rain rain go away

Here she is at 7 weeks hanging out with the boppy.

I've been working on the crib. Everything is mostly sanded with 80 grit paper. I still have to go over it all with 150 and 220, but I think those will go faster. I didn't get any sanding done this weekend because it was pouring rain(pics of that later). But here is a picture after stripping before sanding. 

And after sanding. Feel free to ooh and ahh now. 

The wood is still kind of stained from the varnish.  I don't think this will be a problem since I plan on staining it either walnut or jacobean which are both pretty dark stains. 

This morning Pheebs was having a rip roaring good time in the swing of neglect. 

 Great smile, just incredibly out of focus! aargh. 

 still blurry. 

 and by the time I got it focused she was done smiling. bummer. 

This weekend we had flash flooding in Pensacola. We got 15 inches of rain on Saturday and I'm not sure how many more on Sunday. I've seen it rain that hard before but I've never seen it rain that hard for that long. It was pouring from 7 or 8 in the morning until 5 or 6 in the evening. The power went out a few times but never stayed out for more than a few seconds. 

This is from sometime around 9 or 10 in the morning. The pond across the street isn't totally connected yet. 

 our front yard

 later on in the afternoon the pond is now connected.

The next set of pictures makes me laugh because it really showcases: 1.)How bad I am at taking pictures. 2.)How excited I am about frogs and 3.) How I will stick with a method that is clearly not working. 

Anyways, if you look carefully you can see all the tree frogs on  the glass door. You can more clearly see the reflection of the kitchen and myself, but that is not the point. At one point we had ten frogs on the door. They must have been seeking higher ground.

 look at how excited I am, and also look at the three frogs.

Phoebe's latest trick has been to hold both her hands up like she's driving a big Harley. Here are my attempts at documenting that. 

Flash got a new bed this week. I wouldn't say he loves it...yet.  But I love how easy it is to clean and that it doesn't absorb all the dog smell. 

 And because there can never be too many pictures of this girl, I'll leave you with some pictures of her not doing anything but being cute. 

Nebraska Family Photos

Here are some of the pictures from the photo shoot we had in Nebraska on May 4th. They turned out great! 

Kim, Brent (Phoebe), G-pa John, G-ma Judy, Cousin Jaxson, Aunt Kerissa, Uncle Jason

morning giggles

Some mornings she is just so happy. 

I love this one. 

Don't forget the sunscreen.

We forgot the sunscreen. dangit. 

We went to the beach!

We only stayed for 45 minutes at the most. She slept through the whole trip. 

For the love of me I could not get this one to rotate. Bear with me and lean to the left. 

I've got a new project I'm working on. This is Phoebe's crib when we bought it. It is in pretty good condition. The only thing that bothered me was on the side rails there were teeth marks from the first kid who owned it. I decided I am going to fix that. I know nothing about stripping and refinishing wood so I youtubed it.... a lot. It definitely seemed like a ton of work and who knows if I'll even make it better. But here is my progress. 

The first step was to take the crib apart and start coating everywhere that is varnished with Stripper. This stuff is no joke. A tiny drop fell on my foot and I thought I was going to die. Flip Flops are not recommended (not on youtube). The old guy at home depot told me to wear the mask and googles, and I have been. You wouldn't believe how much sweat pools up in my googles and drips down my face mask. Eww. The gloves that I bought are mediocre at best. It says they are for Stripping (teehee) but after 20 minutes or so my left hand starts getting progressively hotter and hotter until once again I think I am going to die. 

After you coat the varnish with the Stripper you scrape it off, wipe it down with a paper towel and move on.

My progress has been super slow. Trying to work around Phoebe's nap schedule is tricky. Plus it is roughly 400 degrees outside and my gloves don't work so well. 

The big question is, will I get it done before she outgrows her little by the bed sleeper??