Well, we finally bit the bullet

We finally bit the bullet and purchased some furniture to transform our junky basement into a true Family Room. Joe just does not have enough room to crawl around upstairs. He absolutely loves being able to crawl from one end of the basement to the other. Unfortunately, we had to do away with the Guest Room in the process of creating a Family Room. The Guest Room is now the Storage Room. However, we did purchase a very nice elevated queen size Aerobed for people to use when they stay at our house. It should arrive in a week or so. Unfortunately for my dad, he's coming for a visit in the middle of this upheaval.

Right now things are in limbo. Tomorrow I need to contact a charitable organization to see if they will pick up some of the old basement furniture and other items we're clearing out. As soon as those items are gone we'll tear up the basement carpet and paint the paneling white. Next, we'll have new carpeting installed. Hopefully, this can all be accomplished quickly. The furniture has a scheduled delivery date of July 3rd!

Joe's latest: Yippee! Finally a beautiful little pearl is shining in Joe's mouth! His first tooth broke through on May 25th. He's getting very brave when he's cruising around the furniture. He likes to let go and he barely ever holds on with both hands.

Pictures:

1.) The sofa style we selected

2.) Cushions show leather color we selected

3.) The recliner style we selected

4.) The loveseat style we selected

Happy Mother's Day

Okay, so here we go with the obligatory messy kid pics. These were taken by me this morning after Joe's brunch of cereal and beef w/carrots. Boy, he really went to town with that beef w/carrots! He's been wrestling the spoon away from us lately and flinging the food all around. He also enjoys taking the cup of food and spilling it all over his tray so that he can fingerpaint with it. It's such a mess, but he's having fun and after all, he IS a baby.
Yesterday was Mother's Day, a completely fabricated "holiday". I must admit, I was sucked in. Hey, we moms have to take what we can get! I had a wonderful day. I received many thoughtful cards and Matt & Joe gave me some lovely "mums for the mum" (chrysanthimums), a sweet card, and 3 Lindt candybars. Yummm. We went to......
drumroll please...........India Palace for lunch! As always, it was delicious. Joe behaved himself and we had a good time. Afterwards, we went for a short drive and stopped by Butler's Orchard. The orchard was closed, but we browsed in the little shop for a few minutes. It was good to get out of the house. Later I went
to the 5:00 Folk Mass at St. Martin's. It was a good mass with Fr. Javier officiating. He's a great speaker.
We spoke with our mothers and they both had good days too. I hope all mothers who are reading this enjoyed their Mother's Day.
I begin my physical therapy this evening for the bulging disk in my c-spine. I think traction will do the trick and am looking forward to getting my healing underway.
Joe is such a busy boy he's tiring out his old mom & dad. He wants to stand up all the time. He's no longer happy just sitting in a bouncy seat or being held and cuddled. He never got into crawling. He crawls until he gets to a piece of furniture and then pulls himself up to stand. What adventures we have in store, I can't wait to see what's next!