Finally- All caught up!!

Wow- I have not posted any pictures in a long time. But now Thanks to Grandma, I finally had some time to get caught up. Grandma showed up a week ago and has been busy with Wyatt so I can help the guys with building a little more, get some extra naps and of course do some blogging.
The latest on Wyatt...He is almost 8 months old now! He is eating a lot of solid foods, has his second tooth in, is pulling himself up to standing while holding on to Mama, making some new noises (baba, mama, tongue clicking and fake coughing are a few of his favorites) and getting very squiggly. He is not crawling but can cover some ground but just squirming and rolling so now he get put in his baby jail so he can't get into trouble.

Sleep...well we are still working on that, but look how cute he is when he does sleep!!


We actually made it through our first night (last night) without feeding...It wasn't quite as hard on me as I thought it would be. I fed him at 11:30 then he woke up at 2:00 and was up until 4:00- there was some pretty sad crying (poor baby!) but Papa was there to comfort him and he eventually went back to sleep without Mama. We are going to see how this goes for the next few nights, I would love to be able sleep for more then 2 hours at a time- wish us luck!!!

Progress!!

As of today, friday the 24th, the addition is pretty much all sheet rocked, the bathroom tub and plumbing is hooked up (but not quite functional), the ceiling is done and they are started to plan on how to connect the addition to the cabin.

We are doing this outside insulation technique- 6 inches of rigid foam go on the outside of the building instead of insulation inside the walls.

Opps- who measured this one??

Dad put up the tongue and groove ceiling, it looks great!! and the 8ft ceilings really make it feel spacious. This is the kitchen, the one window on the back wall will be over the kitchen sink and there will be counters under the other two.

Taking a break. This big 4x4 window will be right in front of the dining room table- we will have a really nice view of the mountains from here.

Gone Fishin'

Grandpa got a well deserved break from building. He and Jeff went to George lake Pike fishing with a few of Jeff's buddies. Sounds like they had a great time, perfect weather and even caught some fish.
Here is John standing up in the boat.......

Here is John after falling down in the boat.

Summer Stuff

During one of our many trips to Fairbanks to pick up building materials Jeff, Wyatt and I made a quick stop at the Tanana Valley State Fair.






Our days are pretty much consumed with Wyatt and building but we did still manage to get a garden in this spring and it's doing very well, despite the fact that I have only weeded it once this summer.

Jeff is very proud of his experimental corn. It is tough to grow up here but it looks like we may get an ear or three.
The greenhouse.
First harvest. I also put up a bunch of broccoli and beans for the freezer and canned a batch of pickled veggies. Just wish we had a bit more time for harvesting-next year!

Adventures In Eating

Wyatt had no problems with his rice cereal but veggies were a different story. Here he is with his first taste of sweet potatos.

He actually got the shudders.

"Go ahead just try and give me another spoonful" This is when we decided he had enough :)

The next night we thought we would try some peas.....

Okay...so no peas either?
Nope, definately no peas.
We tried a few other things with the same results. Then I switched from making it myself to the store bought stuff and he is gobbling up everything we put in front of him. Nice- not even 8 months old and already complaining about Mama's cooking!


He is even eating prunes now- yum. Crazy kid.