Little Project - Phase 1 Complete!

Today, we were finally able to complete the first phase of our kitchen remodel. The drywall is done, painted, and all of the lights are installed and fully functional! After many, many strange and unexpected setbacks (such as mismatched paint, faulty switches and faulty lights) we are now ready to call it quits and move on to the nursery. I will try and post some pictures soon.

We hope to get the nursery painted this week. We have decided upon a very light pink color called "princess pink". We hope that our ultrasound technicians were right when they said it would be a girl :)

Recycle, Recycle, Recycle

I wanted to take a minute to write about a topic that is very important to us. We have become avid recyclers since moving into this house and after Mason was born. We have been making a concerted effort to "go green" based upon a fear that we have for future generations and how life will be like for them if we continue to waste our precious resources and pollute the environment. Plus, we really want to teach our children how precious and beautiful our environment is and how to take steps to preserve it.

We are so excited that our township will institute a state of the art recycling program in April 2009. Currently we are able to recycle glass, aluminum and plastics 1 and 2. Even with the limited program we have now, we still somehow find a way to fill up our bin every week (mainly with Mason's tube feed cans). With the new program coming up we will be able to recycle all plastics 1-7, glass, aluminum, paper, junk mail, magazines, cardboard, plastic bags, etc. Travis and I estimated that 90% of our trash will be recycled with this new program. Take for example a yogurt container, we will be able to recycle all of it now! We are so excited about it! I think our family looks at us like we are crazy...yes, we are this excited about a recycling program. We literally can't wait!

We are going to start some other green projects around the house as well. All the new paint we buy has been VOC free and we have been slowly making the switch to natural cleaners, etc. We are also investigating steam cleaners that steralize and clean without the use of harmful chemicals. This spring/summer, we are going to install a rain barrel to catch the downspout water for watering our garden and plants.

Feel free to comment with your own "go green" tips and links!

March for Babies

That time of year is coming up again! March for Babies is on 4/25/09 in our area. Last year Travis walked for Mason and was able to raise more than $1,000 in donations thanks to your generosity.

We have set up a bit of a different goal this year. There were many people that expressed interest in walking with Travis, so we decided to create a walking team. Our team will represent CDH and will hopefully help to raise some awareness. Our goal is to get 25 walkers this year to participate with Travis and Mason. If each walker raised $100, our team will generate $2,500 for the March of Dimes, a truly special organization.

I really wish I could walk this year, but the event is only 2 days away from my due date.

Please check out our Team Page and register to join us!