it's a...

while this may look like a "kitty-cat" to some...

{like you Gray!}

I assure you all, it is not!

it's a healthy baby boy!!

it was a close race

{at 50/50 for a boy}

but those of you who guessed it were right!

now to work the idea of a baby brother into Gray's head...

or not...

remember this guy...

well, keeping with the true nature of renovations...

he's still with us!

 turns out this guy, is backordered!

so while other people figure out how to get it to us

{worst case scenario is december 5, not that bad}

we keep chipping away at the new floors.

baby room done!

{notice that new window?! but ignore that old fan!}

husband hard at work finishing Gray's big boy room!

{guess our clothes need to find a new home!}

and finally the transition between the kitchen and the living room.

{now the "easy" part of the living room can begin!}

all in all,

can't complain, because we did get this beauty in...

{wait for it....}

tah-dah!!

so worth it!!

{don't worry, we're changing the handles and staining the wood!}

woah...

didn't expect that to be hiding under there!!

we're getting the bedrooms ready for hardwood {yay}

and and what do we find hiding under the laminate?

some lovely old lino!

 that's classy!

{who puts lino in the bedrooms?!}

won't be for long, 

soon it will join the ranks of our kitchen and dining room

{which are finished by the way!}

also...

get a last look at this puppy

{bye-bye window}

there are crews working on upgrading you to a patio door...

right now!

{or tomorrow perhaps...but soon none the less!}

glory...

oh stove!!! how you were missed!

oh to be able to cook on a stove top again!

oh to be able to make dinner all at once instead of multiple stages!

oh to be able to cook in a pan bigger than 8"x8"!

what a great day!!

here we are...

on the other end of the kitchen floor

tah-dah!! 

{as of saturday}

{uhhhhh...ignore the brackets on the island...not so pretty now but once covered by beautiful marble who will notice?!}

and then...

 {ok so you can't see all of it, but under that cardboard is some awesome hardwood!}

it's been a bit of a slow process...

working our "day" jobs means getting home late...

which means by the time husband gets all the tools ready,

it's dinner time and then bedtime for the babes...

which means no using those tools because hardwood install is loud!!

so weekends only it is!! 

it doesn't help that we started in the most difficult room,

having the most objects to cut around.

{don't worry island, we love you!!}

it only means that now that we're done the kitchen

{I say "we" like I myself did something...it's really all husband on the labour front}

its all open rooms from here!!

so hopefully next weekend we get the bedrooms and living room done!

until then...

we are all going to enjoy the new, proper placement of our fridge and dishwasher!

{don't they look so pretty and proud in their new cubbies?!}