Basement Story, Chapter 1

Hi. Remember me? Rachel and Chad's cement basement?



With the baby, they can't get to the gym so mom and Sue came down to help them make a workout space in the basement.

We coated the walls with waterproofer and put down a fancy plastic/plywood subfloor...


And put up a wall to separate the rest of the basement



So now we're ready for carpet and exercise equipment!


(also spackle and paint)


Very exciting! A whole new room for our home!!

Time for reading

Just how hungry is that caterpillar?

Fun with puppy

Noah says: How did I end up on the back of this dog? And why is the dog so flat?


Also, tummy time is exhausting.

Smiley Baby

The cuteness! The cuteness!!!!!

My, this blanket is delicious

Does it seem like our blog features an unreasonable number of pictures of Noah in his stroller? A picture a day is a big goal, and when he's in the stroller he meets the two major requirements for my taking a picture: 1) looking cute, 2) not currently requiring both of my hands. So expect a few more.

Noah, on a scale of Saba*

Noah at 1 week:


Noah at 2 weeks:


Noah at 3 weeks:

Noah today (5 weeks):


Big changes, huh? But don't worry, although we are now featuring at least 30% more Noah, he is still very small. Look at his little hands!!



*For reference, Saba turned 2,818 weeks old yesterday.

Big News

Oh by the way...


THE BABY CAN SMILE NOW. This new skill (he's been doing it for the past week now, more and more each day) reduces his parents to a quivering pile of goo (the cuteness!! We are helpless in the face of the cuteness!!!) rendering us unable to take a picture (hence no mention of it here until today). Luckily, having grandparents around allowed him to smile at someone else so I had a chance.


He still smiles at Chad more than anybody, which is also freaking adorable.