Saturday, September 29, 2007

More progress done on our yard

Grandpa was over every day this week working hard on getting our backyard finished before it gets too cold. And boy did he do a lot of work!! The retaining wall and the steps are completely finished! They look so good and make our backyard seem so much bigger!

Mark is outside right now burning all of the branches and roots that are scattered around the backyard. In between his bonfires, he's also busy using his "goon spoon" (as he calls it), to shovel the mountain of dirt into the retaining walls. After everything is leveled out, we just have to lay some sodd and then we're done until the spring, when we will then build the two decks.



As I write this, Logan is sitting happily in his swing, just sucking away at his fingers. He is becoming quite the little thumb sucker... that is, when he can find his thumb. (He often pokes his eyes or scratches his face in the process.) These last couple of nights he has gone 7 hour stretches. Hopefully this continues!! (Knock on wood!) He is just so cute right now!! I couldn't resist snapping a picture of him.

5 comments:

KDees said...

Your backyard looks fabulous! Have us over so we can check it out in person!! And, I'm so glad Logan is sleeping at night! You must feel so rested! What a cutie!!

Anonymous said...

So glad you're making progress on the yard - what a huge job. You can be proud of it.

Dorothy Wiens said...

Your yard is going to be a great space for the 4 of you (can't forget Duke). You are VERY lucky that your grandpa is able to do this work for you. Logan is becoming his own little person now! Thanks for the B&W photo that you sent. It is next to Graham's beside my antique chiming clock. Have a great week. Auntie Dorothy

KDees said...

Mandee, the swimmers I bought were Huggies I believe, and the small was 16-24 pounds or something, which is big, but it was ok on Graham. They came up to his armpits but they fit ok around his bum! Have fun swimming with Logan!

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