Saturday, October 30, 2010
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Lasagna
Mabel is generally quite good. She says "hi" a lot. She walks everywhere. She likes to take Ama's dog bowl up the stairs.
Last night was an exception, where she spent some of the night throwing up lasagna in her crib. And then on me. And then on Kate. She had two baths and nobody slept well. Today she was fine and happy to nap.
Lasagna = bad and messy. Will be a long time before she has it again.
Last night was an exception, where she spent some of the night throwing up lasagna in her crib. And then on me. And then on Kate. She had two baths and nobody slept well. Today she was fine and happy to nap.
Lasagna = bad and messy. Will be a long time before she has it again.
A tree and two stumps
We had a big tree in our backyard - a big nasty tree. Sure it looked alright, but it was messy and too big for the yard. And I'm a little sad it is gone. But not too much.
I'll be patching the fence and attempting to straighten it out this weekend. Eventually we'll be putting in a few more appropriate, lower maintenance, less gutter choking trees.
We also had a big stump in our tiny front yard removed. No pics of that, because it was even more boring than this.
I'll be patching the fence and attempting to straighten it out this weekend. Eventually we'll be putting in a few more appropriate, lower maintenance, less gutter choking trees.
We also had a big stump in our tiny front yard removed. No pics of that, because it was even more boring than this.
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
1 year old pro pics
We just received our 1 year old pro shots of Mabel.
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Click on picture for a slideshow (opens in a new tab)
Sunday, October 17, 2010
Family reunited
Kate and Mabel are back home from their weekend in Chicago. Kate had a nice time seeing lots of friends and Mabel got to meet a number of our friends' kids. Not a lot of pictures from the trip to share (that's normally my role). Great to have the ladies home; I'd really missed them.
Insulation went well and all holes are now painted and very difficult to pick out from even a few feet away. Inside, the house is quieter. We haven't been in the house long enough to have a meaningful heating bill history, but we'll assume they'll be lower. And we'll be more comfortable in the summer and winter. On to the next house project...
Insulation went well and all holes are now painted and very difficult to pick out from even a few feet away. Inside, the house is quieter. We haven't been in the house long enough to have a meaningful heating bill history, but we'll assume they'll be lower. And we'll be more comfortable in the summer and winter. On to the next house project...
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Bachelor weekend
Kate and Mabel are on a trip to Chicago for Kate's birthday weekend. I was left behind to entertain the dogs and to oversee the completion of our house insulation. A crew is showing up Thursday and Friday to drill lots of holes in the exterior of the house and to blow insulation into our 100% empty walls. Promises of more comfort and lower bills along with it being a bit quieter...will see. I suspect much of my weekend will involve dealing with the many, many 1" holes.
House feels empty and quiet, even with the newest Deerhunter album blasting. Next on the playlist is the newish Grinderman. I don't get much music in at night anymore, gotta catch up.
House feels empty and quiet, even with the newest Deerhunter album blasting. Next on the playlist is the newish Grinderman. I don't get much music in at night anymore, gotta catch up.
Saturday, October 2, 2010
Applesauce
Mabel has been getting more and more interested in using a spoon for herself. And sometimes even gets some food in her mouth.
Friday, October 1, 2010
Mabel Update
M is doing well these days. Her eyes remain goop free since her procedure which makes everyone happy. We have just been out an about this week visiting with her baby friends. All the babies are still too young to actually play together, but at least now they realize there are other babies in the room. The weather has been great so we have been out at the park almost every day.
She is big into animal sounds. Her repertoire includes dog, cat, duck, snake, elephant, bear, lizard, owl, penguin, sheep, cow, and pig. We are pretty sure we have the next Dr Doolittle on our hands.
She is also improving with her signing. She now signs more, please, milk and fish very consistently. Next up is Thank you.
As for speaking, she has started saying Cheese really clearly. Of course, it's a food word.
She is big into animal sounds. Her repertoire includes dog, cat, duck, snake, elephant, bear, lizard, owl, penguin, sheep, cow, and pig. We are pretty sure we have the next Dr Doolittle on our hands.
She is also improving with her signing. She now signs more, please, milk and fish very consistently. Next up is Thank you.
As for speaking, she has started saying Cheese really clearly. Of course, it's a food word.
House projects
We are now scheduled to have the attic insulated on Thursday (10/7) and the exterior walls insulated the following Thursday when Kate and Mabel are off in Chicago. I can understand why there was not much insulation in the attic and none in the walls when the house was built, 100 years ago. I have a harder time understanding how/why all subsequent owners (of which we're the 7th since 1993) didn't see fit to improve things. Well, we are trying at least.
Other projects we're going to be setting up in the near future - plumbing overhaul, including changing our gas water heater over to a tankless one, and having a big messy tree in the backyard removed.
Other projects we're going to be setting up in the near future - plumbing overhaul, including changing our gas water heater over to a tankless one, and having a big messy tree in the backyard removed.
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