Finally, I can write about some happy days that we've had...
Lately, the downs have far outweighed the ups, so it's been hard to get away from the dark place. But the past few days have been very positive for Ella, for Ava & Henry, and for Michael and me.
Let me begin by showing you a picture of what our family room looked like a few days ago...
Pretty nice (although it RARELY looks this clean, ha ha). However, with Ella getting her new Micro wheelchair (it came this past Tuesday!), she does not have the strength required to maneuver it on the carpet (which also covered the living room and dining room on the first floor).
We knew we had to make a change to somehow accomodate this new (yet tiny) piece of equipment. After all, what good is a wheelchair that Ella can't use in most of our house?
We have been very hesitant to do any kind of home modifications to our house, not knowing what our future house situation will be. Any true "handicap accessible" modifications will make it much more difficult for us to sell the house, and at this point, we're not sure if this house will work for Ella in the future.
However, we knew that changing the flooring would not only benefit Ella now, but it would also be a nice feature, should we happen to try to sell it down the road.
So early Tuesday morning, all three kids went off to Gramma and Grandpa's house for two days... a very special two days for them :)
And that's right, Michael and I had TWO DAYS with no children in the house. Something that has not happened in years! We love our children more than anything, but having a couple days to catch up on so many things around the house (I finally cleaned!!) and having a nice relaxing date night was so wonderful :)
So shortly after the kids left Tuesday morning, the flooring crew came and the demolition began...
Our house definitely looked like a war zone for a little while, but it was well worth it! We now have wood laminate floors covering our entire first floor except for our kitchen and laundry room (which are both ceramic tile).
Ella can finally get around!
Here are a couple "after" pictures...
And of course, I have to share a video of Ella in her new chair, exploring our family room on her own :)
