This is Greg's present to his dad. Greg and Charlotte both made scrapbooks for him with photos that I found I had randomly had printed a while back. They loved the project and I think he enjoyed looking at the photos. Plus, do you see on the deck out back it's snowy? He may not have had a white Christmas, but he did have snow on his birthday!
Percie ate my last pair of slip on shoes. I was worried about being able to make it through security by 8 months pregnant self with two kids and having to wear lace up shoes. Then we got these in the mail from Grandma. They are our Valentine present. At first Greg wouldn't wear them because a) they weren't orange and b) I kept calling them his new shoes. Apparently his other shoes he got back in September are his new shoes. These are now called his Valentine's shoes and he will wear them (even if they aren't orange or covered in a cool design).
Last weekend it wasn't too cold so Daddy decided to take us all on a trip to the local zoo. Notice Charlotte wearing her winter coat and a sweatshirt underneath and Greg wearing a lightweight jacket? Yeah the trip ended as soon as he decided he was too cold for the animals and started to cry. 
After the zoo we decided to take advantage of a gift card we received to a local restaurant for Christmas. We did manage to get a sit down dinner for 4 for under $25. It was awesome. You know what else is awesome? Charlotte spent the entire dinner like this:
(She takes after her momma in that way.)
And lastly, you know how depressing it is to intentionally look for a new home that requires no work, and I mean no work, not even any painting, and then end up having a room in the basement look like this:
Once we pulled up the carpet and pad and threw them out most of the smell was gone, but not quite all so Dan decided to pull the sheet rock off the half wall and investigate behind. The cinder blocks were painted with latex paint (not a water barrier in case anyone was interested) and then the wrong type of insulation was used (also not a water barrier) and then on top of that a water barrier type of plastic was nailed. This meant that all the water would seep in through the cinder block, get soaked up by the insulation, be trapped there by the plastic and then grow mold on the wood framing. I wonder exactly how long after the baby is born is this going to get fixed? Depressing. On the bright side at least we know where the water was coming from.
5 comments:
Do you have any recourse with the previous owner? That looks like a slightly expensive fix. :(
Dan looks skinny, at least through the face.
Looking forward to visiting with you guys next week.
I thought he looked pretty good, especially now that our hairlines match more closely. :)
Don't think we're going to make it up next week. :( Sorry, kids have school. Maybe we'll get some time and try to come out this summer.
Nate
At least the water mystery is solved.
If mom and dad don't get it fixed when the come right after #3 arrives, garrett and I will be up there in May to help patch things back together....
How nice to have family comming to help fix the problem.
g-jane
Heather, there is no way the previous owners didn't know about the smell. The industrial strength deodorizer left in the garage attests to that. That being said, there is also no way the previous owners could have known about anything behind the drywall. The only way they could know that would have been to rip the drywall down. Probably not worth the fight (at least in Dan's mind)
As for Dan's new look, I think he's trying to compensate for the lack of hair up top by adding to it on his chin. He's probably skinnier because he only eats when he can (hopefully twice a day).
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