The tile is now complete (well, the grout is still setting, but there is no work remaining on the tile). So, now we just have a few loose ends left until we’re done.

We’re getting close.

Yesterday, we had both the electrician and the plumber continue work. You can see an outlet on the end of the peninsula that the electrician installed. The biggest change was from the plumber, though. He installed all the plumbing, including everything for the sink, the dishwasher, and more. We have a snazzy new sink and faucet that pulls out. There’s a brand new snazzy Insinkerator Evolution Compact garbage disposal that makes almost no noise whatsoever. We also finally have a water line run to the refrigerator, which means the ice maker that we’ve had for 4 years can finally actually make ice. These are some of my favorite improvements.

Today, the tile guy laid all the tile. It’s setting tonight, and he’ll come back tomorrow to grout. Note that the tile is laid on an angle (very stylish) and is very snazzy as well. We’re getting close…

Progress continues.

Today they installed the new countertops. They're very nice. Soon we'll be back in business.

Here’s part 3.

As you can see, more progress has been made. They’re just about finished with setting the cabinets and they’re finished taking up the old floor. They installed the new microwave and the hardware on the cabinets. They also started patching up the ceiling. They also measured our cabinets for the countertop template. We’ve only got a couple weeks to go.

OK, here’s part 2 showing the status so far.

As you can see, the cabinets have been installed and the old floor has been ripped up. The cabinets look really nice (even without the hardware). Additionally, the old light fixtures have been removed and the new track lighting is in. The new light over the sink is not yet in because we bought the wrong thing (we bought a 3″ can and the hole is a 4″ can). So, we have to get a new one before the electrician comes back.

OK, this has nothing to do with babies, but we wanted to post some in-progress shots of our kitchen remodel and this seemed like as good a place as any.

This first picture is the before picture. We’ve cleaned everything out, painted some of the walls, and gotten ready for the contractors to show up.

They showed up at 6:55 am on Monday to start demolition. After a couple hours, they were done. Here’s the kitchen with nothing in it. Notice the lovely original flooring under where the cabinets were

A few hours later, the cabinets arrived. They now fill up our previously empty living room. We’ll keep you posted on the progress.

These are the “official” hospital photos of Molly. You’ll need to use the password “mollyanne” to access the pages.
http://www.growingfamily.com/webnursery/babypage.asp?UrlID=8C4I0U1B3J
http://www.growingfamily.com/webnursery/babypage.asp?UrlID=2K4C6B6J8O

Chad was able to put some pictures on our website last night. Enjoy!
http://www.thesellers.net/scrapbook/2007/apr07/

Our little girl is finally here!

Molly Anne Sellers
Born: March 30 at 4:04 pm
Weight: 7 lbs 15 oz
Length: 21.5 inches

We had a dr. visit this morning. Surprisingly, I have not progressed any more, but they say I’m ready to go. So, we’ve scheduled an induction for Thursday morning at 8:30 AM. I told Chad that this little stinker wants to come on her own time, so she’s going to wait until the day after the last guess in the baby pool to make her appearance.

We’ll let you know if she surprises us and arrives before Thursday.