Let the MeSs begin!!!

Today we officially started reconstruction! It's been nearly a month since the fire and we are now just beginning to rebuild the walls and get things back to normal. After waiting for the insurance's approval, we finally got an estimate of $16,000 for the repairs last week. I was glad to have been gone today because the dry wall dust was everywhere. The crew was great in that they cleaned up almost all of it, well at least the stuff that visible to the naked eye, and we are able to live in our home through the night and into the morning before they are back at 8am. Funny little story....Evan found the blue tape markers along the baseboard entertaining while I was making dinner. I turn around to look at him and there he was with 3 crumbled balls of blue tape stuck to both of his hands. At the moment I was thinking, crap, how am I going to know what walls these came from but in looking back once I was able to figure out where they belong (or so I hope they are back where they belong) I laughed at how cute E looked standing in the hall thinking he did nothing wrong. He probably thought they were some new toy...ha hahaha.

While the construction crew was hard at work at our house, Evan, Dex and I made a trip out to visit my parents. Evan and Dex hung out with Nana and Papa and I went to my work friend's baby shower. It was great to see my co workers and catch up with them. It feels like I never left them :) E definitely had a wonderful time by the huge grin he had on his face when I came back. He played with some of the toys that my sister and I grew up playing with, went on a walk, and tried his first fruit popsicle. Not too sure about how cold it was at first but definitely grew to like it rather quickly. He came home with a red stained mouth and a little stinker smile ;0) Thanks for such a relaxing day Nana and Papa!!!