Happy 2nd Birthday Hampton!

July 26, 2009...Hampton turns 2! He woke up first thing on his birthday ready to party. And, we did so in style with a pool party and his favorite friends. He was absolutely adorable - acted a bit bashful when we brought out the cake but was far from bashful swimming in the pool.

Ask Hampton how old he is? He responds with 2...3,4,5,6,7,8,9 (and so forth). He also is in LOVE with his firetruck and other forms of transportation - helicopters, ambulence, trains, cars, motorcyles ("morcicals"), backhoe loaders, excavators (you get my drift). Fortunately, he stacked up on all of the above on his big day!

The second best part about the day was returning to our home in Charlestown. We officially spent our first night in our own beds.

Mid Week 10

Mid week, but we've got a lot of paint done, so I thought I'd post these. 3 days until we move back in.

Week 9

Well, according to our contractor, Todd, we're one week away and should be able to move in on Friday July 24. Right now there is a lot of little stuff being completed. Molding is being placed where it needs to be, the built in's are being rebuilt, the plumbing and electrical fixtures are being installed, etc. Our painters did start to prime certain areas and get things ready, so they should be done during week 10. Granite was installed in the kitchen. Floors will be done over the weekend of the 18th and 19th. Not much has changed in the bathroom. We are just waiting on some grout, paint and custome glass shower enclusure.

The fireplace was built. Todd did a great job with framing it out. The TV will go in the recessed box and the center spearker will go in that box just above the fireplace. The speakers on the cieling need to be re-centered.

Todd put crown molding everywhere there wasn't. Here it is in our master bedroom

Week 8

Almost there. Todd thinks they'll be completely finished with everything by mid next week. Only thing left is to grout the tile in the bathroom and refnish the built-ins/build the mantel for the new fireplace and finish up some of the crown moldings and baseboard. Our granite will go in the kitchen early next week and the floors guys will be in on Thursday to finish the floors. After that, it's about a week or so of painting and then we're done.

Todd's right....this video might make you dizzy/sick

Our Rangetop went in this week, minus Marin's favorite red knobs

We need to talk about that medicine cabinet on the right.

Looks like Todd didn't have his V8 today...




These are the original pine floors exposed on the second floor. They are actually in better shape than the originals on the third floor.

Happy Fourth of July!

Hampton loves flags and really enjoyed watching Papa raise the flag up the old schooner mast. He watches the flag so closely, he almost falls backwards!

The Farmer in the Dell

Week 7

Week 7 was a great week. Cabinets are slowly being installed, trim is being applied to the entry ways and our marble templates have been complete.

Next week week we expect the marble to be installed throughout the bathroom and the cabinets and most of the wood trim throughout the house to be installed. Our gas fireplace is also being installed on Tuesday.