My Handyman Husband

Wow, a week has gone by and my husband has been busy. After he returned from NYC, he finished painting the nursery, and put up the crib (with some help from big sister). We have been cleaning out, throwing away, and finding new places to store everything that was thrown in the "Toy Room" aka the new nursery. Needless to say, we are not even close to being finished.

Then, a cog was thrown into the works, our garbage disposal stopped working. We tried to get it to work, but no success. So my handyman husband stopped by Lowe's on his way home and installed a new garbage disposal by himself in less than one hour! I was very impressed. And he upgraded to the better garbage disposal. "This isn't the Sunday dinner at Grandma's only version," he said. This is the "cooking everyday, use it all the time disposal,". So, maybe we won't need a new one anytime soon. I guess I better cook something tomorrow for dinner so I can use the new disposal!

Hubby is in NYC

Patrick made it to NYC in one piece. I get a little nervous when he travels without me. I don't know why. He called and said it is C-O-L-D there. The high was 37 degrees today. Ouch. I don't think that fleece jacket is going to cut it. Oh well! I will let everyone know when his group will be going to a morning show. I don't know if it will be GMA or the TODAY show. (FYI: He is chaperoning a tour group of students/adults from his school.) Hope he has fun and doesn't get too cold.

Hope you wore GREEN!

Hope everyone had a great St. Patrick's Day. At our house, it is just Patrick's Day. Too bad my hubby had to work all day and evening. He had parent teacher conferences until 8pm. :( So, Sydnee and I celebrated without him. We had sandwich wraps with green garlic and herb tortillas and green colored vanilla pudding for dessert. It was a fun.

23 weeks and counting

So I really threw Patrick for a loop this weekend. I told him, "You know, if I go a full 40 weeks in this pregnancy, I only have 17 weeks left." He freaked out. He went on and on about getting everything ready. So on Sunday, we went to Home Depot and picked out a paint color. Then, we proceeded to remove all of the toys from the toy room (which is the new nursery) and moved them to the office/guest bedroom. We will be ready to paint this weekend. Well, I should say Patrick will be ready to paint this weekend. I will be the pregnant supervisor and only point out touch ups, etc. We'll see how it goes.

Beautiful Weather

I love the 70-80 degree weather. This weekend was wonderful. I wanted to get out all my summer clothes. (I didn't have time, but it's supposed to be 50 by Wed.) This weekend we had lots of fun. Saturday we braved FREE DAY at the ZOO! Tons of people were everywhere. But, if you didn't stand in line for food or the train, it wasn't so bad. All the animals were out, the weather was great, and we didn't have to take a stroller or anything. (That won't be the case for long.)
We also went to Magnet Cove this weekend. Sunday we celebrated my Grandma's 84th birthday. Cake and Ice Cream with 3 screaming kids. It was great.

Now I am feeling the affects of the time change. Losing one little hour is killer! I'm glad it will be daylight longer, but do we really have to lose an hour?

The Nursery

Well, I was having second baby syndrome issues and convinced my husband to let me buy new baby bedding. He said if I could keep it under a certain dollar amount then OK. So, this is the new nursery bedding that I won on an ebay auction. Ebay can be a pain or a real bargain. Sometimes you have to work the system. It took me a while to figure that out. I got nine pieces for a great deal. It should be delivered tomorrow or Friday. I can't wait. Then I get to pick the wall color. (Some shade of lime green). Now I just have to find Sydnee some new bedding and we will be good to go. (We promised her a new bedroom for being a big sister and her birthday.)

Second baby syndrome: The second child of same sex gets all hand-me-downs from the older sibling and never has anything new. (I know this would not happen to my child b/c we have so many grandparents to spoil them rotten.) Don't get me wrong, hand-me-downs are great and I will definitely use them, but I wanted something new for the baby and I am happy now.

Oh No, SHOTS!

What a bummer. All the excitment of turning five and going to kindergarten has been forgotten b/c we went to the doctor. Kindergarten doesn't seem so fun now that Syd knows you have to get FOUR SHOTS to go to school. The drama queen made an appearance today after the shots. It's over now and we are home, but I am still hearing about the shots. I know it hurt and her arms will be sore for a few days. I said I was sorry as many times as I could, but that didn't help. We went to subway and got her favorite sandwich. That helped a little until she realized her band-aids were coming off. Then, the drama started again. Hopefully we will make it through the week! :)

Happy 5th Birthday Sydnee!

Well, my baby girl is officially five years old! On Friday, Feb. 27, she had her birthday. The morning started with breakfast in bed. Daddy did it up right with pancakes, bacon, and eggs. Next, we went to Chucke Cheese. (birthday girls choice of course). Then we went to Merle Norman and got Sydnee's ears pierced! Patrick and I told her that when she turned five, if she wanted earrings, she could have them. I would show you the video, but its a little traumatic. She did great until it was all over. Then she cried for about 20min. After realizing that it was over and her ears weren't hurting that bad, she was fine.
Then, on Saturday, we had a birthday at Playworld. 10 kids, lots of cake, and the play maze. It was a great time. I think we are birthdayed out around here. Thank goodness my new baby girls birthday will be in the summer.