Home Sweet Home: There is Light at the End of the Tunnel!

Yes, there is finally light at the end of our tunnel! Happy 2009 Everyone! Lets see, we have a lot of updating to do... First of all, the drywall guys finished on December 17th, so we got the go ahead to start painting. Gabby and I primed the kitchen on Friday night of the 19th. Then on Sunday the 21st we had one heck of a painting/priming party! With the help of my mom and dad, Mike's mom and dad, Gabby, Amanda, Aunt JoAnn, Grandma and Grandpa Hendricks, Pop, Aunt Kathy and Joe, we were able to get the entire house primed and one coat of paint on all the ceilings! We are extremely greatful to everyone for all of the help, we could not have done this without you! I have been on vacation since December 19th, so the following week Amanda met me out at the house and her and I were able to start getting some color on the walls, Monday evening of the 22nd mom, dad, Mike and I, hit her hard again and were able to get all of the ceilings and closets finished with two coats of paint. Tuesday I decided I was going to get a terrible head cold so I stayed in bed all day, trying to fight it off before Christmas. Wednesday dad and I were both off, so we got mom's house ready for Christmas Eve, cleaning and cooking! Thursday (Christmas Day) we decided it was time for a break, haha! Actually it is best we did, we did a lot of visiting on Thursday and we were tired from all the running around. Christmas was very exciting this year, as I am sure most everyone already knows, Mike and I were able to announce that the Straub family will be growing in 2009 by two little feet. I guess what they say is true, New House, New Baby! Baby Straub is expected to arrive around July 24th!
We have been keeping busy since Christmas as well, we have just about every room painted, the only room I have left is the little half bath off the kitchen, and I was waiting to see what paint I had left over before starting it. Mike and Mike Barr installed the kitchen cabinets on Sunday afternoon/monday morning. We had to send a few of the cabinet doors back, two had the wrong profile and one was damaged. Not a big deal, the new ones should be here in 2 weeks. We had the countertop people come and measure for our countertops and they should be in within the next 2 weeks. My brother has been hard at work installing all the recepticles and light switches, once we get a room painted, he moves right along and finishes the electrical. What a team we have! Well thats it for now, below are some pictures of our painting party!