Monday, April 26, 2010

Home Improvements

Lately, I've (Gretchen) been in the mood to re-decorate or "improve" certain rooms of our home. I've actually wanted to do it for a while but am now getting the initiative. We just got our screened in back porch tiled which, I guess, has led me to get other areas done as well. We're VERY pleased how the back porch turned out. We put new tile in, a new fan, and a new light fixture. It's so nice to sit out there now. I can't wait for summer to get here and to have barbeques at our house. :)

Last week, I bought some new towels, rugs and art to go into the downstairs bathroom. I mostly bought it b/c it was on sale plus I had a coupon. :) I wanted to paint it as well. So, I went to Walmart and bought the paint. I started painting it. When I got to the "rolling" part, Corey stepped in and offered to finish the job for me. Of course, I'm not going to argue with that. :) Corey doesn't really get motivated to do these types of jobs but is so glad that it gets done after we finish them. The bathroom turned out pretty good.

We also went and looked at some tile. We're thinking about tiling our downstairs kitchen/ bathroom/ hallway and laundry room. It's all connected downstairs so if we decide to do the kitchen, then we really need to do those rooms as well. We're not positive that we're going to do it but thinking.

Next room that is to be worked on is Zach's room. We really want to paint his room.... well, I do!! lol Hopefully that will get done this weekend!

Wednesday, April 07, 2010

Luke- 2 months

We took Luke to the doctor yesterday for his 2 month check-up. He weights 13 lbs 11 oz and is in the 89th percentile. He is 24 inches long and is in the 84.5th percentile. He is getting so big. He is very healthy and got 5 shots, although he only got "stuck" 3 times. He was a champ! The doctor said he needs to have more tummy time to strengthen his neck muscles. Gretchen's been really bad about that!

While we were at the doctor's, we asked him about Zach's allergies because his eyes have been really itchy lately. So, he gave us a prescription for eye drops for him. Zach's eczema also flares up when he has a lot of milk, which he has. We also got a prescription for some skin medicine to help with that.

Leah was fine yesterday, although she was just starting to get a cold. Last night she got worse. Poor thing was up coughing a lot last night and could hardly breathe through her nose. She wanted to suck on her paci so bad but couldn't because she couldn't breathe. We're going to put her in the sun today hoping that it will dry up. :)