Caleb and I

I am trying really hard to keep our blog a little more updated. I have done pretty good with pictures of Aaron recently, but realized, I haven't talked about Caleb and I at all. So, here is a little bit about what we are up to.

Caleb: BUSY SEASON. That tells it all. Busy season has started, it hasn't been fun, but not too bad. He has been doing a lot of traveling, but the end is in sight. He was in Pittsburgh for 4 weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas (coming home on weekends). Last week he was is Roxboro, NC (a small little town with nothing going on). He will be there for most of this week as well. We are hoping and praying that he will be back Wednesday, but I am not holding my breath. In a couple of weeks, he might be going down to Atlanta for a few days. If he does, Aaron and I are thinking about going with him and I will visit family and family friends and enjoy all the cool things to do down there. After that there are no trips planned, but he will still have long hours until mid March. We are looking forward to then.

Brooke: I am loving being at home with Aaron. I am so thankful for the opportunity. He is growing so fast, and keeping me on my toes. I will post more soon about all his abilities. Most of my day is full of activities in regards to being a mom. I am very thankful that the holiday season is over and things can get back to normal. As normal as they can with Caleb being gone and Aaron being sick. One thing that I have been working on is refinishing our master bedroom furniture and redecorating. For some reason, we have put off decorating our room to last. I will not do that again. Our bedroom suite was my grandmother's and we are very thankful for the free furniture. But it wasn't our style. We didn't like the color, it had a redish tent to it, and we especially did not like the old hardware and the pine cone decoration on it. So, a few weeks ago, I decided to redo it. I was hoping to knock it out in a few days. Well, weeks later, I am almost done. It was a little more of a project than I expected. I puttied (word??) in the pinecones, painted it dark brown, and put on new hardware. Here is some pictures of the work in progress. I will post pictures of our newly decorated room and new furniture as soon as it is completely finished. Hopefully by the end of the week.

the mess in our garage. After the first coat of paint. I forgot to get a before picture.

All the drawers

The mirror before being painted. You can see the old color. I tore apart the mirror as it sat on the dresser and had ugly shelves.