I’m not sure why, but I always seem to post on Sunday, but I’ve always labeled the post the previous day, Saturday’s date. It’s bothering me, so I figured I would point that out in case of you who may read this wander if I never know the date! But here we are again!
Finn had quite a fun week. Last Sunday we headed to the softball field to watch daddy play in his church league game in the afternoon. Finn loved having free reign and playing with extra softballs that were lying around. But most of all, he loved saying “da da” and walking up to daddy to be picked up!
Debbie, Finn, and Sammy headed to the park, library story hour, and the zoo this week. And they painted some lovely octopus art! These pictures are one’s she took throughout the week. It is so nice to see what he is up to while I’m at work, I really love it! Finn has been sleeping really well lately as in taking long naps and getting up a bit later than normal in the morning. He also has quite the appetite, so we think he’s going through a growth spurt!
Friday Kevin’s mom watched Griffin during the day and that night Kevin and I enjoyed date night at a the Columbus Clippers game. It was a perfect night for a ballgame – the weather was beautiful and City BBQ had $2 pulled pork sandwiches, yum!! Cyd came over to watch Finn in the evening – they had a fun night together 🙂
On Saturday we had quite the workday – this time with outdoor projects! We wanted to finish up the outdoor beds so we can get the fruits and veggies started. We called Jones Topsoil, and in under an hour had 4 yards of pulverized topsoil/compost piled high in our driveway. After lunch Finn played with his new water table in the screened porch. He was a soaking wet mess, but kept himself entertained for 45 minutes! Luckily Finn took two long naps and we spent that time outside, Kevin stapled the landscape fabric to the inside of the beds and then we began filling them with soil. You’d be surprised how much soil fits into those things! We were able to fill them up and get them ready to plant and then we called it a night. Kevin headed to the Crew game and after Finn woke up from his second nap we had a momma and son night at City BBQ followed by ice cream at Graeter’s.  Yummy!  As I mentioned earlier, Finn has been eating super well – he enjoyed beef brisket, mac and cheese, and corn pudding.  He also loves drinking cold water (with ice) out of a straw. By the time ice cream rolled around he was pretty tired and not super interested, but he had a few bites of cookies & cream and blackberry chip! 
Sunday was a fun-filled day for all of us! Finn loves having the dogs around all the time. And lately he’s really taking to sleeping with his stuffed doggie too. Cameron stays on the first floor much of the day, while Lily is pretty much my shadow and follows us everywhere. She loves to go in with me to get Finn in the mornings and he just babbles the word doggie nonstop til you put him down next to her so he can give her some love. Today they were particularly cute together 🙂 
After church, Finn and daddy tag-teamed a hair cut at Sport Clips. Finn did so well, he sat there like a champ and just looked around and observed everything and smiled at his daddy, who was right next door in the next chair. She even used the clippers to do around his ears and he was totally fine with it!
Sunday afternoon we celebrated Graham’s 4th birthday with a cookout at Amy and Andy’s. It was a pleasant afternoon filled with lots of boisterous youngsters running around a playing. Andy’s parents were visiting from Canada as well so it was nice to be able to visit with them for a short while. 
On the remodeling front, Kevin continued to make a lot of progress this week. On Tuesday, he along with his dad, Brett, Chris, and Chad installed a 250# steel i-beam in the basement ceiling to correct the first floor. It was sinking or sagging near the doorway between the dining and living rooms. You could really tell when you walked in that area that it was lower, you could actually feel it on the second story too in the hallway/door area to Finn’s room. Pretty impressive job, eh?  An HVAC company was here to move some air conditioning duct work from a wall that is going to be removed and also moving air conditioning condensor outside from the patio area of the backyard to the side of the house. It is now so quite – it was a genius idea by Kevin! Plus now we have more gardening space 😉  Kevin’s dad also worked on some electrical in the walk in pantry and installing can lights and moving the light fixture into the “new” dining room area. On Friday Kevin began putting up drywall in the walk in pantry, but then we switched to the outdoor garden projects for the weekend! Most of the other work involved demolition, including removing all of the carpet in the living and dining rooms. Things are coming along – any and all are welcome to come see our progress any time! Thanks to Brett for your continued help and Kevin’s dad for coming and staying and working with Kevin for a large part of the week. 
