Night #2 Crying Self to Sleep

Nick had to fly late last night, so I was on my own with bedtime last night. We have been starting to let Addison put herself to sleep at night. Night #1 she cried for 45 minutes.....and then she slept ALL NIGHT!!!!

So, last night, after our bedtime routine, I laid her down, she cried for 2 minutes, count them, 2 minutes! Then she hollered out a little while, but she was asleep in less than 20 minutes!

However, she did wake up at 5am for a snack, and then tried to play with me for an hour before she gave up and went back to sleep. Mommy isn't very much fun with she covers herself up with the covers to keep from getting smacked by a baby!

We've got an office....AND a tooth!!!

So yesterday Nick didn't have to be in to work until 3:00pm, so we got busy and put flooring in McKenzie's bedroom, which is now going to be Nick's office.

This is the 'old' office


This is the before and after of McKenzie's room-New Office

And this morning...I found a tooth peeking out of Addisons' lower left gums!!!

HER FIRST TOOTH!!!

A lot of updates for one little blog...

After taking the two little ones on a long day of running errands which included a Lowe's stop, and furniture hunting (Nick needed a new recliner) we finally got back home early evening with a successful day behind us.

FLOWERS
NEW RECLINER
SWIVEL ROCKER FOR PLAYROOM
MATERIALS NICK WILL NEED FOR THIS WEEKEND...

I got some flowers to update my flower beds, so the kids played on the blanket while I planted.
Nick and I found some vinyl tiles to put in the kitchen temporarily. We've decided to wait to remodel the kitchen until we return BACK to Hawaii on our second tour. If we are going to update the kitchen, we are going to wait until we come back so WE can enjoy it and not let it get damaged by any renters. So, we took a few hours after the kids went to bed and stuck these babies down. Even though they are vinyl, they sure look like the real thing! And I LOVE THEM! It really looks nice...just wait until I paint the cabinets and get a new counter top and sink!
Tonight before we went to bed, we moved ALL of McKenzie's room into Trevor's room...and then pulled up all the damaged tile in her room that had curled up so that we can replace it with something comparable and then cover it with the wood flooring.
Nick is reclaiming her room as is office. McKenzie gets the 'spare' bedroom with attached bathroom. Lucky little girl!

Ugh, all the prep work is killing me, I just want to get my flooring back!!! Just ask Nick, my impatience is getting to him!

Addison went for her 6 month checkup, even though she is nearing the 7 month mark. (we got pushed back a bit from being on vacation)
She is just over 18 pounds, and running just above average on height and weight on the scales! She even slept through her 4 shots!!!
The doctor had no complaints, other than her not sleeping through the night yet... which tonight I made myself lie her down and cry it out. After about 40 minutes of fussing off and on, she finally gave in. We'll see what happens tomorrow night!

With a 4 day weekend up ahead, we have big plans! Stay tuned for those updates!

Weekend Warrior Part 1

This morning we had great news from the restoration company who was drying out our house. They came this morning to check on things and found that the baseboards were all dry...so, that meant they packed up their 30 some ear piercing fans and super hot dehumidifiers and left our house nice and quiet!

We brought back in most of the furniture and finally feel like we have our house back, although it's not quite the same as we'd hoped. But soon, we hope to get the flooring installed---again!

In the meantime, I am sorting through things so we can have a garage sale next weekend. Nick demanded I go through some 'crap' and get rid of it. He was not happy to have to move all my 'things' out of the closet in such a hurry like he did! And he commented that all that 'stuff' was not coming back in the house!

Nick put up drywall in the office, since I didn't get to that during his deployment to Iraq. Tomorrow he has plans to replace the old windows in the bedrooms and put drywall in the last bedroom, another project I didn't get to while he was in Iraq.

Trevor has been Nick's right hand man...and tonight, after a couple successful days of pears, Addison tried carrots!

Welcome Home...

After being on vacation for 3 weeks...we arrived home from the airport Wednesday night around 9:30PM. As I carried Addison to the front door to unlock it, I heard running water inside the house. Then I looked down at the concrete by the front door and noticed it was wet...

I screamed at Nick as I tried to turn on some lights, but we had shut off the power to the house while we were away, so as Nick ran into the house, all I could hear was him splashing his way back to the bathroom. Apparently, the hot water supply line blew and was shooting water throughout our house from underneath our bathroom sink.

This is what we came home to...

Our entire main level of the house was soaked...and under a couple inches of water in some places. My rugs were soaked and smelled musty and awful!

The water had literally 'floated' our new flooring we had just installed less than a year ago. The bedrooms in the back of the house would gush water up from the seams when you walked back there.

We called in a favor from a friend who came over and helped move out all the furniture to the garage and back lanai.
The next morning, the insurance company sent out a team of people to help clean up. They had our flooring out of the entire house (minus the new edition) before noon. It was sickening to walk in the house to see the old ugly linoleum we had worked so hard on countless weekends to cover up. I had flash backs of when we first moved in.
After the flooring was out and the water vacuumed up, they set up huge industrial fans to dry out the baseboards. Along with the biggest dehumidifiers I have ever seen. I think we counted just under 30 fans and 3 dehumidifiers.

They thought by the way things smelled, that the water was probably running for at least 2-3 days.
This is the office where I am sitting right now trying to tune out the really load roaring of these fans.My kitchen is a mess. The fridge and stove have been pulled out so the fans can dry the floor underneath them.So...the past few nights, we have been secluded to our upstairs bedroom. They sealed off our windows with plastic downstairs and we have to keep our doors shut to keep our the humidity. We hope everything will be dried out by Monday so we can get the loud fans out and move a few things back in the house. Nick and I went flooring hunting last night to try to find replacement flooring since the brand we originally put in is no longer available on the island. And you better believe I am NOT waiting 6-8 weeks for it to be shipped out here.

The clean up crew comes back daily to check on things, and they keep bringing in more fans each time!

We'll keep you all posted on what will happen next!

Back in Colo, Iowa

Addison with her Aunt Angie!Addison with her Grandma "Bob"We all spent the last week of our 3 week vacation back in Colo at my parent's house. The kids just love being outside and running free on the farm. Nick took Trevor outside and played just about every sport there was...And jumping off the mulch pile...

Addison and I sat on a blanket and watched the beautiful sunset.

Trevor and my sister, Meridith Brooke, were like two peas in a pod. "Wow, that's a lot of colors!" (That's for you Mer!)
And McKenzie was mastering her skills on the Wii, playing Mariokart and Guitar Hero! Along with all the other 'kids' there!

Addison's Baptism

We had Addison baptized on Father's Day June 15th in Colo, Iowa. My brother and his new wife stood up with us as her Godparents. Nick's parents and brother and his wife drove up to be a part of Addison's special day. Addison has been quite a mommy's girl lately, so I was so happy when the pastor took sleeping Addison from me and she didn't even fuss, even when he woke her up and drizzled water on her head. He even made it around the church to show her off to the congregation without her crying! I was so proud!After church, we all went out to my mom and dad's for a little lunch. I made Addison a cake.