Hollyhand House

Monday, April 29, 2013

Kitchen remodel

I have had several people ask about our kitchen remodel.  We are finally finished!  It took a little longer than expected but I think there are always bumps in the road with any remodel!  I love the way it turned out and we are enjoying the new space!
Our house was built in the 60's so we have did remodels here and there to update it.  I love older homes for the character they have and it is so fun to watch something old and outdated have life again.  It drives me crazy while in the process because of the huge mess it creates but I always love the finished product!
We are still lacking a shade for the kitchen window and something to go over the backpacks and trash can.  We have a new pullout trash but we decided to keep the other for a while until we have something to go in the space. We decided to not have an eat-in kitchen anymore also.  Our dining room opens up to the living room so it has not been a problem to eat in there. We have actually enjoyed it more.

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We also did the pantry/laundry room...
I regret that I didn't take a picture of this
room but it was the most outdated room
in the whole house!







Ears, Ears, Ears

The past few weeks we have talked about ears a lot in our house! I mentioned a few weeks ago that Ava Kate was having several ear infections and the doctors said tubes were the best option so we saw the ENT and the next day he put tubes in.  She went back for her recheck and was great. 

At Anna Riley's 3 year check, we discussed her hearing issue.  Lately she ask us to repeat things things a lot.  Almost anything we say, she says "what, huh?"  I felt this might be just a habit she was forming but we just wanted to get her tested to be sure.  In February, we had decided to give it a month or so and if she was still doing it, we would have her hearing tested.  After a month, she was still asking us to repeat things, so we went to Alabama Speech and Hearing to have it tested.  She did great through all the tests and fortunately everything tested out fine!  
Waiting to get her hearing tested


Good results= a treat!  She got the duck after she did the test.


Waiting to get AKs ears rechecked and hearing tested at
 Dr. Benoits office