15 Months and a Basement Remodel

Natalie is already 15 months old! She is getting more active and engaged every day. We have been enjoying music class on Saturday mornings lately. We have the CD so we can sing along to the songs at home or in the car (super fun for mom and dad). We've been having fun trying new things like the race track (to see horses, not gamble :) ) and the zoo to see all of the animals.

Some of my favorite pictures lately come courtesy of Natalie's favorite teacher at school, Renee. It's a sign of the times when your daycare provider texts you pictures during the day - it's the best!

We recently wrote down all of the words that Natalie is currently saying....she's a chatterbox! They are: more; hi; mama; dada; doggie (dottie); bye-bye; no; bubbles; no; all done; moo (cow says); baa (sheep says); bow-wow (doggie says); oo-a-a (monkey says); duckie; up; cracker; thank you; ball; book (boo); uh oh; boo; fishy; teeth; head. That's a lot!

I've recently added a lot of pictures and videos of Natalie to our Shutterfly page - check it out!

If Natalie wasn't enough for us to handle right now, we decided to embark on a basement remodel project. We are completely gutting the basement to give us some additional living and play space. We start tomorrow! I will try to document our journey which will no doubt be very interesting. Here are some pictures of the "before" shots.

 

A view into the "game room" from the family room.

 A view from the "game room" toward the family room and TV wall.

 The ceiling in the "game room".

 A view of the soon-to-be egress window.

 Another soon-to-be egress window.

 A wet bar will go here.

 The hallway and stairs.

 The guest room.

 The soon-to-be guest room.

 The bathroom - jealous?

 A view from the hallway into the family room.

 The stairs.

 In the utility room we are going to re-route the dryer vent outside of the laundry room as it should be :).