Last but Not Least...

So not to beat a dead horse***, but Luczak Photography just emailed me this one last picture today from our photo shoot earlier this month (see all pictures and info in post here), and it is hands down my favorite picture of the bunch. How adorable is Radcliff in it? Thanks for all the sweet comments on that post as well. You guys are the best!

Well this last Saturday this wise old woman turned 28. For some reason 28 just seems so much older than 27. No? I feel like 27 can still be classified as being in my mid-twenties, where 28 is considered late-twenties. Whoa, late-twenties... It seriously just seems like I was in high school, and I definitely feel the exact same age as I did back then. Minus the immaturity but add in the hipness ;)

But back to ma birfday. It was the perfect day! We woke up and headed to breakfast at The Blue Lemon. Scrumptious. And then headed over to the Alpine Outlets for a little retail therapy. Shopping with Wren is the best because him and Radcliff just roam the stores and halls and I can spend as much time as I want at each rack without Radcliff climbing underneath everything and darting off to push people's carts... After, we picked up a caramel apple to go because ironically cakes and cupcakes all have gluten in them ;) Is it too much to ask for a cake for your birthday!? But the apple hit the spot. We topped it off with a big family nap and then headed out for a delcious dinner at my new favroite restuarnt Cafe Bella Rue in Soda Row at Daybreak (simply amazing if you eat gluten-free!) They have these awesome couches centered around a fireplace so it is perfect if you have a baby. He just strolled around the middle coffee table the whole time saying hello to everyone. Thanks for dinner parents! And if that wasn't a fun enough day, we ended with a bang eating yet another dinner, a good old hearty Fall-ish one, catching up with long-time high school friends. 

Now back to the kitchen... Wren has the wall completely town out. The framing to the new wall built and him and my Dad worked on the new electric crap for ten hours straight yesterday (THANK YOU DAD!). Just a couple more hours to go today and that should be done. Hopefully we will get the insulation, sheet-rock, and paint done mid-week, and then floor laid by the end of the week. One week at a time, one week at a time. And while Wren is busy slaving away in Hell's Kitchen, Radcliff and I have been staying with Wren's parents. They were out of town this last week, so we stayed in their master sweet, and let me tell you... We felt like kings and queens! Their bathtub and bathroom is a dream! Radcliff and I sort of lived in their bathtub (I cleaned it really good Hollie!), and he had a blast roaming their large corridors all weekend. He has also been busy worrying about the "horrr" (stuffed animal horse) in Hoo Hoo's playroom. He keeps pacing back and forth, back and forth next to the playroom trying to find the location in which we hid the dang horse. Poor guy... I miss the days where he didn't remember past on minute. He was a lot easier to pull one over on! I think that little horse will be the death of us all. Hilarious the things kids decide to be afraid of...

I hope Monday treats you well today! 

***Funny side-note, Wren literally doesn't know any old expressions like the one above. Whereas I'm all about them. So every time I say one (which is a lot because I've been around the block a time or two), he's like, "To beat what with a what!? Sav. No. You just made that up." Poor guy.  

Sorry I've Been MIA but We've Got a Kitchen to Gut!

I thought our house was bad when Wren started uninstalling cabinets and floor last Tuesday...

...then fast forward three days later and this is what we're living in right now:

Gross doesn't even begin to cover it. I know these pictures make you super jealous that I get to prepare meals in here and you don't. 

We have wanted to gut our kitchen since we moved in last year but planned on doing it a couple years down the road once we recovered from all the renovations, particularly the basement (that one almost killed me. See here for posts on everything!) Sooner than we'd anticipated, due to all of our cabinets selling on KSL, we've begun. As big of a pain in the butt as it's been, we honestly can't wait for a new open-concept kitchen. Our other one was just fine and we could have kept it and been perfectly happy, but it was dark and a little claustrophobic to me and it will be nice to have the wall down so I can see my crazy boys while I cook them dinner. Plus, it will help re-sell a lot. Wren is pretty much conquering this all on his own. Again. I can't believe the amount of work he has already put in and can't help but laugh as I watch him hack into things. He's just so handy I can't handle it. And such a good Dad! He is usually home no later than 4:30-ish everyday and it's just the three of us from then on. Radcliff has no lack of Daddy time, let's just say that. So Wren's only complaint in this (other than smacking himself in the head with a piece of hardwood floor last night that ricocheted off his crow bar! I could have died.) has been that he doesn't feel like he's seeing his boy as much as he should because he goes to work during the day and then comes home and works on the kitchen all night. Yet he still insists on getting yogurt as a family after he's done working for the night, giving Radcliff his bath, and reading him stories. I hate braggy posts like this, but I feel Wren deserves it today. He's just the most multifaceted guy out there and I want to sing it from the rooftops!
Here is a simple little sketch of what we are going to do:

I am having an absolute blast picking everything out! Post to come with lots of the things we will be using for the kitchen later this week and any recommendations on anything is greatly appreciated! :)

Wish us luck!