Just a quick note to let you know that I've uploaded a batch of photos to Flickr. These include shots from Perryn's recent visit by his Grandma Cote and Uncle Mike, and from his Pepere Cote.
Here's a link to all the shots that I uploaded in this batch.
Or, you may prefer to browse the photos based on the dates they were taken.
Monday, April 28, 2008
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Perryn rides in his Jeep
Yes, Perryn has a Jeep.
More specifically, it's a Jeep-brand baby carrier. You know, one of those contraptions that let you carry your baby around on your front. They're supposed to be all the rage among the less-than-one-year-old crowd. So, I strapped him in the other day, expecting him to enjoy every minute of it.
It didn't go so well. He threw a fit immediately upon insertion.
Maybe being upright was just too much for him. Maybe he's still a little too small for it (you'll note that his face is kind of smooshed up against my chest.) Or maybe he just hadn't settled down after the diaper changing session.
Anyway, not to be discouraged, we tried it out a second time yesterday. He still seemed a little unsure about the whole thing, but he didn't resist too much.
And so the final test came last night when we strapped in for a third time and then took a walk around the neighborhood. He settled in just fine, and napped through most of the walk. So, we judge the baby carrier to be a success. But, yeah, he still needs to grow into it a bit.
Oh ... and there's one more side story to this baby carrier. I came home from work one day several months ago, and Rachelle handed me a present, all wrapped up. I opened it up, and found a baby carrier. That was how she told me she was pregnant.
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Friday, April 04, 2008
Perryn
Well, as I'm sure a lot of you can imagine, I haven't had a moment to update this yet. Here's a photo I just took of our newest addition to the family. He'll be 2 weeks old tomorrow.
We're busy and sleep deprived, of course. Unfortunately breastfeeding wasn't working out very well for us, so I'm pumping breastmilk and feeding it to him in a bottle, but other than that, things are going fine.
The actual labor and delivery went very well. I had absolutely no pain once I got the epidural. I was surprised by that. I had always thought that the epidural just helped with the pain, not eliminated it. Labor prior to the epidural wasn't too bad either. I had my first contraction at 3:30 in the morning. Perryn was born at 6:30pm, so I guess we'd call that 15 hours of labor. I pushed for 2 hr 15 min and we nearly had to use forceps to get him out, but we managed just in the nick of time. I did have a little more bleeding than normal, but it was easily controlled and all was fine.
And that's our news in a nutshell. :-)
We're busy and sleep deprived, of course. Unfortunately breastfeeding wasn't working out very well for us, so I'm pumping breastmilk and feeding it to him in a bottle, but other than that, things are going fine.
The actual labor and delivery went very well. I had absolutely no pain once I got the epidural. I was surprised by that. I had always thought that the epidural just helped with the pain, not eliminated it. Labor prior to the epidural wasn't too bad either. I had my first contraction at 3:30 in the morning. Perryn was born at 6:30pm, so I guess we'd call that 15 hours of labor. I pushed for 2 hr 15 min and we nearly had to use forceps to get him out, but we managed just in the nick of time. I did have a little more bleeding than normal, but it was easily controlled and all was fine.
And that's our news in a nutshell. :-)
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Nursery colors
Here's an additional photo that shows the three colors. Pardon the blue tape that is still up in this photo - obviously it's a work in progress. The darker blue and green will be added to the striped wall as well. It will be a bright room.
Gary paints the nursery
Here's a picture of Gary painting the stripes on the nursery wall. There will actually be three colors when we are done.
Friday, February 22, 2008
8 months pregnant
Here's my 8 month photo. Everything is still going well with the pregnancy. I have experienced heartburn for the first time in my life, but I guess that's nothing major to complain about.
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
One of Our Projects
Here is a picture of one of the projects we've been working on. Gary painted the walls two different colors and we're in the process of putting up trim (this wall/corner of the room is done). We left the ceiling as it was.
We had pretty much the same thing in the old house and liked it. Since we have a softside waterbed, we had to do it before we setup the bed which we got done this past weekend. We've been sleeping in the guest room until now. It's very nice to have our bed back!!
We had pretty much the same thing in the old house and liked it. Since we have a softside waterbed, we had to do it before we setup the bed which we got done this past weekend. We've been sleeping in the guest room until now. It's very nice to have our bed back!!
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
What's New
Things are moving so quickly it appears I haven't had time to make an update in a while. So here's what's going on in a nutshell:
HOUSE - We moved the last weekend in January and we're still getting settled and doing lots of projects at the new house. There are still a lot of boxes around because we want to finish some of the projects before unpacking. For example, we're painting and putting up molding in the master bedroom and it will be easier to finish that project before placing furniture and unloading boxes. In the kitchen it will be easier to get the cabinet hardware on before loading cabinets since when we do that it will involve drilling and making sawdust mess.
OLD HOUSE - Gary has been busy painting the exterior and last weekend Roberta and I also helped. I figured with it being outside, it wasn't a problem for me to pitch in. I just stayed off the ladder and left that to them. We need to clean and do some interiror touch up painting and then we'll be ready to put it on the market and hope it sells quickly. :-)
BABY - We are 6 weeks from our due date, so they generally say that baby will arrive in +/- 2 weeks from the due date... which means we will be parents in 4-8 weeks. Yikes! Unfortunately the nursery isn't ready yet, but I figure the baby won't sleep up there right away anyway, so that isn't the end of the world. We have managed to do quite a bit of shopping and we finished our childbirth preparation classes. I also registered at both Target and Babies R Us. Those were 3 hour and 2 hours excursions, respectively. There's so many things to look at and choose! It was fun though.
During all our projects, we managed to squeeze in a little celebration for our anniversary. We went out to dinner at a nice steakhouse in Frisco and it was quite good. We also have tickets to the ballet this coming Saturday night. I figure we do have to take advantage of being sans child while that's still the case. :-)
I think that hits the highlights.
HOUSE - We moved the last weekend in January and we're still getting settled and doing lots of projects at the new house. There are still a lot of boxes around because we want to finish some of the projects before unpacking. For example, we're painting and putting up molding in the master bedroom and it will be easier to finish that project before placing furniture and unloading boxes. In the kitchen it will be easier to get the cabinet hardware on before loading cabinets since when we do that it will involve drilling and making sawdust mess.
OLD HOUSE - Gary has been busy painting the exterior and last weekend Roberta and I also helped. I figured with it being outside, it wasn't a problem for me to pitch in. I just stayed off the ladder and left that to them. We need to clean and do some interiror touch up painting and then we'll be ready to put it on the market and hope it sells quickly. :-)
BABY - We are 6 weeks from our due date, so they generally say that baby will arrive in +/- 2 weeks from the due date... which means we will be parents in 4-8 weeks. Yikes! Unfortunately the nursery isn't ready yet, but I figure the baby won't sleep up there right away anyway, so that isn't the end of the world. We have managed to do quite a bit of shopping and we finished our childbirth preparation classes. I also registered at both Target and Babies R Us. Those were 3 hour and 2 hours excursions, respectively. There's so many things to look at and choose! It was fun though.
During all our projects, we managed to squeeze in a little celebration for our anniversary. We went out to dinner at a nice steakhouse in Frisco and it was quite good. We also have tickets to the ballet this coming Saturday night. I figure we do have to take advantage of being sans child while that's still the case. :-)
I think that hits the highlights.
Thursday, January 24, 2008
7 months pregnant
Here's my 7 month photo. Things are still going well with the pregnancy. We've started buying some of the larger items for the nursery now that we've closed on the house. We found a crib and glider, etc. Lots of things to get ready, but it's fun.
Thursday, January 10, 2008
Garage Project
We got lucky this past weekend and had excellent weather... which allowed Gary to tackle painting the garage floor. Roberta helped with the trim (had to be done with a brush) and also sprinkling the little flecks on the wet paint. The epoxy paint had quite a strong smell, so I stayed away except for quick peeks from the outside to check progress.
I think it looks pretty good and it's really nice to have it done before we move anything in. Cute paint clothes, huh?
I think it looks pretty good and it's really nice to have it done before we move anything in. Cute paint clothes, huh?
Wednesday, January 02, 2008
We closed!
We are new home owners as of Friday. Now the fun begins... Gary has been busy sealing grout lines (we have quite a bit of ceramic tile, so that's not a quick project) and yesterday he started painting the nursery. I've been cleaning out construction dust from cabinets and doing shelf liner in the kitchen. There are a lot of cabinets, so that's time consuming also.
We're going to continue with projects for a few weeks and will hopefully move in after a few weeks, depending on how things go. We're painting a few rooms so we'd like to get that done before I move in since I shouldn't really be inhaling paint fumes. It's easier to paint empty rooms anyway, so I think it will work out well. We wanted to paint the garage floor with those cool speckled paint chips, but we're learning that it needs to be warmer for that, so that is going to be a pain. That would definitely be nice to do before anything is moved in there. I think it will need to be around 70 for at least 2 consecutive days in order to do that, so it's possible, but not sure how likely.
We'll be busy for the next few weeks for sure. It's exciting though.
We're going to continue with projects for a few weeks and will hopefully move in after a few weeks, depending on how things go. We're painting a few rooms so we'd like to get that done before I move in since I shouldn't really be inhaling paint fumes. It's easier to paint empty rooms anyway, so I think it will work out well. We wanted to paint the garage floor with those cool speckled paint chips, but we're learning that it needs to be warmer for that, so that is going to be a pain. That would definitely be nice to do before anything is moved in there. I think it will need to be around 70 for at least 2 consecutive days in order to do that, so it's possible, but not sure how likely.
We'll be busy for the next few weeks for sure. It's exciting though.
Tuesday, December 25, 2007
Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas all! Here's a picture of us from last night.
It was a small event for us this year. My parents arrived in TX the first weekend in December, but unfortunately, they were notified on Monday 12/17 that their house had been broken into over the previous weekend, so they left the next morning. They had to go idenify what was taken for the detectives.
Gary, Roberta and I did our usual Xmas Eve tradition - homemade pizza. Gary and I are going over to Roberta's boyfriend's house for Christmas dinner today. His brother and family will be there also.
It was a small event for us this year. My parents arrived in TX the first weekend in December, but unfortunately, they were notified on Monday 12/17 that their house had been broken into over the previous weekend, so they left the next morning. They had to go idenify what was taken for the detectives.
Gary, Roberta and I did our usual Xmas Eve tradition - homemade pizza. Gary and I are going over to Roberta's boyfriend's house for Christmas dinner today. His brother and family will be there also.
6 months pregnant
Here's a photo of me at 6 months pregnant. I wore the same clothes as the 5 month pic on purpose.
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Fireplace Completed
Here's a photo of the fireplace now that it's complete. The hearth has been added with a flagstone topper on both the hearth and the very top of the fireplace (not sure you can tell). And of course the cardboard has been removed from the mantle, so this is the actual color.
Sunday, December 09, 2007
Latest House Update
Things are really moving along now. The appliances are in and they were carpeting this weekend. We're expecting to close the last week of December.
Sunday, November 25, 2007
Fireplace
We were excited to see the house this weekend, they've done quite a bit. The fireplace is in progress - just missing the topper and the hearth. The mantle is covered with cardboard, but is really a very dark brown.
They've also installed lights, some granite and started staining some of the cabinets. Everything is coming together and we're expecting to close in about a month.
They've also installed lights, some granite and started staining some of the cabinets. Everything is coming together and we're expecting to close in about a month.
Sunday, November 18, 2007
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