Thank God for Friends!

Well, it has been a rocky road with my H and his Dad. Or should I say his Dad's health. It has been a scary few days. It really made me think that one of our parents mortality may be at stake. Really, as kids you never imagine life without your parent. In so many ways, I feel like a 32 year old kid - who no longer lives with my parents. It is hard at times to grasp that I am a parent myself and not the kid anymore. Well, my H decided that he was going to go be with his father while he was in the ICU (as he should). It was also decided that since we had plans here, we would stay. There would be nothing for the girls to do at H's Aunt's house - and I would be sitting there all day with the kidlets. So, Thank God for Friends. Last night Alex had gymnastics, today we had a playdate with friends. Tomorrow is craft day and Friday is play time at the mall. I am super thankful for friends and people to keep me and my kids busy!

We saw the baby!

Here are some pictures from our ultrsound this morning!

Here is baby's body in profile.

Here is baby's face in profile.

Here is baby's face looking at you.

We did not find out the gender of the baby, we are team green as we were with both girls.
So, if we have a girl, we are set.... just not many items for summer.
If we have a boy he will wear white onsies, yellow and green for the first few months. :o)
I had tears just looking at baby though!

Happy Birthday Wade!

Today is my hubby's birthday! Lucky him, the high temp is -10 today. Did I mention that he is outside a lot with his job? Well, he broke out long johns to wear today. He said that he has only worn them on nights and never days. Brrr! I am a wuss, so I'd probably have them on when it is 40 degrees ABOVE zero! :o)

So, the highlight is that he drove himself and he will get off work early today. Downside is that 1) I have not wrapped a single present for him. 2) I have not bought cake mix yet. 3) I still have 2 gifts that I need to run and get. In my defense, we were snowed in yesterday and I had a kid recovering from the stomach flu, not exactly going out shopping kind of day. So.... I guess we will brave the arctic and go out today, it just better include Starbucks. What kind of day doesn't include Starbucks?!

It's Fixed!

The furnace is fixed! After 5 nights of manually lighting it, the tech came and fixed it yesterday. Yesterday Alex also got the stomach bug her sis had.... she seems better now. So... if we can just get through all the snow we will be set!

I'm impatient!

Grr! I just want to scream. Seriously! I have gotten so much exercise the past 5 days going up and down the damn stairs. I go down to turn the furnace off since it clicks on but blows cold air (and leaks gas), then back up. Down to turn it back on - and back up. Down to waste time on the computer, up to eat.

I really am impatient at waiting. I hate to be late and I hate waiting on people. I hate to be stuck in the house, I hate not being able to go anywhere until after the heating guy comes.

Right now, the part should come in to the heating company in about an hour (or so they say), then they will call and come over. Can I cry now? I want this to be over and have heat without thinking about it!

Still waiting.... (for heat!)

I really hate to say that heat is something that we all take for granted. The heater clicks on, blows hot air and it is all white noise. It is not something that we pay attention to - until it is not there....
So, the tech called and the part that is needed to fix our furnace is MIA. It was shipped from Minneapolis on Thursday and is not here. I could have drove it faster, seriously! Well, I was probably the most calm I have ever been when the tech called and told me this news. Normally I may have been a B!tch to the bearer, but I guess I have learned that this does no good. He ordered a new part and is having it overnighted and should work on it tomorrow.

As I type this, it really makes me want to cry. Cold hands, cold feet and relighting the damn furnace every 2-3 hours. Poor Wade has been up doing it at night while I man the kids upstairs. However we have had to sleep with the doors open to ensure heat movement to all people. I just want heat. Heat that you don't think about but is just there. I want to come home and assume that my house will be 73 like I set it as opposed to the 63 it was when we got home New Years Eve.....

What a weekend!

So, what I am classifying as our weekend started about 10 pm on Wednesday night. Wade was working and for some reason I looked at the thermostat before going to bed. It read 71 or 72 which I thought was odd since it is programed to run at 73. I tried to move the temp up with no avail.... I called Wade at work and followed his suggestions (replace the batteries in the thermostat, check the breaker, etc). Nothing. So, I got off the phone and called my Father-in-law to help. He came over and spent about an hour and a half with only coming with the automatic start must have went out. If you turned it off and them on, it fired up though.... so every 2 hours through the night, I was up running to the basement to restart the heat.

New Years Eve, Wade slept after getting off work and dealing with the heating guy who told him they had to order a new control box. So.... 4 more days of having to manually start the heat. We went to do a little shopping, then to dinner. We ran home to make a dip and get ready to go out for New Years. Thankfully it was a family party that the kids were invited to. We didn't leave until 1:30 am! Ouch!

Well, not suprisingly, we all slept in the next day.... well, with the exception of waking at 8:30 with the upstairs at 60 degrees. Too cold even to sleep! We had a space heater directed down the hall, but it was giving the thermostat a false reading, so it clicked off (when lit) before it was up to temp. I did start cinnamon rolls at 10:30 when I woke up because I was craving them. We ate breakfast at 1:30 pm! :o)

Saturday morning, I woke at about 2:45 or so to the sounds of Taylor puking... I was up with her until about 5:30, enduring 6 or so pukes, a bath, a load of laundry, 4 blankets and 3 or more pajama changes. I then took her downstairs to Wade and asked him to teke her so I could get some sleep. Little did I know then that he watched TV downstairs (to man the furnace) until about 2 am. So, Taylor and Wade slept in Saturday.... Saturday was filled with Taylor puking and Wade starting to not feel so good. Wade was supposed to go ice fishing, so he had shown me the night before how to light the furnace, but decided not to go when it was -10 outside (without windchill). Saturday night I decided it was time to take the Christmas clutter down. Wade was not on board since he did not feel good, but I wanted it gone. Alex and I then took everything down and Wade got the boxes out for me (behind the couch, under the stairs in the basement), then carried the full boxes back downstairs.

Sunday Taylor started to feel better.... Wade and Tay slept downstairs Saturday night and slept in until 10:40! I used that time to clean the upstairs. I swept, mopped, cleaned the bathroom, removed Taylor's booster seat and cleaned it and the chair it is on, vacuumed, etc. I am tahnkful that Alex was good and watched cartoons. We then watched the Vikings win and even though Taylor layed around, she appeared to feel better.

So, this weekend marked 21 weeks pregnant. Here is a belly picture from this morning.