another headache....

okay...so Im finally starting to feel better. I stayed home again from work on Thursday when i woke up with a fever. Rather than staying in bed all day, I made myself stay out of bed and out of our room. I started feeling better by the afternoon. I kept myself busy by doing laundry with our brand new washer and dryer. I am super excited about the washer and dryer because I have never had my own brand new set. We always had hand-me-down sets or bought used. We were always looking for a good deal and looking at different options of different brands. We had our eye set on the Whirlpool HE Cabrio steam dryer and washer set, big enough for a king size comforter! Doug did some research and found it cheapest at HH Gregg. So buying it was the easy part. You would think having it delivered and installed by them would be easy for us as well... ha... try again. We had it delivered on tuesday. They come, deliver it and tell us to test start the washer after a couple of hours allowing time for frozen water in the lines to thaw. So when doug gets home he starts the washer. I go to bed and he jumps in the shower. I wake up and hear Alex saying "Water, water" and Lucifer lapping up something. I run into the laundry room to find Alex and Lucifer standing in about an inch of water. Alex had put both her bearies in the water and Lucifer was drinking it. The drain hose was spraying everywhere. We get the kids out of the water, start to clean up the water and make a call to HH Gregg. They make plans to deliver a new washer Wed. They then cancel all deliveries Wed because of the snow (understandable). So thursday they deliver a new washer, this time they didnt hook it up, afraid the same problem might occurr. We agree to hook it up once the unit warms up. I then notice they didnt level the washer. Doug makes the call to HH Gregg and gets the run-around from the installation guys. He finally curses at them, hangs up and Doug and I have to level the washer ourselves. It was easy but the point is we had this arranged for them to do it, not us. If we ever purchase anything from HH Gregg again, we will take care of the delivery and installation ourselves.

Heres a picture of the set I pulled from the internet....

Im done being sick....

Well Im laying in bed, sick with Bronchitis and a fever. I started feeling bad Monday, barely making it through the work day. I had body aches, fever, cough...all the fun stuff that comes with a cold. I decided to stay home from work Tuesday to take Alex to the doctor because her cough seemed worse. Tuesday I woke up feeling the same along with a painful cough. Her doctor visit was great. She just has the viral cough that is going around and we are to continue with the cough medicine and added Mucinex to get that flem out. I then took myself to the dr and found out I have bronchitis. I am on Mucinex, Amoxicillon and an inhaler. i have a fever that will break but then come back and has repeated since Monday. Each time it comes back its a little lower. So I have spent the last few days in bed. I just hope to feel better very very soon.

Our Escape Artist

So yesterday afternoon I put Alex down for a nap. She acted tired and even told me she wanted to "paci and beary, go nigh-nigh". She was in the crib for maybe half an hour when she started talking and carrying on a conversation with her stuffed animals. This is normal and after listening to her lullabies, she usually falls back to sleep. Well this time she started calling for "Momma"...then when I didnt answer she started calling for "Daddy"...and then it was back to calling for "Courney". Finally I went into the room when she started saying "I get down, please, out". I walked in to find her half way out of the crib, with one leg over the railing. I asked what she was doing and her reply "I get down". She also had taken everything out of her crib, throwing onto the floor. This would include her Ariel pillow, small decorative butterfly pillow, black bear, tan bear, all three bearies, kitty, paci, small kitty, small doggy, blanket and comforter that hangs over the railing. I think if she could have gotten the sheet off the bed it would be on the floor too. This would be the first time she has tried getting out of the crib on her own. That to me is a sign that we might need to change her bed into the toddler stage. Im going to wait though, and see if she tries again.
Oh yea, so after I got her out of the hanging position on the crib, I put her on the floor. As I was telling her she really needed to take a nap before we made the trip to the grocery, she started to leave her room. As I was walking behind her, she stopped and with this surprised, scared, "uh-oh I just got caught" look on her face, she stopped and turns to me, saying "I get down". I agreed, shook my head and responded, "Yes, yes you got down". I think it dawned on her that she is able to climb out of her crib and successfully get out when ever she wants to....

Just a few pictures

Bubby finally calmed down for a few pictures Alexandra and Daddy

Alex helping Uncle Ty blow out birthday candles

Uncle Tyler on his 23rd birthday

Debi came for a visit from Chicago and brought Princess a care package that included suckers, markers, crayons, coloring book, sunglasses, Playdo, Hershey Kisses, nail polish and lip glossses


I will add more soon....

Chompers...

Hello... just an update over the past weekend. It wasnt very eventful or exciting though. We stayed in most of the days. All weekend I was bothered by the fact I had to have a root canal on Monday. So I was in a kind of grumpy mood. Friday evening we visited with Zach and Kari and a few friends from Penske Honda. Zach, by the way, is doing really well. Some may recall the terrible accident he was involved in Dec 14th where another car ran a red light, t-boning Zach on the driver side, sending him off the road and the driver ran on foot from the scene, leaving zach to bleed to death. After spending a few weeks in ICU and rehab, he was released New Years eve. He still has a long road ahead of him. Saturday Kari and Lance came over to play. Alex had been talking all about Lance...anything we said her response was Lance. We have to spell his name if she is around. Later that night Rick joined us and we played lots of Wii and ate pizza. Just a great time hanging out at home. Sunday evening my brother Tyler and Mom came over. We had dinner and cake icecream in celebration of Ty's b-day.
Monday my office was closed so I spent the afternoon getting a root canal. First one and not a fun one. It wasnt as bad as I thought, but it still sucked. If you know me, you know going to the dentist is a very scary trip for me.
Monday night, through out the night, I was either woke up by the throbbing pain in my mouth or Alexandra crying. She continued to wake up several times that night, crying that her fishies were not swimming in her lullaby crib toy or she had lost her paci. It was a restless night, with no sleep so I decided to stay home Tuesday. Also because I could not speak with being in pain, nor could I eat or sneeze without causing pain. On the way to daycare that morning I realized Alex was probably cutting her last molar. She had three coming in at once about a week or so ago and had never fussed until this forth and last one started coming in. Last evening she was in a better mood. Through the night she woke up once. I think this is the end of teething as all her teeth have come in. Thank goodness, no more pain for her.
I have more pictures to post and will get them up as soon as possible. At the moment Im at work, eating lunch and writing this.

Happy New Year

Finally I am now able to get back on here and post some pictures. Just to catch everyone up .... We had a great Christmas with friends and family. Alexandra was spoiled and had so much fun. She enjoyed opening gifts, including everyone elses gifts. She got so much, including clothes, books, DVDs, bath toys, dolls, pillows, vanity set, teaparty set and much more. We need more room to put everything. We were able to spend Christmas with all sides of each family Christmas Eve, Christmas day and night. New Years Eve Doug and I planned to celebrate with Alexandra. We brought in the new year hanging out with Rick, Kari, Lance and several friends. Lance and Alexandra played untilthe ball dropped. Daddy got his first kiss of 2009 from Alexandra. After that we headed home because all three of us were so tired. Here are a few pictures from New Years Eve....

Alex was Princess for the day..wait..she is Princess everyday

Mommy got to be Princess too

Daddy didnt want to be Princess

Mommy and Princess Alexandra

Daddys First Kiss of 2009


she was sooo worn out and tired from having fun