Day's 7 & 8

Praise the Lord for air conditioning!!! We were without if for the last 26 hours and the house was 85 degrees. This might not sound too bad but when you're chasing a precious toddler around it is really hard to keep from sweating. It seems our electrical system was overloaded with all the power tools but thankfully it was all fixed today and are no longer taking it for granted. "Every good and perfect gift IS from above!"

Our carpenter, Jeff has been hard at work today and yesterday installing all the trim on our cabinets and around the ceiling and floor of the kitchen and dining room. Cameron and I are really starting to catch the vision! We look forward to him installing the same trim in our living room tomorrow:)

He also put up these brackets (there's probably a better term for them) that I snagged at the Cobb Antique Market. They will help support a 16" countertop that will rest on top. We're trying to decide if we'll keep the paint on them just the way it is or if we'll have them stripped and repainted to match the cabinets. I like how they're simple but still have a little personality. When I purchased them they came together with one being several inches longer, as you can see. I might not have originally sought out a larger one but I like the way it's coming together.

Close up

Also, I realized I hadn't shown you a picture of our floors! We were very pleased to discover there was Pine underneath the brick linoleum. It needs a little TLC but Tee seems to think they will clean up beautifully. The rest of our house has oak floors with slightly narrower planks so they will not match exactly but they will be the same color. If I weren't pregnant and it wasn't 90+ degrees outside then I might consider moving all of our things out and refinishing the entire downstairs floor but I just don't have it in me so I'm not going to sweat it. Cameron doesn't seem to think it will bother him either.

Here's a before picture of the floors thought it's not a close up:(

Oh, and when they countertop people came to make their template yesterday they said the schedule was running about three weeks. We'd surely like to have our kitchen back sooner than that so please pray it will be done a little faster. On a happy note, Sweet Turner didn't get any new bruises today. She has been very accident prone as she masters this whole walking thing. Also, our new little Baby Girl was moving around TONS and she was sticking her little bottom straight out so I really got to feel her little body. It was SO cool! She's the length of a Spaghetti Squash this week. I love her so much already!!

Love you all-
K