Ta-Da!

It's done! After many many hours of staining/weather proofing the wood, Thad was able to put the last few boards on the top this weekend. I love it. It's like it was meant to be there, and now that cement pad in the middle of the grass doesn't look so out of place.

Now for seating :) . . .
Speaking of seating, look where Peter is sitting these days.

He looks so little in there, but it's so much easier to feed him when he's not trying to flip backwards out of the Bumbo. And speaking of feeding him, the poor guy is on a very limited diet at this point. So many of the things we tried either made his spit up so much worse, or he couldn't get it down at all. Like peas. He did try to eat them. He'd take a bite and try to swallow but then his gag reflex would kick in and they'd come right back out. So since he proved to be sensitive to grains I'm just not pushing the foods he reacts weirdly to. Maybe we'll try those again when he's older. For now he gets apples, pears, bananas and squash. I would be so bored with food if that's all I got to eat.
This weekend the kids got to go bowling for Ellie's birthday party. They had a great time, and the adults had a great time watching. These pictures are awful, but show their amazingly coordinated bowling form.
That's gonna work out well. . .

A little better.

Here's the gang before the fun began.

Thad was out of town this week, which made for some very long days for me. He came home about 9 thursday night, and though he had basically missed valentines day, made up for it with these.

The flowers were lovely, but I was very excited to see that little brown package. My favorite!
We also joined the rest of the world in technology this week. We got new smart phones and so far I've figured out how to call and text and set my alarm, use the calendar, take pictures and even video chat. I'm sure the phone does a million other things, but I'm pretty content with that.