Before Pictures

Most of you know that on July 29th, 2009, we arrived home from a trip to Dallas to find out our house had flooded. The flood was due to a S-L-O-W leak from our air conditner unit that slowly seeped under the floors and into the carpets and walls.

Through this we learned that Andrew and is ever present allergies are a great water leak/mold detector. Every night for a week before we found the leak had occured, he would wake up choking and getting sick EVERY NIGHT. Turns out it was his little system being so sensitive to the mold beginning. So we had to deal with insurance, "Dry-Outs" and a gutted home for a month. But soon after - things took shape.

You can see those pictures in the next post. For now, "enjoy" what was our "home" for a month (and some of the worst pictures weren't taken as the entry was attempted to be ripped up and laid again VERY quickly...for details on why...you'll have to email me!)

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This was our "plank" or "bridge" from the front living room to the hallway. You can imagine how much fun this was with a 2 1/2 year old!

David, Jeff and our neighbor Chris laid the tile. (Mostly David!) :)

Below is our front living room which was temporarily Jeff's room and then after the flood was converted into our dining room/breakfast nook too! 

 

Here was our real dining room which became a semi-storage room

Our Kitchen!

David walking through with a guy to do the wood flooring. Notice the yuckiness that surrounds them!

The old yucky linoleum flooring - asebestos flooring, mind you! Yet another lovely hurdle!

The asbestos flooring may be what David is pointing out here...

While we were in the midst of demolition (again), David thought it was time to replace our old windows with some more "Low-E" windows.

The New Remodeled Pics!!!

Below are a sampling of the pictures obtained after David's hard work and the hard work of sweet friends and family.

My Mini-Sanctuary :)

Now it's time to finish the new master bath, master bedroom, master closet and laundry room...sigh...it's never ending! :)

New Venture

Take a minute to visit my new blog "store"...

http://www.framesbytiffany.blogspot.com/

It is a display of my newfound hobby and chance to make a little "mad $$$".

Let me know what you think!

Exterior House Remodeling Pictures

At long last! Here are the exterior pics. I'll try and post the ones of the inside remodel as soon as I can get all Andrew's toys picked up...LOL...

As many of you know, David and I bought our house in January 2004. It was well....in pretty bad shape. All it had to offer was bigger bedrooms and more storage space than we found in newer homes, a hilly neighborhood filled with old trees and being located beside a creek. Other than that, it was a rental house for many years and in pretty bad shape. In fact, my Munner confessed one time that she cried after seeing it for the first time. Yeah...it was pretty bad.

BUT it's come a LONG way after David's hard work and talent along with the aid of many sweet friends. David's brother Mike has been instrumental in helping both physically and providing over the phone guidance as David has been basically rebuilding our home - inside and out. David and others have torn down and rebuilt the window boxes, inserted new energy efficient windows, replaced facia and soffets and siding. (David replaced most of the siding by himself...thank goodness I wasn't home to witness him balancing on ladders! YIKES!)

Of course, we finally had to bite the bullet and paid for it to be painted and roofed. I know that all of you are as sad to see the terracotta color go as much as were (can you hear my sarcasm!!?) But it's done... Ah....

...........and drum roll, please.................................................

As I mentioned, I promise I'll get pictures of the interior remodel up shortly. I'm excited to show you the handscraped wood floors - they look AWESOME! :)

Surgical procedures and flu-like symptoms

There is something about the end of October/first of November, that both my boys end up getting "under the weather" at the same time.

Technically, this time, Andrew had to have his tubes reinserted and his adenoids removed on November 2nd. So it wasn't just him being ill (of course, the Dr. said that both ears were infected when he inserted the tubes - but Andrew is so used to it, he wasn't acting sick or anything prior...)

However, the day before the procedure, David came down with a nasty "cold" and aching ear. So on Monday, our good friends Dianne and Ray Scott along with Lynn Bailey accompanied me during Andrew's procedure and Lynn stayed with me while he recovered and helped me get him settled at home. Those friends were huge Blessings and I would have had a hard time without having Lynn during the recovery and getting Andrew home. Andrew took a LONG time to calm down after coming out of anesthesia. (I think he will always be known in the surgery center now!) He also threw up in my car on the way home. It was a busy morning!

During Andrew's procedure, David learned from our family physician, that he himself had a raging ear infection and "flu-like symptoms" but because he didn't have a fever that he did not have the flu (?). But he was in fact contagious, so he had to stay away from Andrew until today - Wednesday.

The past few days have been "wild". After getting over grogginess from anesthesia, Andrew went WILD. He went to a whole other level of hyperactivity that I've never seen. Of course, a super hyper mode would be followed with a crying breakdown but I am hoping that has subsided. David's feeling better - thankfully and so it seems as if we're on the road to recovery...PHEW!

(I think he looks a BIT like me here! LOL)

Bible Study

About a week and a half ago, I was taking advantage of the boys watching the Cowboy's game in order to work on my Bible study. A few minutes into my study, Andrew came to see what I was up to and then began doing his own "Bible Study". He then found one of my devotional books and began flipping through them while being seated next to me in the dining room. A few minutes later, Andrew hollered out to David "Daddy! Tell me to come in there!!" Of course, both David and I were thinking that he wanted to get back to watching the Cowboys game in the living room. So David, being the good sport, did as he was asked and called "Andrew, come in here!" To which, Andrew replied "Just a minute! I'm doing my Bible study!" and then began turning the pages of my devotional and singing a remix of "Jesus loves the little children" and "Jesus loves me."

That was such an incredibly proud time for both David and I to see him mimic that. And this past Sunday, the night before his surgery, he proudly sat with his "green Bible" at the table where I was doing my study. I couldn't help but take pictures this time... enjoy!

First Football Game

On the actual day of Halloween, David and I took Andrew to the Baylor vs. Nebraska football game. After paying $10 to park, walk and get seated...it didn't take long for Andrew to begin asking to go home. (He kept saying the trombones were too loud).

So, after all that - we headed home. But before leaving, we stopped to see his Uncle Jeff who was working a Chick-Fil-A stand at the game. Uncle Jeff hooked him up with a cookies and cream milkshake - which he quickly devoured before passing out in the Jeep on the way home. His first football game was not all that we hoped it to be...but probably what we expected! Oh well - there's always hope he'll enjoy basketball games! :)