the stove is a comin'

marc and i were just talking today about how excited we are to have our new stove. i feel like a bunch of hippies, but really, oh well.
as i type, i am awaiting a call from the installers. we may be bumped, which will be for a cold weekend, but getting here was a huge battle. but here we are, and again, excited.
finn did the design for our hearth, marc and he both did the install. this project really took over our lives, and we can't wait for it to be done and to move on, and of course to be warm.



here is our fireplace, pregrout and prestove. of course finn is dancing around like a madman in too short sweats. he is really excited about his design.




declan has started eating and loves it. he is not a messy eater, and rarely gets bored and does a good job concentrating on what he is eating! yesterday jan, the neighbor lady who watches him two days a week told me she predicts he will be crawling before he can sit up on his own. she thinks he may be crawling in the next few weeks. what a prediction! my floors are of course not ready.