The end is in sight!

Here are some pictures of the baby's room. You can see how we needed a day at the beach. Check out the photo of the room from the day we moved in when it was still bright blue. A few more things to do and we will be done! Just in time.

Beach Break

Lewes Beach, Delaware. Mid-Atlantic beaches are so weird. There's never any waves. When the kids next to us with boogie boards were screaming, "Here comes a brutal wave!" the California girl in me was horrified. They have no idea how deprived they are. You couldn't even drown in them if you tried! What happened to the days of kids getting pummeled by waves and getting stuck underwater not knowing which way was up until you surfaced and had sand in every facial orifice, a pint of water up your nose, and thus developed a healthy respect for the waves and the ocean and what they were ultimately capable of?
At that very moment I made a silent promise that my child must not be fooled into thinking that bumps in the water are waves just because he is growing up here. If I have my way, San Clemente will be the first beach he visits.
And I'm not even finished! The jellyfish don't have tentacles and apparently don't sting (although I wasn't taking any chances), and there's huge horeshoe crabs that just wash up on the shore! What the heck?! Someday I am going to try a beach further south like North Carolina and see if that's any closer to what I have known of beaches. Of course, as I admitted to Andy, it's entirely possible that I am a beach snob. And quite honestly, I am okay with that.

Living Room

We are so excited about these record shelves. They make our living room seem way bigger and obviously more organized. Here are some before and after pictures.

Shades are up!

Today we installed the shades in the baby's room. Here are some photos! Thanks mom!

Baby Shower

Last Sunday we had a baby shower. It was really nice to see all our friends come out to help us celebrate this little guy! Thanks so much to Jamie, Carol Gale, Sara & Katy for planning this and hosting it.

More painting

These photos show the "Cricket White" color we added above the chair rail. It's really hard to accurately show how paint color appears in a room in a blog photo. It looks a little less beige than this photo and more like vanilla creamy white.

Garden

We had to pull out the late blight tomato plants. So we've nearly reached the end with our homegrown tomatoes even though its only early August. We still have one plant that might give us a few, but it will be gone soon. We've got a few cucumbers still growing, but for the most part we have called it a day for the summer crop. Also pulled out the zucchini and the okra to make room for our fall garden. Today I put in a row of carrots and swiss chard. It's so hot that's about all I could do, but we will also be planting some cabbage and turnips. Hopefully this will cut down on the need for grocery store runs in October and November when the baby demands all the attention.