Baby Andrew's first video!

Andrew's First Pictures

Sorry for the delay. Dan never quite got to it!
Here's a few at delivery:

Here are the hospital visitors:
Dan's mom, Chris, and his oldest niece, Sydney, made it just in time. We checked out about 2 hours later. We're so glad they came to help out!!!

And here's a few close-ups:
Thanks for the new outfit Nana!

Too bad that yawn didn't mean he wanted to sleep AT ALL his first night home!!!!! And yes, even though looking at it now it looks a little like a scream, it actually was a yawn. Mommy had many to match too.

Andrew Perkins Jones is Here!

Drew (we aren't sure if we will call him that yet...we'll see) was born on June 11, 2010 in Farmington, New Mexico at 4:50 pm. He was 22 inches long and weighed 7 pounds 4 ounces. He is very healthy and Mommy is doing well also. We would have posted pictures tonight if Dan remembered to bring the camera home! He left it with Leesa at the hospital. We will post soon enough.

The Fridge

Getting the fridge into place was quite the fun.
The island counter top ended up being about 5 inches too wide and completely changed the way in which we were able to get the fridge into its place.
Refrigerators have wheels, but those wheels only move forward and backward. Due to our kitchen dimensions and the obnoxiously large fridge we have, we needed to move it sideways through the kitchen. Enter...the dolly.
The fridge was placed in the dining room for the duration of the remodel.
Watch that ceiling!!

Not much extra space to work with.

Good thing they removed the pantry door. That curve was a little tough.

We only have to retouch the wall in a few places!

And we only ended up with two new scratches on our BRAND NEW FLOOR!

Funny...I never did take a picture of the fridge in its actual final resting place. (You can see the space right behind Dan.)

As soon as the pantry gets painted and stuff on the counters finds its way there, we'll take some final pictures!

Our new kitchen...97% done

Here's Leesa cooking our first meal in our new kitchen! Noodles and meatballs! We still need to put the fridge in and the toe kicks need to go in but this is pretty much the way it will look. On the far left side of the picture is a "locker" style cabinet against a wall. We love it already. by Dan
(The floor isn't quite as dark as the picture portrays. The lighter strips of color actually match the cabinet color.)

The Appliances!

***Please ignore the debris all over the countertops. They are covered with tools, random pieces of building materials and a few things that had to be removed from a few cupboards.

Putting the appliances into the kitchen was quite a fiasco!
First the sink attempted to go in, but the cut in the countertop wasn't big enough.
Then the hole for the stovetop was a bit too small as well. The countertop guys had to come back out and recut everything.

The dishwasher was pretty much the only appliance that went in without a problem. Thanks to my Uncle Ray from Portland, OR. (He did all the electrical and plumbing work for us!!)The stove top is bigger than a normal one. It has 5 burners! I'm so excited!!
Then the microwave space wasn't wide enough and the cabinet guy had to come back to shift over two sets of cabinets. He also had to cut out some trim for the wall oven to fit because that didn't fit in either.
The fridge hasn't been put in it's place yet either. If you look closely you can see the floor is about half finished in this picture. The top of the island turned out to be about 5 inches too wide and therefore getting the fridge into it's place is going to be VERY TRICKY because the space around the island to the other counters isn't big enough.Needless to say it's been a crazy last few days of nothing fitting where it needed to fit and everyone involved having to come back to redo something! By the end of the week everything should be in place except the toe kick around the lower cabinets. I'm so glad we are at the tail end of this project. Tomorrow I'll be able to use all the appliances if I so choose!!

Countertops in the Kitchen

The countertops were finally put in last Friday! It's a little hard to tell, but it's a combination of light tan, tan, browns, and black flecks.
And yes, I ended up painting the door black!
The sink and appliances will go in Tuesday.