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Renovations DONE!!!

This post is a bit overdue, but our condo is up for sale! We have finished as much renovations as we are going to, and we are moving on! I love our little home, it has been so wonderful for this first year of Merrill's life and it has been an adventure for Mark and I to learn and grow together as we have worked on it.

KITCHEN

BEFORE

AFTER

One of my favorite features is that Mark and his Dad turned this closet into a washer and dryer for me!

LAUNDRY CLOSET

BEFORE

AFTER

BATHROOM

We replaced the sink base, mirror, tub and had the shower tiled. (See last post)

BEFORE

AFTER

BEDROOM/NURSERY

BEFORE

AFTER

LIVING ROOM

BEFORE (yes I was pregnant in this picture!)

AFTER

So, yeah. We have had a lot of great learning and growing experiences here, and done a lot of work! Hopefully we can sell soon!

A+ Job

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Home Improvements Continue!

This is what our shower has looked like for the past year - we had to put most of our budget into the plumbing and so we covered the walls with this for a while...

It is functional, but not great for re-sale. Yes we are hoping to sell in the next year.

So, we buckled down and hired A+ Handyman Services to come and tile our shower!

This is a picture of our fun handymen.

They were funny guys, and a but crazy at times, but they did great work!

We have since painted our walls, and are almost done with the whole room!

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So Merrill is getting to be so much fun! He continues to amaze me with being in the 97% of kids his age in height and head circumference, but only 20% in weight!

He is having fun making messes when he eats:

On Christmas Day Merrill started making his "Big Face." We love it!

So the three of us sleep in the same room, Mark has a crazy work schedule with nights, early mornings, plus school and we also have a one year old that needs naps ... needless to say we have a weird sleeping schedule around our house.

Both of my boys are troopers, and occasionally I have had to put Merrill to bed with a bottle to get him to sleep when it is convenient.

When I wake Mark up from one of his "naps" (he doesn't get full "sleep" right now) he usually has some semi-coherent things to say, but today was my favorite. As I woke him up he asked very seriously, "Time is moving forward... right?"

Awesome Grandma

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Years ago, my Grandmom - Hesther Rippy received a church calling as stake literacy specialist. Being the amazing woman that she is, she founded and is now the much more than full time volunteer director of the Rippy Family Literacy Center in Lehi. The Flash basketball guys gave the center a make-over this year and check it out! Click HERE.
There is even a short video!

Batman Christmas

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Merry Christmas! We had a great week. Mark's parents housed Merrill and me for a few days so that Mark could have a much needed mini-vacation of some time to himself. We had a blast playing games, running errands and genuinely spending some time with family! I love that my family-in-law is really family. I am blessed! Mark joined us for Christmas Eve and now we are all home on Christmas day.

One of the traditions, I love the most from my youth is Christmas PJ's - so I carry it on. Mark and I got matching scrub pants (and yes we happened to have these shirts around the house) and I purchased Merrill his very own Batman PJ's to match.

We had so much fun Christmas morning opening presents, giving presents and watching Merrill run around enjoying the sprit of the holiday!

Grandpa and Grandma Nott got Merrill a glow worm (which Mark had the original of when he was young) He gave it hugs, kisses and carried around all morning!