Well, we've had a busy, but very fun week here at our house. Here's the rundown:
Friday-Sunday:
We went to visit with our good friends Jon and Justine! We stayed with them for the weekend and then went to their baby shower cookout on Sunday! It was great to see them and so fun to celebrate the upcoming birth of their son (our Godson)! Anna also started crawling while we were there, she'd been close, but she did it for the first time Saturday night before bed.
Monday:
We hung out as a family. We lounged around, took a walk in the park, and just spent some time enjoying our little family. We then had my parents and sister and her fiance over for a cookout. It was really nice!
Tuesday:
Back to work! The little guy I watch has finally adjusted to being here every day and boy is he fun! Him and Anna talk and play all day long and I LOVE to watch them play! I also love to play with them! Anna was very proud of herself for finally being able to crawl after him. She's slow, but watch out, she's determined! RCIA started back up Tuesday evening. It's going to be a fun year, so far we have around 7 candidates, but that can change at any point.
Anna also had her 6 month check-up. She's now 17.6 pounds, 26 inches long and the exact same percentiles that she was at 4 months. 75% for weight, 55% for height. The doctor was quite impressed with her develoment and said she's a picture of health! Yay Anna! Her shots didn't really bother her this time either, so all was good!
Wednesday and Thursday:
Well, pretty normal days but busy in the sense that I take care of two babies all day... And now that they're moving, they're into everything! I cleaned the house during naptime on Thursday and feel caught up now. Then I went out for Mom's Night Out which we do monthly. I've left Anna with Jeremy for the last 3 months or so, but always after she fell asleep. Last night I left before bedtime and she did great! That's the first time I've left her that she hasn't spent the whole time screaming. It was nice to get out and know that she was smiling and snuggling with daddy!
Friday:
Luke left early today to spend the afternoon with his mom and Anna's taking a fantastic nap so I'm enjoying some much needed relax time. Catching up on blogs, shows that I've DVR'd and a short nap! Tonight we're going to do some furniture moving in the basement, have waffles for dinner, and watch a movie, since we have a free rental.
This weekend we've got a birthday party a little guy who I took care of at daycare and lives a few houses down. He was extremely attached to me whne he was in the infant room at daycare and we see them all of the time since we live so close! He always invites us to his birthday parties and I can't belive he's already turning 3! Quick funny story about him, my mom and I worked in the same room at the daycare. So one day his mom, sister and him stopped by as they were taking a walk and my mom happened to be here. He said, "Oh, look, it's the other Ms. Karen!" referring to my mom... Since then he's asked about the "other Ms. Karen" every time he sees me! Hmmm, think we look/sound alike?
Then we have my sister's bridal shower on Sunday and the first Bears game! Anna has a jersey that's a little big, but it will work and Jeremy cannot wait!!
And I love this weather, please stay like this for a long time! Fall is my favorite time of year and 60s-70s are absolutely wonderful!
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Friday, September 9, 2011
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Bye bye tax return
It feels like we're always working on some kind of home improvement project, I guess that's what comes with owning a home. I feel like the money flies straight out of the checking account about as quickly as we can get it in there... But since the adoption fell through, and we have more time and money on our hands, we decided there's no time like the present to get working on a few things we were saving for. So this last week, we've very quickly spent our tax return money!
First we put up corner trip pieces in our home. There are a lot of corners where the paint color changes as well as a lot of high traffic corners where dings and dents happen often, and we don't even have kids yet! So we put up some inexpensive corner trim and after trips all over town to different hardward stores, we finally found enough of them. For some reason every place was out of the one color we needed! So Jeremy got to use the saw he got for Christmas and with a little bit of caulk, voila, clean edges! They look so nice and really complete the look of the rooms for us!
Then we had our radon mitigated in our crawlspace. When we moved in, our radon levels were just barely above the "safe" level. Not really of concern, but still important to get fixed. (Especially if we ever intend on selling the home, not for a long time though!) So the guys came to install a fan and put down plastic that sealed it all off. They sent the fan through the roof of the garage and outside. They also sealed off the sump pump. When it was first tested, it was 4.5. When it was retested, it was like a .3! They said that was lower than outside! Yay, it worked!
Then our computer kind of bit the dust. It was becoming an hour long process just to turn it on and try to get the internet to work. It has been slowly fading away for a while and when a really sweet Presidents Day sale came up, we jumped! So the first bit of our return went to purchasing this new one, which is oh so nice and very fast! Yay!
Finally, we had GutterHelmets installed on our exterior. We got a flyer in the mail last spring for them and saved it because it sounded like a good idea. We have 5 trees in our yard with another in the neighbor's yard that hangs over our house as well. Of these 6 trees, 4 of them are those maple trees that drop the helicopter seeds (those things were pretty cool when we were kids, not so cool now that we have to rake them up...). So needless to say our gutters fill up with leaves and seeds pretty darn quick. Jeremy had to climb up there and clean them out over and over again last year, and that was just on the front ones that he could reach. We hadn't even tried the back, they're too high. We also had a spot that was sagging a little bit and causing massive overflow into our mulch which led to mulch in the yard and quite the experience when mowing. So anyway, we called them up, they honored last year's deal since we still had the flyer and although they were pricey, they are going to pay for themselves very quickly! They also come with a lifetime warranty and if for some reason the gutters were to ever get clogged, they'll come clean, fix, replace for free.
So bye bye tax return. And hopefully hello to more value added into our home! And hopefully we'll need our savings for another adoption in the near future...
First we put up corner trip pieces in our home. There are a lot of corners where the paint color changes as well as a lot of high traffic corners where dings and dents happen often, and we don't even have kids yet! So we put up some inexpensive corner trim and after trips all over town to different hardward stores, we finally found enough of them. For some reason every place was out of the one color we needed! So Jeremy got to use the saw he got for Christmas and with a little bit of caulk, voila, clean edges! They look so nice and really complete the look of the rooms for us!
Then we had our radon mitigated in our crawlspace. When we moved in, our radon levels were just barely above the "safe" level. Not really of concern, but still important to get fixed. (Especially if we ever intend on selling the home, not for a long time though!) So the guys came to install a fan and put down plastic that sealed it all off. They sent the fan through the roof of the garage and outside. They also sealed off the sump pump. When it was first tested, it was 4.5. When it was retested, it was like a .3! They said that was lower than outside! Yay, it worked!
Then our computer kind of bit the dust. It was becoming an hour long process just to turn it on and try to get the internet to work. It has been slowly fading away for a while and when a really sweet Presidents Day sale came up, we jumped! So the first bit of our return went to purchasing this new one, which is oh so nice and very fast! Yay!
Finally, we had GutterHelmets installed on our exterior. We got a flyer in the mail last spring for them and saved it because it sounded like a good idea. We have 5 trees in our yard with another in the neighbor's yard that hangs over our house as well. Of these 6 trees, 4 of them are those maple trees that drop the helicopter seeds (those things were pretty cool when we were kids, not so cool now that we have to rake them up...). So needless to say our gutters fill up with leaves and seeds pretty darn quick. Jeremy had to climb up there and clean them out over and over again last year, and that was just on the front ones that he could reach. We hadn't even tried the back, they're too high. We also had a spot that was sagging a little bit and causing massive overflow into our mulch which led to mulch in the yard and quite the experience when mowing. So anyway, we called them up, they honored last year's deal since we still had the flyer and although they were pricey, they are going to pay for themselves very quickly! They also come with a lifetime warranty and if for some reason the gutters were to ever get clogged, they'll come clean, fix, replace for free.
So bye bye tax return. And hopefully hello to more value added into our home! And hopefully we'll need our savings for another adoption in the near future...
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