The Life of the Fleming’s

Some Pictures. If you click on them, they will expand to full size.

And Two Movies

We have a few new movies to show. Here they are.

Alex has started walking and is very excited about it. Have a look.

I wanted to place a new movie for everyone to see. Grace and Alex love to play together.

I am updating my site, finally, and removing the gallery and just posting movies here. Below are the links to the current movies.

Our new baby is here. Alexander Justin was born on January 10th at 3:04 pm. He was 7 lbs, 4 oz and 20 inches long. Mom and baby are doing great. We came home yesterday and are just getting used to the new routine. Grace doesn’t mind the addition so far.

We rented an Ultrasonic Doppler to listen to the baby’s heartbeat. Here is the .wav file.

I am so excited. The basement is finally done. I took two days off and finished it earlier this week. We got the carpeting put in earlier in the week and today we started getting the furniture delivered. It looks great and I can’t wait to lounge downstairs and really start enjoying it.

The project was a lot of work but I am proud of it. And the results are great. I will post pictures shortly.

The basement is going very well. I have completed the trim in the front half of the basement. The large project was the granite around the fireplace. It wasn’t as hard as I thought and it turned out great. I had considered buying 4 large granite pieces, but decided to purchase thin granite tile. I hadn’t laid tile before, but Home Depot was having a class on Saturday and I decided to sit in. It wasn’t necessary, but I picked up a few hints. I left no space between the granite and I didn’t use any grout. I am not too worried about it.

The mantel was from the fireplace shop. I purchased a large mantel then they recommended for the fireplace. However, it fit directly under the half wall and looks built in. The trim from the shelf to the mantel was a little difficult to cut. The jig saw worked well and there isn’t much space.

The only items left are the build in bookcases and the desk. There is only two weeks until carpeting so I will be finishing everything up over the next two weeks.

On Tuesday, Grandma and Grandpa Fleming gave Grace a kite. Yesterday evening we decided to try it out. It was a warm, but windy evening. We were grilling chicken and decided to get the kite out. We went to the backyard and tried to get the kite up. (more…)

We had a great Easter this year. (more…)

The basement is really moving along. We completed the drywall and have the primer on the walls. We use the primer before the paint to create an even surface. We tinted the primer so that we can tell what the final wall color will look like and to aid coverage. There are a few areas that I will need to go back and add more mortar to some of the walls. I don’t have enough on most of the external corners and the edge of the tape is showing. It should take a few hours and I may do this some evening. I have a list of the trim and casing that I need and I am almost done with my design for the bookshelves. I have also decided on how I am going to do the fireplace. I will use black granite between the fireplace and the mantel. It will look really sharp.

Houston Trip.
What a great time we had in Houston. You can see all of our pictures at in the Picture Gallery. We flew out on Wednesday afternoon. (more…)

Today is my last day at my current employer. I have only been here for a short time. It just wasn’t a good fit. Looking back, I believe that I need three key items for employment. First, I need a reasonable salary. Everyone has their own definition of reasonable, but based on my prior experience and salary, (more…)

I spend Saturday taping, mudding and sanding drywall. I started in the back of the basement, where if mistakes are made it would not be noticed. But the back of the basement is hard. There are a lot of corners and angles. I am looking forward to the main room. The ceiling is big and flat. It will go much faster. On Saturday, I got the ceiling taped in the back of the basement. I sanded the two walls and then completed the second coat. The sanding works very well, but I know that I put on too much mud. The main room will be much better.

Grace has been walking all over the house. Everyone was here last weekend. Grandma and Grandpa stayed Saturday and Sunday night. Uncle Paul and (soon to be) Aunt Debbie also stayed. Grace really enjoyed all of the attention, but didn’t walk nearly as much as she had been. (more…)

Grace looks very good in hats. I saw this last week and then again today. Last week, Grace and I went shopping for a new hat for our trip to Houston. We tried on all of the hats at Old Navy. The pink hats were very cute, but I picked a blue denim hat with flowers. We walked around the store with it and she took it off and on her head. During checkout the cashier commented on how cute Grace is.

Today, I was wearing my tan Georgetown hat and Grace was interested in it. I placed it on her head and she had a big smile. So cute.

Grace had a great weekend. Grace saw Grandma, Grandpa, Uncle Paul, Uncle David, (soon to be) Aunt Debbie and Megan. She had someone to play with each day and (more…)

We are going to Houston at the end of March for Paul and Debbie’s wedding. It will be Grace’s first trip in an airplane and we are all excited.

I finished hanging the drywall and started the mudding. I have two walls and a small part of the ceiling done. Next weekend, I will have some time to continue working on the basement.

Almost finished the drywall last weekend. A picture is below to see what the basement looks like. I was surprised on how much it is starting to look like a room.

I have moved over to a new web host and a new domain. I am looking forward to integrating the site with pictures of our family and the latest news. If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to leave them on the About page. (more…)