Baby Furniture is In!

Tools that I thought would be needed. Turns out all I needed were a philips and flathead screwdriver along with pliers.

Bolts, casters, and other fasteners.

Instruction book for the crib.
That's right 15 pages of instructions. I only needed 4.

The only other real tool needed is on the window sill.

Belle admiring my fine work.

Manual Labor

I decided after I finished painting the guest bathroom over the weekend that I am not cut out for manual labor. At least not painting. First of all, I woke up (was woken up) by 8 am with a solid hangover from celebrating a birthday for one of my fellow coaches. I felt great. Something about shots, dark beers, and late night Wendy's makes a man not feel his best.

Candace took the dogs on a walk and had me clean the shower in the master bathroom as well as the vanity. I nearly passed out from the fumes twice. It was a rainy day so after some much needed H2O and food I made the decision to paint Connor's bathroom. Man that was a stupid idea, but turned out to be perfect timing as we are gone almost every weekend over the next month.

I had to make a run to Lowe's to get some more rollers for the bathroom and a much needed Orange Gatorade. I came back and started taping the bathroom. Which totally sucked. I never thought the taping would end. There were millions of corners, seams, and places that had to be taped. Once the taping was done I began painting. Candace and I agreed (she told me the color we would use) on "milk chocolate." Painting a white wall with brown paint is not easy as the little places that don't get fully covered are REALLY visible. That drove me crazy. So here it is Monday night and I still have touch up work to do and I just know I am missing some spots. Ugghhh...

The color is really nice. Candace has picked out some nice blues to go with the brown. One of the benefits of painting the small bathroom is I could climb and walk on everything. The vanity, the toilet, the tub, and the ladder. I felt like Spider-Man. I only almost fell 3 times. I do feel rewarded in the end, but think I will hire someone to paint our rooms in our next house. Playing Xbox 360 all day to get rid of a hangover would have been a lot more fun.

Sunday, our game was canceled again due to the large amounts of rain from the day before. Which meant Candace and I were able to go to Rusty Rudder and watch UNC win another ACC Tournament title giving them the #1 seed in the East Region for the NCAA Tournament and the most ACC Tournament wins of all time. That was a good day.

Pictures of the finished bathroom to come later.

Couple Shower

This past weekend our good friends, Phil and Lena Graham, hosted a Couples Shower for us at their home here in Huntersville. Lena really outdid herself with tasty desserts, some green punch that was addictive, and fun games for everyone. Thanks need to especially go out to the Grahams. Candace and I would also like to thank all of you that came and shared your Sunday afternoon with us. Connor would like to thank you all.

Below are some pictures of the shower.



Here is a good shot of Dad, Mom, and the two uncles Jared (green) and Duncan (Red).


Here are Lena, and Phil. Another good friend, Christi is holding Preston Graham on the couch. Preston is a future accomplice to Connor.

Candace holding up a onesie that Sara Jane got us. This way he can come to work with Daddy. Also, you can see that Sara Jane got a present just for me.
Future Uncle Jared and Candace in a candid shot.
Preston Graham. Most chill baby ever.
Candace's growing belly. She is going to be pissed I posted this picture. The other one is of her chest so I went with the more PG-13 one.
Candace and her best friend Kim Castro.
Candace and I sitting in our assigned seats waiting to be spoiled.
Me celebrating the gift from Sara Jane.
Two soft soccer balls for Connor to start training with as soon as he pops out. One was sacrificed to the dogs by Monday.
Very nice cake for the shower.
All the nice gifts out friends and family spoiled us with.
Mommy's tag.
Daddy's tag.
Shot of the delicious spread that was available to everyone. Lena made some peanut butter and rice krispie filled chocolate balls that were as addictive as I imagine crack is.
Nice clothesline of cools onesies, rattles, and other goodies for Connor. The one of the right that is white said: Step 1: Crawl, Step 2: Walk, Step 3: "soccer ball". Connor better love soccer or else we are going to have to get rid of a lot of stuff.

New 3d Pics

These pics kind of look spooky, but here they are anyway. All is good and he all ready looks like a PIMP!