jorts and boots

June 1

Kitchen

Home improvements with a growing belly. Don't worry, my sense of style has remained intact. Jorts and boots with ankle socks.

June 2

Carytown

Afternoon errands around town. I always enjoy seeing what the side of this building has on it.

June 3

Mudroom

This is pretty self-explanatory, but Andy is painting the ceiling. Side note: It's nice to look back at these pictures and see how far our progress has come!

June 4

Kitchen

Also self-explanatory, except this time it's a wall.

June 5

Mudroom

Greg came to our rescue and helped Andy lay the hardie backer. Thank goodness, because I sure didn't want to get down there and do it.

June 6

Yorktown Beach

When Andy works, I give myself a day off from chores. Maybe that doesn't seem fair, but I think it's pretty great and The Bobby needed to experience the beach. 

June 7

Mudroom

America's tiling duo. This is pretty much as professional as it gets.

June 8

Peach's Barn

We came out here to reclaim some wood from this barn before it falls over. 

June 9

Mudroom

Wiping, wiping, wiping, wiping.

I couldn't resist this two-fer. 

Andy needed to stretch his back after all that. Z, his bff, joined him.

June 10

Mudroom

This is basically how everything goes. And by that I mean nothing ever works out on the first try. The colors don't quite match up...

June 11

Mudroom

The solution: dye the grout using a toothbrush and a little tube of dye. Worth it, probably not, but too late now. But really not bad for Team America's first tiling job!

June 12

Bedroom

The tiniest baby bump. Easily confused for a beer belly.

June 13

Kitchen

Wood shavings from Whit's work on the back door threshold.

June 14

Front Porch

Clearly Andy is working again because I am lounging like a champ in the hammock.

June 15

Living Room

A quadri-pus!

June 16

Mudroom

Look at that coming together! Let me just point some things out because it doesn't look like much if you haven't been staring at it for months. A floor, walls, trim, and a water heater. Woot!

June 17

Cyborg Room

The cats. Not hanging out with each other.

June 18

Sunroom

Painting the back door. Sorry for all this terribly boring house stuff. It's kind of all we've been doing. All progress is good progress.

June 19

Mudroom

One step closer to not doing dishes in the bathroom!

June 20

Sunroom

Cleaning out the sunroom to get ready for the floors. The best magnet that ever was is finally getting trashed. New fridge = we are classier than that?

June 21

Varina

After my bike ride I saw this mom and her babies crossing the street! Best day in the country ever! Her udders were touching the ground!

June 22

Front Porch

Making sure we don't get too classy though. Temporary fridge location means free beer access for anyone who cares to take a look inside!

June 23

Boehmer-Heimer Country Club

Molly is like the rodeo clown of the pool. She knows how to handle the shark.

June 24

Front Yard

At least our flowers are blooming beautifully in front of the house.

June 25

Sunroom

Would you look at that!?  It's a real live floor!

June 26

Office

A big day for the Smith's. We got to see The Bobby and he (I'm just saying that, we don't know if The Bobby is a he or she) saluted us! Pretty amazing stuff.

June 27

Front Yard

Black-eyed Susans not quite ready to come out yet.

June 28

Front Yard

New perspective. I think it's pretty obvious there's a lot going on inside there.

June 29

Pocahontas State Park

Dad time at the pool!

June 30

Front Porch

Team working for that porch ceiling. Not too shabby.

strawberry season

May 1

Front Yard

Ms. Judy (our neighbor) gave us some irises from her yard.)

May 2

Front Yard

 And they are doing great on our side of the line! (Clearly my short-term memory is struggling since I took a picture of the same thing two days in a row.)

May 3

Short Pump Town Centre

Andy was working at the Firefighter Games so Sister and I brought Adah out there to visit and practice spraying a fire hose.

May 4

WFM

My weekend of working. At least there was nice enough weather to take a break in and let my dogs rest.

May 5

Kitchen

Pulling wires up and pushing them back down. We are pretty much master electricians by now.

May 6

Peterson House

Lovely flowers greeting me as I went to take a nap between works.

May 7

Carver's House

Showing off our pregnant bellies. One of us is much more convincing than the other, and it's not me.

May 8

Living Room

The bi-pus just hanging out on the couch.

May 9

Front Yard

It's a weeding kind of day. (Clearly overdue.)

May 10

Bedroom

Making the seasonal clothes switch and preparing for a yard sale. Pretty impressed with my get-rid-of pile.

May 11

St. Stephen's

My first Mother's Day involved a Chipotle picnic (Andy knows how to get me. And my burrito baby definitely outweighed my real baby.) and the Compline service. Pretty lovely way to spend the evening really.

May 12

Kitchen

Using fire extinguishers as models for our future wall cutouts.

May 13

Bathroom

New faucets installed! On both sides! Which means we can brush our teeth and spit simultaneously without worrying about hitting each other.

May 14

WFM

The cutest cupcakes ever made! (Tiny cones!)

May 15

Bathroom

If only we were so lucky to be done after the first attempt. Alas, a little leaking, a plumber visit, a few trips to the store, and two more days of working on this later, we have functional faucets!

May 16

Lakeside

Giving Adah a ride around the neighborhood.

May 17

Lakeside

That yard sale I was talking about. A giant dog came and were instant friends. Also, I sold zero percent of those clothes, but immediately brought them to the Goodwill truck. Better luck next time.

May 18

Brown's Island

Took a trip down to Dominion River Rock to see what it's all about. I didn't paddle board or anything, but I did eat ice cream while watching others.

May 19

Bedroom

It's annoying when she insists on getting behind the blinds in the middle of the night. Luckily this was during waking hours.

May 20

Front Porch

Our friend Tim came for a quick visit before leaving the country and helped Andy hang the hammock. Then we each took turns napping in it.

May 21

UofR

Culinary school dinner! It was a grilling class and there were lots of veggies. (I'm not usually so lucky.)

May 22

Front Porch

It's nice and sunny but there's a crazy rainstorm going on out there. I thought for sure a tornado would drop down or at least a gold pot would fall in my lap.

May 23

Kitchen

The past two days of work were spent making these guys. I bought one and I could've eaten the entire thing but decided to share.

May 24

Dot's Back Inn

It has been so long since I've had pancakes. Holy cow. 

May 25

Oilville

Strawberry picking at our neighbor's friend's patch. We made out like bandits.

May 26

Schemmel House

No kitchen and a billion strawberries to hull is not a great combination. Sharing with Adah after she let me use her kitchen to clean, cut, and make a pie.

May 27

Kitchen

A giant vat of salsa and a giant bag of chips.

May 28

Kitchen

It has walls again! And some intentional cutouts. It feels real good to have progress that is not measured in wires and pipes.

May 29

Patina Grill

We had a doctor's appointment today. Heard the heartbeat and had some blood work. Afterward, Elisabeth took me out for pregnant lady shopping and dinner! So wonderful.

May 30

Mekong Parking Lot

Pretty nice sunset to wrap up a work week and a(nother) good dinner.

May 31

Richmond National Battlefield Park

I treated myself to a bike ride and a picnic out here. I could probably handle every Saturday morning being like this.