Kitties' Room

Here are some pictures of the Sebastian and Cassidy's room. They have all of their furniture and life necessities in there. They like it so much that even when you let them out often they will go right back in. We are not allowing them upstairs so that mine and Erynn's sinuses will not get overloaded with cat hair. I want to keep her as free of their dander as possible. But they are cute boys!

My Favorite Room - Laundry

This is my favorite room in the house - the laundry room. You see in every other place we have lived if we had a laundry area it could only be called a closet and that was being nice. I love this room because I can get around the washer and dryer and it can store things. Plus the lovely laundry chute which makes our lives so easy. If only it could take the clothes back up.

Worn Out

As you can tell by the time of this post, it is really late. Today was Scott's birthday and his present was a stomach virus. Scott and I have known each other for 14 years and today was the first time that I ever saw him throw up. We were on our way to lunch and he had to stop and got sick. I took him home and then came back to finish out the day at work. When I got home he was not better but worse so we went to the ER tonight. Between the two of us we have visited the doctor and the hospital more in the last year than we did in the previous 13 years combined. I told him we may need to do some kind of cleansing ritual on the new house because one or both of us has been sick the entire time we have been here. Personally, I can not remember the last day that I felt good without some kind of issue. Also, I am just very tired. Erynn is wearing me out. I decided tonight to take tomorrow off work so I can help Scott get better but also I can disinfect the house some. Unless she is not feeling well I will take Erynn to daycare and come back and take a nap before hitting the cleaning. It just seems to never end. I know other people have worse problems but when you are in the middle of them you just do not see the end. Well, I guess I will try to go to sleep now and hope that Erynn does not wake up at her usual 2am since she did not go to sleep until 10:30. Her and I are in the guest room so as to not get the bug so maybe we will get more sleep too!

Scott's Room

Here is Scott's man cave. Tons of computers, movies, music and of course the biggest TV in the house with stereo sound. I have no say nor do I want it in this room. We are however working on getting him a rug since he has linoleum on his floor. Notice the picture of Scott and Erynn that was required on the wall as you enter the room.

Living Room and Erynn's Room

Here are the living room and Erynn's room. Pictures are hung in the living room but we still need a blind for the door to the deck and maybe a flat panel tv for the nook above the fireplace. Eventually we will change the furniture because it has seen days with the cats but we have other priorities for now. I think I want to paint Erynn's room maybe a light green and we definitely need to hang some pictures or something in there.

House Pictures

Ok, enough about the pictures. I thought I would wait until things were perfect but that ain't happening. So you will get to see the mess and all. If nothing else it should make you feel better about your house.

We will start with the good ones! Latest outdoor shots including Scott's shed and the garage!

Calmer Weekend - Work Sucks

Too too busy at work, let's explain by saying that I am a call center supervisor and it has been so busy that I am averaging 50 phone calls a day (assisting irate customers or our employees). My people only average 100 and its their job! So I decided on Friday that I needed some rest. I was on autopilot which was not good for me, Erynn or Scott. So Friday I reminded my husband that I need more help and Saturday Erynn and I took the day off. We basically accomplished the necessities of eating and bathing. Oh, and we slept on and off the whole day. I felt so much better on Sunday, we got out and did some shopping but again took it real easy. It was nice weekend all around and even though nothing like unpacking or hanging blinds got done it was great! Erynn is such a happy thing these days. She loves to eat and her favorites currently are sweet potatoes and peas. She had some allergic reactions so we are taking it slow and making sure that she can eat something without breaking out before we move on. Just so you know it probably is possible to be over insured. Scott and are obviously just insane about insurance. We have enough life insurance and now long term care insurance (its cheaper when you are younger) to choke on! Well, our goal is to not leave Erynn with having to deal with our care or debts as we get older. So, I hope everyone is doing well and hey take the time to leave a comment and say hello!

Eating - bad for me

I was reading through my posts and realized that I had not told you about the joys of heartburn that I had right after Erynn was born. I am not sure how I missed mentioning the most horrible experiences of my life. Maybe I did mention it but blocked it out. Anyway, to catch you up the heartburn I had was once a week at least and it was so intense that by Christmas Eve I was visiting the ER for the second time in a week. It was so bad it felt like a heart attack and caused me not to be able to breath. Everytime I had to just let it run its course, I could take major doses of these GI cocktails the doctors gave me but still it had to take 2 or 3 hours to get through my system. Well, I got a prescription that started working and I got cocky! Started eating everything I use to eat again and guess what?! This week it came back with a vengeance. On Thursday night I woke up with the chest pain and had to pace and move around for about 3 hours before it cleared. The Saturday as I was leaving work around 6pm, it hit bad. I had to pull off the road three separate times just to walk around so I could breathe. It took until 9am or so on Sunday before I could settle down enough without hurting. So virtually no sleep Saturday night. I am now back on the bread and water diet and have come to terms with the fact that I need to watch carefully what I eat. The good news is that this kind of fear keeps me from eating bad things and last time helped me to lose weight. Anyway, I am starting to feel like maybe I need to clear the house of some bad vibes since I can't seem to stay healthy here yet.

Erynn is doing well and she enjoyed Easter in her new dress with her new Easter basket toys from my friend Jan. She also had dinner with Unca John and had a good time!

Pack N Play Happiness

It has finally happened! It only took 5 months but now Erynn is sleeping in her pack n play at night. She is no longer in bed with mommy and daddy! However, the pack n play is right next to mommy! So what?! She is sleeping by herself and mainly on her tummy. We are also eating baby food now. We have have had carrots, peas, applesauce and bananas. She loves them all and opens her mouth readily every night at dinner with her parents. She is rolling all over the place and it won't be long before she is moving faster than we can catch her. It is has been a busy 5 months but a joy all the same.