Random things

Most of this week was spent emptying the "old" house and scheduling the house cleaner and the carpet cleaners. Plus trying to arrange for the Salvation Army to pick up some large donation items, I think I was at the house every day, sometimes even twice a day. What a pain trying to get everything scheduled but it is finally over, except for moving out what is left in the garage and the attic. All we have to do now is wait for the house to sell.

Apartment living still stinks. I can't stand that my kitchen is 1/16 the size of my last one. I have decided that I am living in a glorified hotel room with a minimal kitchenette. UGH! At least it's only temporary. My mantra for the next six months. Poor Zach must not like the apartment even more than I do. Every time we come home (and yes, I mean EVERY time) he barely makes it in the door before he starts crying. Have we scarred him for life?? He never used to do this at the old house. Poor baby! When I tell the cubs that we are going 'bye bye' they both run to the door. The guilt is horrible. Hopefully that is just temporary too.

Zach has started throwing up again. We were doing so well and I am just convinced that I jinx it every time. Giving him this new medicine is harder than wrestling with an alligator. He hates it, I hate it. Period.

On Wednesday, I went out to dinner with a friend to La Playa Maya. I love my monthly Wednesday night dinners because we always go some place new. It was really yummy. I think I could eat Mexican food every day.

Steve had an appointment on Thursday with the stereo/sound techs to mark the wiring for the computers, phones, TVs and surround sound systems at the new house. We didn't take any pictures because the exterior hasn't changed since the last post. All the good things are happening on the interior. The electricians are working their magic now.

Zach had an orthopedic appointment on Friday. It is always a challenge to take both cubs to the Doctor's office without their Dad. The rooms are always small, the wait is always long, and their attention span is always short. At least we had good news. The Doctor was very happy with Zach's progress and has determined that we don't need to go back unless we are concerned. The curving near his knees has corrected itself and he feels that the curving near his ankles will straighten out on its own. So no braces, thank goodness!

Friday night I was all set to take the cubs to an hourly childcare service so that Steve and I could join Beth Ann in celebrating her birthday. My friend referred the service so I really had no concerns about dropping off the cubs for two hours while Steve and I went to dinner. However, they squashed my plans! Little Emily Bear had been experiencing some diarrhea because of all her major teething, and they wouldn't take her. UGH! So Steve stayed home with the cubs while I went to dinner with Beth Ann, Matt and their friends for the big celebration. I had a lot of fun, the food was good, the margarita was great, and their friends are just hilarious. I really wish Steve could have gone with me, but I am really thankful to him that he was willing to cubsit so I could still go.

The week ahead will be just as busy. We will load the cubs and all their equipment and travel over the hills and through the woods to Grandma Bear's house. I am excited to visit my parents and grandparents and even more excited that Steve will have three days off to spend with us.

We hope that everyone has a safe and happy holiday! Merry Christmas!!

Week in review. --How's that for a catchy title?

The cubs are 17 months old today! I can't even believe how fast time goes by!

Now for our weekly recap. Looking back it appears that we didn't do much this week, but as exhausted as I feel today you would think that we've been going non-stop.

Zach had an appointment with an Orthopedist on Tuesday. Zach is a bow-legged little man. Dr. Gray says that most likely he'll grow out of it but he wants to see Z-man again in four months just to keep an eye on it. Zach did have an xray, which he screamed through, and everything looked great on it. Zach has perfect growth plates. Apparently they were looking for elongated growth plates which is caused by a calcium deficiency, but Z-man's were perfect. Hopefully his little legs will straighten on their own and braces will not be needed.

I took the cubs to my office on Friday. They were having a potluck lunch so I took my famous banana pudding. It's been a while since we've been up there, and it really makes for a long day because my office is almost an hour away, and that's without traffic. Considering that we went during nap time the cubs really did pretty well. Zach flirted with all the girls and Emily ran circles around the conference room.

Today was our pre-redline construction meeting where we selected our brick, stone, and trim colors, along with our garage door design and stain color. Lucky for us there was a house that we both liked the brick and stonework on, so we just told the salesperson that we wanted the same ones. Easy enough. We also went through our structural changes and options. Busy day!

Both cubs have some more teeth coming in. Yippee. More crying, more drooling, more sleepless nights. Such fun times!