Well unfortunately Christmas week was fraught with sickness.  Alex got a nasty cold and passed it along to us.  Christmas morning she awoke with a pink/swollen/crusty eye – fun stuff.  So I did’t get any great xmas day photos 🙂

Cyclops baby xmas morning 🙂

She was a trooper though and loved her dragon rocker!

Wednesday and Thursday we kept alex home (ryan had to work) anyhow, and Alex and I just relaxed trying to get better.  Friday she seemed much better so I took her to daycare and got much worse myself with a fever.  Saturday we were hoping we’d all feel better, but no such luck and by saturday night it was clear that alex was coming down with something else (ear infection?).  So sunday we took her over to the doctor and yup, double ear infection.

We had the plumber coming Monday morning to install the gas line for the stove so Sunday night we got the wiring ready for the stove and hood.  Then we spent the whole evening installing the hood after getting the first 2 upper cabinets in!

Sunday night progress

On Monday we finally all felt better, although I still have a cough (asthma) and Ryan is still not 100%, Alex was good so we took her to daycare and enjoyed our day off working on the kitchen.

Stove in and working!

At 2:30pm our neighbor stopped over to help out a bit since I had to pick up Alex at 3:30pm, so we ended up getting the rest of the upper cabinets installed and progress on the fridge wall of cabinets!  Then today, Alex and I relaxed with Sarah and Ryan finished up the fridge cabinets!  All cabinets are now installed!  This was actually planned, we are very excited!

All upper cabinets in!

Cabinets around the fridge!

There is quite a bit happening still… tomorrow the counters are being installed!  Friday Jason is going to do the plumbing so we’ll have a kitchen sink again!  Just in time for all the family to come out for Groudas Christmas.

Once the counters are in I can start filling the lower cabinets.  We have handles and knobs to install and doors to straighten still but the cabinets are in so it feels like a real kitchen!  Next on the list  is to buy tile for the floor and backsplash.  We still have all the moldings to install too.  Lots to do but it feels so close to done 🙂