new appreciation

Wow. I'm tired but thought I'd add a quick update. I have a totally new appreciation for tile floors. It's taking much longer than I had thought. For some reason, in my mind, I just imagined new tile floors to appear like magic. Not the case. We've run into a couple of snags, like my master bathroom not being level, a couple of chipped tiles to replace, and the guy doing the work's wife is having their 5th child tomorrow. It's also taking longer because we're having it put in on the diagonal as opposed to straight set. This means more cuts and more tricky layouts. I'm learning about patience. I seem to always be learning about patience. When it's all said and done, we'll have beautiful tile floors in our kitchen and 2 bathrooms. The kitchen is pratically done and so is the guest bath. It will all be finished soon...

In other news, Elise has been trying to walk. She's been taking a few steps here and there and is very excited to stand alone for a few seconds. Tonight, she took her first string of steps towards me. Yay, Elise! She also really likes to dance when she hears just about any music - so that is cute.

So, I think a yay list in order. I'll shoot for five things.

1. Yay for my kitchen and laundry appliances being put back and my kitchen being completely usable again.
2. Yay for Elise walking
3. Yay for Chris being willing to hand wash all of our dishes for a few days
4. Yay for Heidi & Luke letting us come over and hang out tonight so our tile could get worked on (Also, yay for my mom, dad, Kevin and Gaia for doing the same at one point or another during this process)
5. Yay for Ava loving to go to church. She was soooo disappointed when we ended up not going today because we had to get the house ready for more tile work and sealing so that the guy could get our kitchen back to us before he took a few days off for his new baby. We bribed her with a trip the park and were thankful that she was okay running around while it sprinkled.