I can cry if I want to!

So, we’re just wrapping up day 1 of what I’m calling our “Toilet Paper Remodel.” All the flooring in the hall and Aiden’s room is out & huge chunks are missing from Madeline’s room & the living room. 1.5″ sections of all walls were gone as well. Tomorrow we will meet with the adjuster from USAA to find out if the cabinets & tile go as well. My parents spoke to their contractor today and he suggested that Mike & I stand firm on having them rip out the tile as well. First, water could be underneath & that’s nastly toilet water. 2nd, if we have a contractor come and replace grout only, he will likely not guarantee the work since he didn’t put the tile in. It isn’t your normal porcelin tile, it’s very porous and already discolored and funky smelling. They tell us it can be cleaned, but I really don’t like the idea of chemicals seeping in to it… hello! I have babies around here!!! After the meeting with USAA tomorrow, a crew will come and pack us up. We don’t know exactly how long we’ll be out, but likely around 4-6 weeks. Uhmmm, did I mention that I begin my final year of school on June 9?? I so. do. not. have. time. for. this. I also have several shoots that need to be edited, shoots to do, & a wedding coming up, among other things! This was not in my plan!!! I think the worst part of today was watching them tear into the floors. My computer is already torn down so I cant show any pictures, but my husband laid the floors all by himself. He would come over here at night when he got off work or out of class and burn the midnight oil while I stayed at the apartment with Aiden. I know things could be much much worse, but it’s still hard to see someone come in and attack your blood, sweat & tears with a hammer & claw! It was really hard to see them cut into Aiden’s wall! My mom worked hard on the faux finish and it was cute! Even harder was Madeline’s wall. We JUST repainted! Like last month repainted! Ugh. But this is life. We are excited about some improvements that will come out of this. Like the t-moulding transistion pieces between the tile & wood, we’d never finised that because of the silly expensive pieces (like, really really expensive) Okay, I’m done talking about it now. To dang frustrating! For now, we are hanging out at Comfort Suites and are praying for a good night sleep as Madeline doesn’t travel well. At least they have an indoor pool and jucuzzie – that’s Aiden’s silver lining. I’m still searching for mine…. I’m sharing just a few pictures for now, but if you want to see more, I have a flickr set just for this whole adventure! Click here to see them!!