Monday, January 28, 2008

Sledding with Syd!

We took Sydney out sledding for the first time this weekend. We took her to a REALLY REALLY big hill -- otherwise known as the little water retention area behind our house. This was really the first time she had ever had a chance to even play with snow or walk in it.




Of course she needed to make her first snow angel while she was out there.




What we decided to use for a sled was a storage container lid. Didn't work the greatest, but she didn't mind being in it.




Of course we had to try out sledding, and she seemed to like it. Hard to tell with the whining, but that was actually her asking to go down again, so I guess she liked it!







By the end of our time outside Sydney found her snow legs and was enjoying walking around the yard.


Friday, January 25, 2008

Bye-Bye Baby!



Jamie here:
After lots of stalling and foot dragging on my part we finally sat down and gave Sydney her first haircut (bangs mainly).
Here is her hair before:





I have to admit that after seeing the results-- we should have done it sooner. EXCEPT, for the fact that it makes her look SOOOOO much older!!!




Well Syd being a true girl is really learning to work her new "look".



In fact she is coming out with her own line of hair gel, with only one all-natural ingredient: baby boogers.




Oh yes, you heard me right...check out that fantastic hold! (and trust us, it was practically cemented in place)

Monday, January 14, 2008

Adding a Workbench

This past weekend my father and I(Danny built a workbench in our garage.

Here is the corner of the garage before adding the workbench. Not a very useful space in its current form!



I got really lucky and this project was not terribly expensive. The pile of wood you see below was sitting out in front of another house in the subdivision with a sign that said FREE. So I went and took most of it (as quickly as possible!). I was able to get lots of 2x6 boards and 2x12 boards. They were very helpful in building a sturdy workbench.



The whole idea for the workbench was in my head for quite some time. When I finally drew it out on paper here is the drawing I came up with.



The first thing we had to build was the overhead storage, which took quite a bit of figuring. The hardest part was figuring out how to secure the front right corner that was floating in the air. In the end we got some angle iron that we ran into the attic and attached to a rafter.





At this point we took a break in the action so I could give you a video update on our progress.



I let dad handle the saw most of the time. He can make precision cuts and make them look perfect.



We then had to move down to building the actual workbench. I wanted to be able to use totes to store stuff in the workbench. So we used 2x12's as dividers between the sections for the totes.



We decided to build the top surface out of 2x12's as well. I was very surprised at how well it worked. With the type of wood we used we have NO worries of it ever moving, in fact if a tornado comes through, I might want to climb under here for protection.



Here is a final video showing how far we got on the project in 2 days.



Hope you have enjoyed watching the workbench half as much as I did building it.

Saturday, January 05, 2008

Baby's 1st Photo Shoot

Yep it's that time of pregnancy again -- Ultrasound!

If you remember a while back we announced we were expecting another little Egg. And we finally got to take a look at the little whipper-snapper! The Ultrasound technician tells us the baby looks perfect...we think so too...Can you pick out the tiny baby features in the pictures??

Baby Egg weighs in at just 12 oz. and is measuring in at 20 weeks -- right on schedule for May 26th.


Baby Sucking its thumb



Baby Egg sees you! (looking at the "camera")