest room and put in new blinds and today Alex was able to finish painting the fence...this is a project that we have been working on for weeks! I am starting to see an end to the constant projects approaching. We've contracted with someone to handle the work in the back yard, and my mom is going to come in a couple weeks to help me paint the rest of the house. After those projects are completed in August, we should be feeling much better...still not done, but much better.
Here is a picture of Alicia washing the car with her daddy recently. She loves to wash the car, and is surprisingly good at it. This is Alex showing off our newly completed garage. Alex and my dad drywalled it together, and Alex and I painted it the week that he left, and it is very nice to be able to get in both vehicles in the middle of the day without having to cool them off or worry about how hot Alicia's buckles are in her seat because we can fit both cars in the garage now!!

This is what will be the baby's room...it's a mess and a bit of a catch all right now, but we painted it a cream and green, put in the blinds, and my dad put in the light fixture. I still have six months to finish it off before the little one arrives.
These are a couple of pics of Alicia's room. She has a dark purple wall and the rest are a light tan...the blog just isn't doing any of the color's justice, but maybe it gives you a little idea.I think I already put this in somewhere, but Alicia's bathroom again...

...and our most recent accomplishment, Alex's office!


We took a little break from our work last Friday to go to Friday's for dinner. Alicia has just gotten into nose kisses and she was giving them to Alex while we waited for a table.

Alicia got to sit in a booster seat instead of a highchair for the first time, and she loved it. I don't know what it is, but she loves to be with Alex during meals. She loves to get his special attention during this time and she frequently cops a bit of an attitude in an attempt to get him to feed her. With me she is miss independent...there is no way that I'm going to feed her something, she handles it herself if we are alone. Here they are enjoying coloring together while waiting for the food...I think Alex is enjoying the coloring more that Alicia.

Enjoying some drinks together.
After dinner we went to an outdoor ampitheater in the complex that has free concerts every evening. We found a little grassy area to sit in and Alicia loved listening to the music...
...and looking at all the clouds.

I know, I don't look pregnant yet...I can tell, but most people can't yet...just give me another month or so. I'm just finishing my first trimester this week and thankfully the nausea and feeling like crap is coming to an end!! The hardest thing for me now is just fighting the exhaustion. When I was pregnant last time, it was really a stretch for me to be awake for 12 hours in a day, and we just have to much to do to be in bed that much, so I always feel tired.