Busy Busy Busy

This is a week I've been waiting for, for a long time. When we looked at the house before we bought it, I remember thinking the bathroom was really nice. It had a jet spa tub and a stone floor.  Um, well, on closer inspection it is laminate floor to look like stone and the tub is peeling, and the baseboards are uneven and the sink is dated and blah blah blah. The bathroom works, but after living with in for 4+ years, I am ready for a redo. Luckily, and have a VERY handy family and my brother and dad agreed to do some pro-bono work for us. All we had to do was buy everything (not quite an easy task, but still kinda fun).  We are halfway through things, so I thought it was time for an update.  Now to remind you, here are some before pictures.

Here is the sink and floor looking cleaner than it ever has

Our lovely shower.  Even though it looks perfect for handicapped people, I can tell you it is a life saver for pregnant ones too.

 Now, let the destruction begin!

This is behind the shower. I didn't get to see much because I was at work and when I came back it looked like this.

Unexpectedly, half of the floor had plywood on it (score!) and half had tile on it (weird).

Instead of putting cement board on the ground, we just used the plywood and tile and prepared it with mortar. Here is Henry helping out.

 While everyone was working on the bathroom, Frances has been working on other things. This week she got her two bottom teeth and I think I feel a top tooth coming in too (my mom agrees). She is thrilled to have everyone here, but at the end of the day she just wants her mama and wants to feed every hour during the night (I'm not even joking here although I wish I was).

Here she is loving all the Grandma time.

 After the bathroom was gutted and prepped, it was time to lay the tile.  Unfortunately for my dad, we chose a big tile with made things a little more difficult. Sorry Dad!

Dad laying the tile by the toilet (or where the toilet will be)

 After the tile was down, we finished the cement board around the shower so we could start tiling today.

Here's the tub all ready for the fun.

So today the electricians are here to put in overhead lighting, the toilet and sink will be moved back in and the tile will go up on the bathtub. This is very ambitious and I haven't even mentioned what we are doing upstairs. If we don't get all done with this today, we will be delayed a full day (as opposed to a half day right now).  I'm rooting for team Solyntjes to get it done!