Wednesday, June 27, 2007
THE Longest Post EVER
SO...I had been promising for quite some time to catch up on some stuff...it's been about 2 or 3 months!!! I am FINALLY doing it! BUT, if I ever get this behind again I will just not do it, so I'd better just get better about putting stuff in as it happens. The title to this post was my working title...I had all the things I was going to write about saved in a draft. But now that I'm getting to it, it really would have been so ridiculously long that I don't think anyone could bear to read it. So, I split all this catching up stuff up into different posts and posted them according to about when they occurred. But so you don't have to go searching for the new posts among the old ones, I made a label for them, so just click on the label here on this post and it will take you to all the new ones. Then you can just read a little at a time until you get caught up!
CATCHING UP - HOUSE PROGRESS
So, I believe the last I posted pictures about the house was when the foundation was poured. There's been a lot of progress since then, that I've written a bit about, but no pictures. Before the progress got underway though, there were a few setbacks. Once the foundation was poured, they needed to backfill the dirt around it - the first day of this they cut through our power cord and we were without power for a good portion of that day. Then, the next day of backfilling they cut a water line and the well had to be shut off - so for me, about as bad as having power out when I can't shower, do dishes, or laundry. That's why it was nice when we were done with the subs and the control was back in our hands. Since then it's been Mike and my dad doing the work. Mike took some time off work to get things going, but then he was needed at work, so my dad's continued on without him, until Mike will be able to take time off again - which will be in the next few weeks. He's helped him a little here and there after work, but his work schedule has been very erratic. I'm going write more about that later this week.
I had mentioned that I've helped a little with some nailing and cleaning. The girls have also been great helpers - with picking up garbage, and bottles, and little things with their little fingers - like spilled nails.
So, onto what everyone has been waiting for.....PICTURES!!!
Backfilled and basement slab:
You can see where the house will be in relation to our driveway...driveway is on the right of this picture:
Main floor:
Main floor framing:
Looking into the future study:
Looking into the future living room:
Looking into the future dining room:
Dining room again, where the french doors will go:
Our bedroom:
Our closet/bathroom area:
Storage area, next to the garage:
Looking out at garage, and entryway:
Down to the basement
In the basement...future T.V. area:
The corner of the living room and dining room:
Future patio area:
I had mentioned that I've helped a little with some nailing and cleaning. The girls have also been great helpers - with picking up garbage, and bottles, and little things with their little fingers - like spilled nails.
So, onto what everyone has been waiting for.....PICTURES!!!
Backfilled and basement slab:
You can see where the house will be in relation to our driveway...driveway is on the right of this picture:
Main floor:
Main floor framing:
Looking into the future study:
Looking into the future living room:
Looking into the future dining room:
Dining room again, where the french doors will go:
Our bedroom:
Our closet/bathroom area:
Storage area, next to the garage:
Looking out at garage, and entryway:
Down to the basement
In the basement...future T.V. area:
The corner of the living room and dining room:
Future patio area:
CATCHING UP - PREGNANCY
This pregnancy has been a bit different than it was for the girls - some might say because this one is a boy. I don't think anyone really knows if there's anything to that, could just be an old wives' tale, but I think the theory that they would differ because of the difference in hormones makes sense.
With the girls I was sick more in the 1st trimester, but not really badly, but I continued to be sick through the whole pregnancy. It did get better, but never to where I could cook very much. With this boy (jury's still out on the name...still leaning toward Jeremy though) I was much more sick in the first trimester, but after a few weeks into the 2nd I have been feeling great and have been able to cook quite a bit - most notably would be eggs - with the girls, it took me a few weeks even after having them to try to attempt eggs.
So, another thing that's different about this little guy is that I am carrying him in my pelvis! The girls were up around my belly button and by about the 18th week I was feeling a lot of movement in that area. With this pregnancy I feel him down in my pelvis and I'm now 21 weeks and I still don't feel much movement - that worried me for awhile, but after hearing the heartbeat a few times in the last few weeks and with the ultrasound and everything looking dandy, I'm assuming he's just a lot more mellow! Or he's moving mostly when I'm sleeping - could be that I suppose. BUT, the big problem with carrying him so low is that he is prying my hips apart! They hurt so bad...on the sides, and in the small of my back, but mostly on the sides. It hurts to walk with my legs in the regular forward and back motion, and it hurts less when I walk more side to side - like a waddle - that's not supposed to start until the 3rd trimester! So, I think I look a lot farther along than I actually am - could have something to do with this being the third too!
As far as cravings - with Adrienne it was tomatoes, and unfortunately later in the pregnancy it was sugar. With Colette the only craving I remember was those marinated mushrooms, and then again, sugar. With this one it's fruit! I am liking this craving because it's a lot healthier than the sugar craving!
Oh, one more thing...I have a product recommendation for anyone that gets heartburn...which I am getting way earlier in the game with this one! Usually that's a third-trimester thing, but in recent weeks, it's pretty regular. I hate tums because of the chalkiness, the smooth dissolve or whatever it was is better, but still not great. I also really hate minty antacids. I finally found my perfect antacid! It's Rolaids Softchews - Wild Cherry They're really yummy!
So there you go...there's my baby update. I never was much for taking the growing belly pics, so that's all you get :-)
With the girls I was sick more in the 1st trimester, but not really badly, but I continued to be sick through the whole pregnancy. It did get better, but never to where I could cook very much. With this boy (jury's still out on the name...still leaning toward Jeremy though) I was much more sick in the first trimester, but after a few weeks into the 2nd I have been feeling great and have been able to cook quite a bit - most notably would be eggs - with the girls, it took me a few weeks even after having them to try to attempt eggs.
So, another thing that's different about this little guy is that I am carrying him in my pelvis! The girls were up around my belly button and by about the 18th week I was feeling a lot of movement in that area. With this pregnancy I feel him down in my pelvis and I'm now 21 weeks and I still don't feel much movement - that worried me for awhile, but after hearing the heartbeat a few times in the last few weeks and with the ultrasound and everything looking dandy, I'm assuming he's just a lot more mellow! Or he's moving mostly when I'm sleeping - could be that I suppose. BUT, the big problem with carrying him so low is that he is prying my hips apart! They hurt so bad...on the sides, and in the small of my back, but mostly on the sides. It hurts to walk with my legs in the regular forward and back motion, and it hurts less when I walk more side to side - like a waddle - that's not supposed to start until the 3rd trimester! So, I think I look a lot farther along than I actually am - could have something to do with this being the third too!
As far as cravings - with Adrienne it was tomatoes, and unfortunately later in the pregnancy it was sugar. With Colette the only craving I remember was those marinated mushrooms, and then again, sugar. With this one it's fruit! I am liking this craving because it's a lot healthier than the sugar craving!
Oh, one more thing...I have a product recommendation for anyone that gets heartburn...which I am getting way earlier in the game with this one! Usually that's a third-trimester thing, but in recent weeks, it's pretty regular. I hate tums because of the chalkiness, the smooth dissolve or whatever it was is better, but still not great. I also really hate minty antacids. I finally found my perfect antacid! It's Rolaids Softchews - Wild Cherry They're really yummy!
So there you go...there's my baby update. I never was much for taking the growing belly pics, so that's all you get :-)
CATCHING UP - KLEMMS
So I had heard a lot from Mike about his best friend from when he was a kid - Keith Klemm - since we were dating 8 years ago, but only last month did I meet him in person! (we've communicated in email and a little over the phone before then) The longest Mike and I have ever been apart was when he went to Tennessee for a week to be in Keith and his wife Joy's wedding. A few days after he got back, we were engaged. I actually met Keith's parents long before him...when we went to Hawaii while I was pregnant with Adrienne, we spent the day with his parents who were stationed there.
Keith and Joy have moved a lot since they were married which is a lot to do with why I'm just now meeting them...they lived in Japan for awhile, and Maryland, and most recently San Diego. Now they're moving to Marysville, so that's why I am finally getting to know them. They have two little ones close in age to our kids - Kalvin is going to be 4 soon, and Knox just turned 1. I first met them last month at Mike's parents on Mother's Day, and later that day they joined us at Raab Park for my family's Mother's Day picnic. Here they are at the Miller's (Mike's sister Kristine is on the left):
Joy and the boys went back to San Diego to get them ready to move up here, which happened this week. Keith stayed here and worked some on the ship that he'll be stationed on (the same ship that Mike has been working on for the past year) - I'm not sure completely on the timeline of their events in the last few months, but Joy has been without her husband for a lot of the time and Keith has been back and forth - he flew back for Father's Day weekend. While he was here and Joy was in San Diego we spent a lot of time with Keith hanging out. He helped to put up the beams in the basement for the first floor, he went with us to the Dosewallips waterfall, we went out to dinner, and just hung out. He and Mike spent a lot of time together also. So, it was nice that once I finally got to meet him and his family, that I got to spend a lot of time with him and really get to know him - he's a crack up! I feel like I've known him for years already. I can see why he and Mike get along so well...they have a lot in common and similar senses of humor.
Here are a few pictures taken in the last few months:
Keith in his '66 Corvair
Mike and Keith
This week...the family moving their stuff up from San Diego:
The other night...Keith steamrolling over the kids (they loved it!)
When they drove up early this week, I guess they were supposed to be able to move into their place, but there was some reason that things were held up and they couldn't move in when expected. So, they've been staying over at Mike's parents house. Since they had time to kill, I invited Joy to come with me to a craft activity at the church yesterday. It was nice to get to spend some time with her, and Keith was great and watched all the little ones (Adrienne came and helped with the crafts), so we got a chance to talk while doing the craft instead of being distracted by the kids. This is what we made (will look a lot better hanging up in our new house instead of our our current tin can!):
We look forward to a lot more time spent with the Klemm's in the next few years while they're stationed here!
Keith and Joy have moved a lot since they were married which is a lot to do with why I'm just now meeting them...they lived in Japan for awhile, and Maryland, and most recently San Diego. Now they're moving to Marysville, so that's why I am finally getting to know them. They have two little ones close in age to our kids - Kalvin is going to be 4 soon, and Knox just turned 1. I first met them last month at Mike's parents on Mother's Day, and later that day they joined us at Raab Park for my family's Mother's Day picnic. Here they are at the Miller's (Mike's sister Kristine is on the left):
Joy and the boys went back to San Diego to get them ready to move up here, which happened this week. Keith stayed here and worked some on the ship that he'll be stationed on (the same ship that Mike has been working on for the past year) - I'm not sure completely on the timeline of their events in the last few months, but Joy has been without her husband for a lot of the time and Keith has been back and forth - he flew back for Father's Day weekend. While he was here and Joy was in San Diego we spent a lot of time with Keith hanging out. He helped to put up the beams in the basement for the first floor, he went with us to the Dosewallips waterfall, we went out to dinner, and just hung out. He and Mike spent a lot of time together also. So, it was nice that once I finally got to meet him and his family, that I got to spend a lot of time with him and really get to know him - he's a crack up! I feel like I've known him for years already. I can see why he and Mike get along so well...they have a lot in common and similar senses of humor.Here are a few pictures taken in the last few months:
Keith in his '66 Corvair
Mike and Keith
This week...the family moving their stuff up from San Diego:
The other night...Keith steamrolling over the kids (they loved it!)
When they drove up early this week, I guess they were supposed to be able to move into their place, but there was some reason that things were held up and they couldn't move in when expected. So, they've been staying over at Mike's parents house. Since they had time to kill, I invited Joy to come with me to a craft activity at the church yesterday. It was nice to get to spend some time with her, and Keith was great and watched all the little ones (Adrienne came and helped with the crafts), so we got a chance to talk while doing the craft instead of being distracted by the kids. This is what we made (will look a lot better hanging up in our new house instead of our our current tin can!):
We look forward to a lot more time spent with the Klemm's in the next few years while they're stationed here!
CATCHING UP - ROUTE
I've been delivering the CK Reporter for almost 5 years now (in August), and in those five years I haven't gotten a raise of any sort. Not only would you expect that with cost of living (I mean not every year - but it's been 5 years!), but also with how much the price of gas has gotten in that time! I know that with a job like paper delivery they have a high turn around anyway, so they're not going to raise the prices until they are so low that no one will take the routes anymore, so I just have to live with it. But, on the bright side, I feel like I got a raise in recent months!
I used to do 1220 papers, and it took me about 5-6 hours to do. Then they needed to take part of one route away because it was in NK Herald boundaries, so to compensate for my lost papers, they gave me a new route with 350 papers. Plus they added 85 papers from a few neighborhoods that were next to a neighborhood I was already doing. Those changes gave me about 1455 papers, BUT it still takes me only 5-6 hours to do! So that's 235 more papers for the same amount of time! The other cool thing about the 85 papers is that they were last contracted for $0.08/paper, but when they added them to my route, they raised the price to what my route is - which is $0.10/paper - so that was a bonus.
With the house on it's way to becoming a huge mortgage payment, I'm trying to figure out what I can do to make more money - with no experience in anything that makes much more than minimum wage, and not being able to work a regular job because of the 2 and almost 3 kids, I can't really beat the routes which I earn about $22/hour at, so I'm thinking of adding some Bremerton Patriot routes. I don't want to add anymore Reporter routes - the 5-6 hours is about my comfort level for Tuesdays and Saturdays. But, the Patriot is delivered on Friday nights. So I'm might sub for a few routes next week (need to check them out first and see if the areas are shady or not) and if I like them they're mine. There also may be a smaller route opening up in East Bremerton (less shady) and then I can build on it as routes in that area open over time. The only downside is that every Friday night will be spent delivering newspapers, instead of the traditional fun stuff that people try to fill their Friday nights with. But, I guess we haven't been so traditional for awhile...I usually have to get to bed earlier anyway because I have route early in the morning on Saturday! So if any of my friends are reading this and planning any parties, make sure to schedule them for a Saturday night and not Friday!
I used to do 1220 papers, and it took me about 5-6 hours to do. Then they needed to take part of one route away because it was in NK Herald boundaries, so to compensate for my lost papers, they gave me a new route with 350 papers. Plus they added 85 papers from a few neighborhoods that were next to a neighborhood I was already doing. Those changes gave me about 1455 papers, BUT it still takes me only 5-6 hours to do! So that's 235 more papers for the same amount of time! The other cool thing about the 85 papers is that they were last contracted for $0.08/paper, but when they added them to my route, they raised the price to what my route is - which is $0.10/paper - so that was a bonus.
With the house on it's way to becoming a huge mortgage payment, I'm trying to figure out what I can do to make more money - with no experience in anything that makes much more than minimum wage, and not being able to work a regular job because of the 2 and almost 3 kids, I can't really beat the routes which I earn about $22/hour at, so I'm thinking of adding some Bremerton Patriot routes. I don't want to add anymore Reporter routes - the 5-6 hours is about my comfort level for Tuesdays and Saturdays. But, the Patriot is delivered on Friday nights. So I'm might sub for a few routes next week (need to check them out first and see if the areas are shady or not) and if I like them they're mine. There also may be a smaller route opening up in East Bremerton (less shady) and then I can build on it as routes in that area open over time. The only downside is that every Friday night will be spent delivering newspapers, instead of the traditional fun stuff that people try to fill their Friday nights with. But, I guess we haven't been so traditional for awhile...I usually have to get to bed earlier anyway because I have route early in the morning on Saturday! So if any of my friends are reading this and planning any parties, make sure to schedule them for a Saturday night and not Friday!
CATCHING UP - ALLERGIES
Okay, probably one of the more boring posts in catching up. My allergies have been the worst ever this year! I have a theory about why they've gotten to be so bad in the last few years, but I won't go into that now. If anyone really cares that much about my allergies, just ask and then I'll tell you my theory :-) So anyway, they're really hard to deal with this year because of being pregnant - hard to find medicines that are aggressive enough, but safe for pregnancy. It's been about 4-5 weeks now of symptoms, and after the first 2 weeks of putting up with the symptoms, I finally gave in and spent the $50 on the prescription I needed. My usual allergy medicine would have been cheaper covered more by our insurance, but it wasn't safe for pregnancy, so I spent the $50 to get another kind I knew worked, but it was more because they only sell the name-brand. (On a side note, I did get the $50 refunded thanks to the Flex Plan that I've finally figured out! Also got our portion we paid for two root canals refunded (over $1000) and Mike's contacts refunded ($200)!)
So this expensive prescription helped for about a week - then one morning I woke up feeling completely awful, it was like I was sick, but I knew it was allergies - I was completely drained, I felt like I could hardly breathe, and my eyes were SO red and itchy, it hurt to keep them open. I just survived through that day with the girls until Mike got home and then went in and spent 3 hours at Urgent Care - it took awhile because, like I said, hard to find medicines aggressive enough, but safe! Finally I left with two nasal sprays and an antihistamine to use in addition to the spendy prescription. Those medicines have seemed to be enough to keep the symptoms to where I can bear them, but they're still not all gone!
I'm hoping that in the next two weeks they improve greatly...I'll be out of the $50 medicine then. They've already gone longer than usual - they usually last about 3-4 weeks in June (it's the grass!). They've been especially bad route days - 5 hours of the wind blowing in my face is not good! Saturdays I take a shower immediately when I get home, but so far on Tuesdays I've been too pooped, but then I always pay big time on Wednesday morning (that's the day of the week I went into Urgent Care).
WELL! Enough of that boring-ness! ---- SORRY! Not quite...I posted that last night, and now it's Thursday morning and I have a new story. Poor Mike, I haven't been sleeping in our bed a lot of nights because our bed is up next to a window that is always open, and right outside are a lot of the offending plants, so I wake up with a lot of symptoms. Instead I sleep on the couch in a room with A/C and do a lot better. Last night I tried sleeping in our bed, and this morning I woke up with hives all over my back, in my armpits, all around my neck, on my scalp, and other miscellaneous places on my body. I just took a shower and some medicine, but I couldn't find any benadryl which is best for stopping the hives from progressing any further. So I'll just sit and itch and wait, and hope that they don't get worse, and that my airway stays open. If it does get worse, I'm not sure what I'm going to do since Mike isn't here and I don't know if I can use my EpiPen while pregnant....I should probably check on that and get a game plan for if I do need to go to the hospital. The worst part of this is when I was falling asleep last night I had some tell-tale signs that sleeping in there would be a problem - I was itching in all the usual places that start itching first before I break out in a full-blown case of hives.
Update - It's Thursday night and I've made it through the day without going to the hospital, but the hives haven't gone all the way. Basically I get randomly itchy, and anywhere I scratch I get a welt. But my toes and fingers get them here and there even if I don't scratch. I have a good topical lotion (called Sarna), and that helps, I'm just wondering how long this goes on before I should go to the doctor? I think tomorrow I'll go get some Benadryl and see if that helps, otherwise I'll probably go to the doctor, which I really don't want to have to do!!
So this expensive prescription helped for about a week - then one morning I woke up feeling completely awful, it was like I was sick, but I knew it was allergies - I was completely drained, I felt like I could hardly breathe, and my eyes were SO red and itchy, it hurt to keep them open. I just survived through that day with the girls until Mike got home and then went in and spent 3 hours at Urgent Care - it took awhile because, like I said, hard to find medicines aggressive enough, but safe! Finally I left with two nasal sprays and an antihistamine to use in addition to the spendy prescription. Those medicines have seemed to be enough to keep the symptoms to where I can bear them, but they're still not all gone!
I'm hoping that in the next two weeks they improve greatly...I'll be out of the $50 medicine then. They've already gone longer than usual - they usually last about 3-4 weeks in June (it's the grass!). They've been especially bad route days - 5 hours of the wind blowing in my face is not good! Saturdays I take a shower immediately when I get home, but so far on Tuesdays I've been too pooped, but then I always pay big time on Wednesday morning (that's the day of the week I went into Urgent Care).
WELL! Enough of that boring-ness! ---- SORRY! Not quite...I posted that last night, and now it's Thursday morning and I have a new story. Poor Mike, I haven't been sleeping in our bed a lot of nights because our bed is up next to a window that is always open, and right outside are a lot of the offending plants, so I wake up with a lot of symptoms. Instead I sleep on the couch in a room with A/C and do a lot better. Last night I tried sleeping in our bed, and this morning I woke up with hives all over my back, in my armpits, all around my neck, on my scalp, and other miscellaneous places on my body. I just took a shower and some medicine, but I couldn't find any benadryl which is best for stopping the hives from progressing any further. So I'll just sit and itch and wait, and hope that they don't get worse, and that my airway stays open. If it does get worse, I'm not sure what I'm going to do since Mike isn't here and I don't know if I can use my EpiPen while pregnant....I should probably check on that and get a game plan for if I do need to go to the hospital. The worst part of this is when I was falling asleep last night I had some tell-tale signs that sleeping in there would be a problem - I was itching in all the usual places that start itching first before I break out in a full-blown case of hives.
Update - It's Thursday night and I've made it through the day without going to the hospital, but the hives haven't gone all the way. Basically I get randomly itchy, and anywhere I scratch I get a welt. But my toes and fingers get them here and there even if I don't scratch. I have a good topical lotion (called Sarna), and that helps, I'm just wondering how long this goes on before I should go to the doctor? I think tomorrow I'll go get some Benadryl and see if that helps, otherwise I'll probably go to the doctor, which I really don't want to have to do!!
Saturday, June 23, 2007
CATCHING UP - BRANDON'S PARTY
Today we attended a surprise party for a friend of ours - hope he doesn't kill me for posting this (I'll take it down if you want Brandon :-) This was the invitation card his wife Kanoe gave to the guests. Mike and I thought it was funny enough in itself, but even funnier that it was all being done without Brandon's knowledge!
It was at our church, and we sucessfully surprised him, he seemed pretty confused for awhile...I don't know if he realized it was for him right away. I guess Brandon likes that movie and Mexican food, so hence the funny card, and there was a contest - each of us were to bring a Mexican dish for Brandon to judge. My enchiladas were 3rd! He seemed to like dips better - they got 1st and 2nd. Mike is a weird one though...there was all this homemade stuff, and what did he eat? He ate my enchiladas (nothing wrong with that, and they are one of his favorite foods, but not really trying anything new either!) and TACO BELL - he eats Taco Bell practically every day for lunch! Someone had short notice about bringing food, so they brought the Taco Bell instead making something. My fave was Donna's buffalo chicken dip (I'll see if I can get the recipe and put it on my cooking blog :-)
Earlier that day Adrienne went to a birthday party for a friend. She had been counting down for it almost 2 weeks in advance! The couple days right before she was talking about it so much that Colette got the idea that she was going too. She was pretty sad that she wasn't, so I spent some mommy and Colette time with her and took her to Toys R Us. I wanted to take her to lunch, but I didn't notice in our indoor light how stained up her clothes were until we were in the outside light. So I bought her an outifit she picked out off the clearance rack at Toys R Us and a coloring book. Then we went to Red Lobster, I got my favorite Coconut Shrimp with Pina Colada sauce, and Colette surprisingly ate it! (thank goodness, since the point was to do something for her), and then of course there's those yummy biscuits. So that was that...one more thing about that day...The skirt I got Colette was white...I debated about whether to get white or not, but did. Then at Brandon's party Colette spilled red punch all over the front of the brand new white skirt, and cut her heel somehow and kneeled and got blood all over the back! But my mad homemaking skills got the stains out and it looks good as new!
It was at our church, and we sucessfully surprised him, he seemed pretty confused for awhile...I don't know if he realized it was for him right away. I guess Brandon likes that movie and Mexican food, so hence the funny card, and there was a contest - each of us were to bring a Mexican dish for Brandon to judge. My enchiladas were 3rd! He seemed to like dips better - they got 1st and 2nd. Mike is a weird one though...there was all this homemade stuff, and what did he eat? He ate my enchiladas (nothing wrong with that, and they are one of his favorite foods, but not really trying anything new either!) and TACO BELL - he eats Taco Bell practically every day for lunch! Someone had short notice about bringing food, so they brought the Taco Bell instead making something. My fave was Donna's buffalo chicken dip (I'll see if I can get the recipe and put it on my cooking blog :-)
Earlier that day Adrienne went to a birthday party for a friend. She had been counting down for it almost 2 weeks in advance! The couple days right before she was talking about it so much that Colette got the idea that she was going too. She was pretty sad that she wasn't, so I spent some mommy and Colette time with her and took her to Toys R Us. I wanted to take her to lunch, but I didn't notice in our indoor light how stained up her clothes were until we were in the outside light. So I bought her an outifit she picked out off the clearance rack at Toys R Us and a coloring book. Then we went to Red Lobster, I got my favorite Coconut Shrimp with Pina Colada sauce, and Colette surprisingly ate it! (thank goodness, since the point was to do something for her), and then of course there's those yummy biscuits. So that was that...one more thing about that day...The skirt I got Colette was white...I debated about whether to get white or not, but did. Then at Brandon's party Colette spilled red punch all over the front of the brand new white skirt, and cut her heel somehow and kneeled and got blood all over the back! But my mad homemaking skills got the stains out and it looks good as new!
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
IT'S A.........
BOY!!!
I'm sure he will just love me for this, but here's the picture:
And one of his face...
Everything looks normal and healthy, and the due date is accurate. The ultrasound tech was able to see from many angles that it's a boy and was very sure about it. He said he doesn't say unless he's sure.
So, Mike will finally have another male in the family!
Jeremy was the name we had decided on for a boy back when we were pregnant with Adrienne and we've stuck with it through these years. But, now that we know it's a boy for sure, we will consider other options. It may still end up being Jeremy, but who knows.
Sunday, June 17, 2007
Colette
Colette has been in the process of being potty-trained for several months now. When we potty-trained Adrienne she was almost three, so she was very ready and within a week she was trained and sleeping through the night with underwear, and that was it! Colette was only barely two when we started with her and so it's been a much longer process - she's been in an out of pullups, sometimes regressing so much that she didn't use the potty for days. But recently I really cracked down on it, and for the past week she's been out of pullups, except for bedtime, with very few accidents. She had been wearing training pants these several months because the times when she had an accident, that extra bit of absorption was all that was needed to prevent it from getting all over. She was happy to make the switch from the training pants to the regular undies that Adrienne wears. I got her some special new undies to congratulate her for doing so well this week...she wore all three pairs that day. The point of my explaining all this is leading up to this picture...I guess she was so excited about being in regular undies that she just couldn't get enough!:
CATCHING UP - FATHER'S DAY
I guess you'd have to ask Mike to be sure, but I thought Father's Day was really good this year!
We surprised him with breakfast-in-bed, a card that Adrienne made (I'd scan and include it, but Mike has it now - more on that later this week), and two gifts - one for each girl to give to him. Adrienne was bummed that she didn't actually buy the gift and didn't feel like she could claim it as hers - I had to explain that I bought it for her to give to him. But actually she did help pick it out online - it was a new tie. And for Colette to give to him was a metal sign with Mater from "Cars" for him to hang up in his shop when the house is done. So that is what we did for the father in our little family, and Mike seemed happy.
At church Mike's parents are there at the same time, and we have some overlap with my parents. So I brought cards to give out to them - I did see my dad and gave him his and the girls and I gave him hugs, but somehow I missed Mike's dad. But we were invited over there for lunch/dinner (a little late for lunch, a little early for dinner) and so we gave our card to him then. So then we just hung out at Mike's parents and it was a nice day!
We surprised him with breakfast-in-bed, a card that Adrienne made (I'd scan and include it, but Mike has it now - more on that later this week), and two gifts - one for each girl to give to him. Adrienne was bummed that she didn't actually buy the gift and didn't feel like she could claim it as hers - I had to explain that I bought it for her to give to him. But actually she did help pick it out online - it was a new tie. And for Colette to give to him was a metal sign with Mater from "Cars" for him to hang up in his shop when the house is done. So that is what we did for the father in our little family, and Mike seemed happy.
At church Mike's parents are there at the same time, and we have some overlap with my parents. So I brought cards to give out to them - I did see my dad and gave him his and the girls and I gave him hugs, but somehow I missed Mike's dad. But we were invited over there for lunch/dinner (a little late for lunch, a little early for dinner) and so we gave our card to him then. So then we just hung out at Mike's parents and it was a nice day!
Saturday, June 16, 2007
CATCHING UP - FOREST THEATER
Adrienne and I attended the Forest Theater's "Robin Hood." It's become a tradition - I've been taking her every year since she was 3 - Colette will join us next year. We went with my friend Kanoe and her daughter Lehua (she and Adrienne are only one week apart). Here are some pics! My camera's battery was dying, so I didn't get as many as I'd hoped.
Adrienne helping me carry our stuff down...
Adrienne posing...she won't just give me a regular smile, she has to be making a goofy face:
A quarter mile down (and I mean DOWN) a trail, here is the stage:
Trying to get a self-portrait of the two of us:
Fourth try:
The play in action:
The intermission goody of the year...trade in one dollar for 3 farthings in a satin bag:
The "farthings" - I couldn't get a clear picture - They say something like - Forest Theater, Robin Hood (?)
The closing with all the cast:
Hiking back up the 1/4 mile trail:
Back at the top: Adrienne and Lehua...(I have to say that this year was the least kid-friendly production I've been to. Through a 5-year-old's eyes, I'd have to say that it was outright boring. But luckily these girls have a short memory - on the way back up the trail - Lehua: "That was great!", Adrienne: "Yeah!")
Adrienne helping me carry our stuff down...
Adrienne posing...she won't just give me a regular smile, she has to be making a goofy face:
A quarter mile down (and I mean DOWN) a trail, here is the stage:
Trying to get a self-portrait of the two of us:
Fourth try:
The play in action:
The intermission goody of the year...trade in one dollar for 3 farthings in a satin bag:
The "farthings" - I couldn't get a clear picture - They say something like - Forest Theater, Robin Hood (?)
The closing with all the cast:
Hiking back up the 1/4 mile trail:
Back at the top: Adrienne and Lehua...(I have to say that this year was the least kid-friendly production I've been to. Through a 5-year-old's eyes, I'd have to say that it was outright boring. But luckily these girls have a short memory - on the way back up the trail - Lehua: "That was great!", Adrienne: "Yeah!")
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