Keep the Fires Burning - 22 weeks

We've been very busy working on our house ever since the closing at the beginning of December. Garage doors just have been installed. Over the New Year Holiday my cousin Jeremy and his wife Clare as well as our friends Mary and Clarke helped us tearout our old giant brick wood stove. It's a good thing we did because the flooring underneath the brick stove was burned. There were lots of cracks in the bricks and chimney ...potentially dangerous. We used the old bricks to build a fire pit in the back yard. A new wood stove goes in on Friday. We can't wait!

Before - The old homemade russian style brick wood stove

After the demo! See that Burn in the floor...

Jeremy and Clare also helped us cut the kitchen cabinets to fit our refrigerator into place giving the kitchen much more floor space! We are so lucky to have them as family and as friends too. 

We cooked some yummy foods and collectively worked on the house for 4 days. They all helped so much... We are so thankful for everything that got accomplished. 

Mary didn't cook Lola stew

Mary makes her amazing chicken (no dog was involved until she begged for chicken)

On Tuesday night I was able to feel our baby move for the first time! We decided to watch the movie "Big Fish" which I never have seen. While we were watching Cristina grabbed my hand and put it on her belly. Then I felt him! So cool. It's sometimes hard to remember that Zellbot (our nickname for the in utero baby) is a separate entity than his mom's ever growing belly. Now that I can feel him on the outside it's so real. 

Last night was our six year anniversary of our first date. I can't believe it's been six years - that long and that short - with ups and downs that have led us to having a family of our own. We celebrated by going out to dinner at Cooklyn a new restaurant that is open near us on Vanderbilt. Cristina looks even more stunning than she did when we first met. Pregnancy really agrees with her and I'm very much in love with both the baby and the baby mama. 

Mi Amore

More than halfway! 22 weeks of Zellbot & looking good!