It's going to be an EXCITING fall!!!

We are expecting Baby McGuigan #2 in October!!  We are SO EXCITED and cannot wait to meet this new addition to our family.   We tell Mary all the time that she is going to be a big sister, but she has no idea what is getting ready to happen.  I know it is going to be a huge adjustment, but I think she will eventually love it!! 

Hunter's 30th Birthday!

We went up to my parents' lake house for the weekend to celebrate Hunter's upcoming 30th birthday!  He didn't want a party or any attention so it was a very low key, but really FUN weekend.  The weather was great and we all had a wonderful time being together.  Can't wait until we are all together again!

Yummy Birthday Cake

Helping out Uncle Hunter blow out the candles

Biggest fish for the weekend

Walking with Grandy

Getting ready to smoke the ribs

Jack wants in on the action

1st Haircut

I finally got my nerve up to get Mary's hair cut! It went about like I expected.  You can see the fear on her face!  It looks really cute though and the lady said it will really thicken up and grow faster now!  Ponytails and pigtails here we come...ha!

Renovating Continues...

We are moving right along with the renovation.  My brother, Hunter, and his company do spray foam insulation and it is INCREDIBLE!!  They were here this past weekend and did a great job.  The temperature in our entire house feels so much better!! You will see the pics in the middle of this post.  The drywall was hung today and they are coming to start the finishing process tomorrow!  I am starting to get anxious for the finished product.  I know we still have quite a bit left, but the progress feels awesome! 

My dad doing some framing

Mary watching intently!  She desperately wants to be in on the action.

This is my mom with Mary on her "balance beam"

The insulation is here! 

Hunter is pumped about the job!

Eddie doing his thing

 New drywall in the staircase

Drywall is up!  Please look at the mess on the floor...yikes!!!

 My little sewing nook!

Renovating!!

Yes, we are finally finishing out the upstairs in our house!  We decided to keep the existing space and put new drywall and carpet up there.  It will make the perfect playroom for Mary!!  I am really excited to have a space for all of the toys!!  It will make a great place for her to run and play and entertain her friends up there!!  Here are some pics from the demo two weekends ago!!  We worked again this past weekend.  More pics from that to follow soon.

Before demo and after it was pretty much cleared out

I got to make the first hole in the dry wall!

Ceiling and insulation all taken out

31 is the new 21!!!!

January means birthdays in our house!!!  Joe Pat turned 31 on Jan. 21st and I turned 31 on Jan. 26th!!  I guess we are feeling a little old because we have been joking all week that 31 is the new 21!!  Wishing for our younger days...ha!!  We have had a really fun couple of weeks.  Sadly, we didn't take any good pics of the two birthdays though. 

JP on his bday with Mary

Mary demanding he read her a book

The night before my bday JP and Mary came home with flowers!

She was SO CUTE and proud of herself carrying them around!

Snow Day!!

Nashville got around 3 inches of snow Sunday night and early Monday morning!!  Mary loved playing in it and didn't want to come inside!!  I think she would have stayed out there until she was a popsicle!  We sledded down the driveway and she just kept asking to go again and again.  It was so much fun!