Girls bedroom complete and Nairi says goodbye to her crib

So here are the before pictures again in case you forgot....
http://tmvigneau.blogspot.com/2013/06/remodel-of-keira-and-nairis-room.html

 And AFTER!!!!!!!!!!! We removed wallpaper, carpet and lighting. Added hardwood, a ceiling fan, a closet system and new paint. Still need to add closet doors ( but they need to be painted) and put wall art up.

Last night was her first night in the bed. Mike had to sit at the top of the stairs and play policeman for about 45 min but after that she stayed put all night. She turned 2 a few months ago and now she is potty trained and sleeping in a real bed. I guess her baby days are over!

Samuel 4 months

From Carpet to Wood- girls bedroom

 Remember these?? Gold grates and dingy carpet?

 The floor transformation

 3 1/4 inch Hickory. Its gorgeous. I can't believe what a difference it makes. Hoping to get the room painted this week and then move the girls in!

Girls bedroom progress and upstairs landing before pictures

 This is the top of the stairs entering the second floor. More yucky stained old carpet. Did I mention I despise carpet????

 Here you have the lived in look courtsey of the 2 and 3 year olds. I need to train them to put their PJ's away when getting dressed not dropping them in the middle of the hallway.

 Good Bye Carpet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 We have made lots of progress of Keira and Nairi's room. Wall paper is gone, walls are washed and cleaned of wall paper glue ( all courtesy of me! Yes you read that right. I removed all the wallpaper myself and prepped the walls) and any nicked or damaged areas have been mudded.

 Carpet has been removed

There is the new flooring ready to go.... 3 and 1/4 inch Bellawood Hickory from Lumber Liquidators. Its going to be beautiful. We have enough to do the hallway as well.  So next up is the flooring, paint walls and trim and ceiling and install new ceiling fan. Then its the fun part, decorating!

Rhode Island 2013 and July 4th

Loads and loads of pics here...
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151709635842025.1073741828.682672024&type=1&l=c0b790be24

Samuel's Baptism

 One kid sleeping, one hiding his face from the camera, one biting their nails and one scowling. We photograph well don't we?

 My first kid to not cry while being dunked  dipped into the water.

Believe it or not we forgot to take a picture of him in his gown....oops! We were too busy setting up brunch for 70 people!

The boys in this house are on Cloud 9

 Oh yeah. Mike is the proud new owner of  this craftsman riding mower.

 Israel is beside himself with excitement.

 They push mow together and now they can ride together. Mike's friend and co worker upgraded to a new and nicer model and was kind enough to pass this on to us. Let me tell you.... these boys are HAPPY! Our yard is definitely not large enough to warrant the purchase of one of these things but considering the mower  and tractor obsession that goes on in this house this thing will be used not only to mow the yard but to give kids rides around the neighborhood for sure. I can see one of those pull behind wagons in our future.  I think in the fall when we rake our usual 60+ bags of leaves this kind might just come in handy.

I know lollipops are terrible for their teeth but hey she POOPED in the potty!! And they are organic dye free lollipops so that must make them healthy!

Ballet is much more exciting that mowing....