Yesterday I got the chance to actually go out on the town by myself! I found a sitter (thank you jamie, and mom) and headed to Logan to do some Father's Day shopping and get some household supplies as well. It was good to be able to stop at whatever store I wanted with out having to fenagle a 2 year old or a husband ;) Anywho the main reason I am telling you all about this trip is because....
I bought Brooklyn some much needed new pajama's and when I gave them to her she got all excited. Then she looked at me and said, "Did you get some for sister?"
Friday, June 11, 2010
Slip n Slide
Brooklyn got a slip n slide and we tried it out at Grandma's house. She didn't quite get the hang of it so Zach helped her out a few times. Everyone had fun, even Gunner tried to play on it....
Tuesday, June 08, 2010
Trying to Stay Positive...
We have had our share of challenges but never have we been so challenged as we have the last two weeks. It's seriously been a test for me and Zach, not to mention a test on my little Brooklyn. (note: Red=Bad Blue=Good)
Incident #1:
A few weeks ago we were headed home from Salt Lake after a friend's wedding and we hit a pot hole. We didn't think anything of it especially because Zach was driving and because I have hit numerous pot holes in the past. We kept on going home and all of a sudden Zach pulled over because something didn't seem right. We had a flat tire. He was getting the spare out and I hopped out to "assist" him and noticed we actually had two flat tires. They were slow leakers, which I guess is better than a blow out. So we called Zach's Grandpa and he gave us a number for a tow truck. We had the car towed all the way home, but because the guy knew Grandpa he gave us a huge discount and the insurance company will probably be reimbursing us. When Zach took the tires in to see what we could do about replacing them we found out we not only needed new tires, but new rims as well because they were so bent. The good thing is that there is a fabulous guy at Archibald & Sons who helped us out and got us some good rims and brand new tires for less than we thought we would spend on tires alone. The good thing is that I got new tires and we won't have to replace them later this year when it is so close to Christmas.
Incident #2:
We all know how hot it gets when you are pregnant and this last week has been killing me. Zach was getting the swamp cooler running for me when we discovered there is a leak, wait a minute two leaks! Did I mention that the water line for the cooler is ran through the house? And that we found the leaks because the ceiling in the Kitchen and stair way started dripping? Yeah, not so fun. What kind of an idiot runs the water line through the house for a cooler? anyways... We called in my dad (because he is such a handy man and can practically fix anything). He told us to turn off the water and disconnect the line and don't turn it back on until we had the water line ran outside. He looked at my ceiling and helped up prop some boards so all the water would come out in one spot instead of all over our ceiling. Problem solved, or so we thought.
Zach got sent home early from work yesterday and was cleaning up the house when he noticed the board had gone through the ceiling and now the ceiling was falling down completely (in the Kitchen/Dining Room). I came home right in the middle of him trying to hold the ceiling up and cut down the wet parts so it didn't keep falling. It was terrible. All the insulation was coming down the ceiling was still falling and sagging and the paint is ruined. So apparently it wasn't the swamp cooler because it had been off, we have a leak in the roof, sorta. So now we have a white trash vaulted ceiling. Zach was so patient with me and even let me cry with out saying anything. So we were ok with it all because when we bought the house it included a one year warranty and we still have a month left on it. We called and called and called. They were a pain to get a hold of but it's ok because we thought they would cover it. Nope. All they cover are appliances. So they are sending some one out to make sure the swamp cooler is ok and that's all they do. So now we were freaking. We have all this water damage and we are going to have to pay for it. Then we remembered we have home owner's Insurance, hallelujah ! The only bad thing is that we just made a claim on our car insurance and now the home owners so we'll see what our rates do. Oh yeah and while we are going through all of this Gunner decided to have an accident and as soon as that was cleaned up Brooklyn had an accident. Grr... Stress!!
Incident #1:
A few weeks ago we were headed home from Salt Lake after a friend's wedding and we hit a pot hole. We didn't think anything of it especially because Zach was driving and because I have hit numerous pot holes in the past. We kept on going home and all of a sudden Zach pulled over because something didn't seem right. We had a flat tire. He was getting the spare out and I hopped out to "assist" him and noticed we actually had two flat tires. They were slow leakers, which I guess is better than a blow out. So we called Zach's Grandpa and he gave us a number for a tow truck. We had the car towed all the way home, but because the guy knew Grandpa he gave us a huge discount and the insurance company will probably be reimbursing us. When Zach took the tires in to see what we could do about replacing them we found out we not only needed new tires, but new rims as well because they were so bent. The good thing is that there is a fabulous guy at Archibald & Sons who helped us out and got us some good rims and brand new tires for less than we thought we would spend on tires alone. The good thing is that I got new tires and we won't have to replace them later this year when it is so close to Christmas.
Incident #2:
We all know how hot it gets when you are pregnant and this last week has been killing me. Zach was getting the swamp cooler running for me when we discovered there is a leak, wait a minute two leaks! Did I mention that the water line for the cooler is ran through the house? And that we found the leaks because the ceiling in the Kitchen and stair way started dripping? Yeah, not so fun. What kind of an idiot runs the water line through the house for a cooler? anyways... We called in my dad (because he is such a handy man and can practically fix anything). He told us to turn off the water and disconnect the line and don't turn it back on until we had the water line ran outside. He looked at my ceiling and helped up prop some boards so all the water would come out in one spot instead of all over our ceiling. Problem solved, or so we thought.
Zach got sent home early from work yesterday and was cleaning up the house when he noticed the board had gone through the ceiling and now the ceiling was falling down completely (in the Kitchen/Dining Room). I came home right in the middle of him trying to hold the ceiling up and cut down the wet parts so it didn't keep falling. It was terrible. All the insulation was coming down the ceiling was still falling and sagging and the paint is ruined. So apparently it wasn't the swamp cooler because it had been off, we have a leak in the roof, sorta. So now we have a white trash vaulted ceiling. Zach was so patient with me and even let me cry with out saying anything. So we were ok with it all because when we bought the house it included a one year warranty and we still have a month left on it. We called and called and called. They were a pain to get a hold of but it's ok because we thought they would cover it. Nope. All they cover are appliances. So they are sending some one out to make sure the swamp cooler is ok and that's all they do. So now we were freaking. We have all this water damage and we are going to have to pay for it. Then we remembered we have home owner's Insurance, hallelujah ! The only bad thing is that we just made a claim on our car insurance and now the home owners so we'll see what our rates do. Oh yeah and while we are going through all of this Gunner decided to have an accident and as soon as that was cleaned up Brooklyn had an accident. Grr... Stress!!
Monday, June 07, 2010
Trampoline, Sprinkler, and Sandbox Fun
It was so nice to have warm weather this past weekend and Brooklyn and I took full advantage on Saturday. Zach and I finally got her sandbox put together and she loved it. The only bad part is that the sand sticks to her REALLY good and it's hard to get off especially when she has been running through the sprinkler. When I put the sprinkler on for her she figured out she could "stop it" by putting her foot over it, however, she didn't realize that the pressure would build up and cause a big burst of water to come out. It shocked her the first time she did it but then she loved it. We also figured that she would enjoy her trampoline better if it was outside, so I put that out with her in the backyard and she jumped til she was dry. It was a fun day!
Gone Fishin'
Brooklyn really wanted a fishing pole when we were at Wal-mart the other day and so we caved and bought her a little pink princess fishing pole. She carried it all around the house asking us to go fishing and even started to learn how to cast. She got so annoying (I say that with love) that we decided to take a fishing trip on Sunday morning. We took her to Honeyville Pond and it was mostly un eventful because it was the day after free fishing day in Utah and I think the fish had wised up to what was going on. It also probably didn't help that there were several birds that kept swooping in and grabbing a snack or two. It was a fun experience and I think we will try it again here shortly.
P.S. It made my day when I went to get my fishing/combo license and when the guy was updating my info he asked to update my weight and I asked if I could use my pre-pregnancy weight and he smiled and said of course, it just couldn't remain at 80 pounds! It must have been a long time ago that I had a fishing license.
Thursday, June 03, 2010
29 weeks....
Well today we had another doctor appointment and everything went well. The baby is measuring where she should be (the doctor said she weighs about 2lbs and 5oz) and we are still set for August 18th. The doctor told me to keep on taking iron supplements and to increase the amount I have been taking, yuck. The best part about our visit today was that Brooklyn was actually interested in watching the ultrasound and would point things out that she could see. At one point baby sister had her head turned and so all we could see was her ear and Brooklyn picked up on it really fast. She also identified baby sister's nose. The doctor said (when he was measuring her head) that it looks like this baby will also have a bunch of hair when she is born. So weird the things we can see with these 3D ultrasounds, I love it.
Horse Ride...
So Brooklyn had her first horse ride on this past Monday. I didn't get to see it because I was at work but I was shocked when Zach sent me this picture on my cell. She is too little to be doing stuff like this, right? She is my baby! The funny thing about it is that we live here in the country where there are horses everywhere and her first horse ride was in Salt Lake City!! Love this girl, can't believe she is growing so fast...
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