Before and After Sneak Peek

We are nowhere near the end of our construction, but I just had to share a sneak peek of Avery's room. I still have about 50% of her stuff to unpack, but we have made good progress and last night was our first night sleeping in our bedrooms instead of downstairs in the family room and dining room.  

BEFORE: 

AFTER: (Removed carpet, baseboards, blinds, then scraped ceilings, textured ceilings and walls, primed and painted walls, new tile floors, new furniture)

We still have to do window coverings, baseboards, trim, light switches, outlets, closet doors, and wall art, but it's not hard to see her excitement!

Our new neighbors are very sweet and they love Avery.  They said they weren't sure if they were going to put up their Christmas lights this year. Josh told them that we wouldn't be hanging up Christmas lights on our house this year either, so they changed their minds and decided to put up all their lights and decorations, just for Avery. Luckily she has a view of their house right out her window. They lit it up for the first time last night so it was a perfect way to celebrate sleeping in her bedroom for the first time.

And Camden decided to celebrate by sleeping for 7 1/2 straight hours last night. 

Things are looking up!

Time Warp

Life with two kids is completely nuts. The weeks are zooming by and I can't seem to keep up with blogging, nor can I keep up with showering, dishes, laundry, or anything else. In the meantime, we have already sailed past Camden's first month, his first doctor's appointment and his first smile. 

So in the interest of time since I don't seem to have any these days, I will just post some pictures from the past several weeks as fast as I can with minimal captions while I bounce him in his baby seat with my foot. 

I feel I was very brave to take us all to a family photo shoot when he was only 8 days old...  but we did it!

(Believe it or not this one was taken with the photographer's iPhone. Not bad!):

Then just two days later we did ANOTHER photo shoot when he was only 10 days old! This time, at our house. Here he is in his (still unfinished and furniture-less) bedroom:

Avery sharing her toys with him:

Halloween:

Josh being "pregnant" with Avery (she loves this game, it makes her hysterical):

Happy smiles!

We are STILL camping downstairs and have not gotten moved up to our bedrooms yet. Amongst many construction setbacks, we are just exhausted and don't seem to have enough hours in the day! But I am hoping in the next few weeks I will be able to post some before and after pictures of the house. We're just not there yet. But it's coming... Stay tuned and Happy Thanksgiving from the Ness family!