The happy wheezer and the no-no girl

OK, OK, I know I'm missing a 'h' in wheezer but saying it as Weezer instead is better.

 

Here's a recap of the last week...

Rick/Jo/Sarah/Hailey

On Sunday, Gina's parents came over for dinner (as well as Sarah and Hailey) so they could see all the girls before they left on 10/31 for Australia for three weeks.  Nothing significant happened other then a couple of good pictures.  Yes, that is a roast in Macie's mouth (if possible, refraining from any questions about it is preferred...j/k).

Downstairs

The downstairs is to the point where we will be painting the rooms this weekend.  The six month project (to date) is within a month or so of completion.  With the help of my parents (who have been significant in the completion of the project), our goal is to be done by the X-mas party on 12/15.  At that time, I will share pictures from start to finish and talk more about our undertaking in a blog entry.

The happy wheezer

Our story, in the grand scheme of things, is not that significent.  We even personally know of situations much more difficult then ours.  However, our sickness saga (sans Gina) just never seems to end.  This past week, Gina and I both took unplanned days off to stay home with the girls.  Monday night, Natalie had a 102 degree fever and on Tuesday we learned that she has pneumonia like symptoms again.  She was put on anitbotics and sent home with a nebulizer.  She will also eventually be put on singulair for the winter. 

The doctor said that while this doesn't mean anything yet, what Nattie has experienced the last six weeks are the types of trends they see in kids that develop asthma, so he'd prefer to be more agressive in the treatment.  It's strange because Nattie has been so fun lately and she is eating better then ever.  When Gina told the doctor this he said that they call kids like Nattie happy wheezers. 

Now she just needs a Weezer shirt...

 

Halloween

 

On to happier news...my parents and Molly were over for Halloween to partake in the festivities this year.  With the recent revelations with Nattie, we decided to keep the trick-or-treating to a minimum.  However, they were both adorable and all the neighbors still got to see them.  Nattie was a lion (thanks to Molly) and Macie was a pumpkin.  We tried to get Nattie to say "trick or treat, rrrrrroooaarr!" but she would only do it for us.  We did not end up getting a lot of pictures, but the ones we got will be added to our main website in the upcoming days.  Here is a teaser picture, however, of the family.

 

BoSox and ARod

 

As already stated in my previous post, the boys came through again this year.  Sunday night was pretty cool in my opinion, no matter what anyone says about it being a boring series.  It stressed me out plenty considering the Rockies were within one run in the seventh inning or later during games two, three and four.  I would have preferred each of the games ending before midnight however.

On a side note, I was disappointed that ARod opted out if his Yankees contract (for a handful of reasons).  It was so dang easy to cheer against him as a Yankee.  As long as he doesn't end up with the Red Sox next year I'll be fine with it though.

For some enjoyable ARod bashing, check out this article.

Guitar Hero III

The game showed up on Monday.  I've probably spent a total of two hours playing it this week so far. 

I'm definitely enjoying myself.  But, I just can't envision ever getting good enough to handle the hard or expert levels.  I've been told it will come, but we'll have to see.  The highlight to date was missing just one of the approximately 400 notes on the easy setting of Paint It Black.

The no-no girl

Ourside of a nasty cough and a rash that comes and goes on her face (we think at least in part from her drool), things are going alright with Macie when she's not upset that we aren't holding her.  She's going through "that stage" right now.

Macie is doing something pretty funny.  If you shake your head at her (especially while she's eating), she will do it back at you.  It's like she's saying no-no-no-no-no.  Usually, she can be entertained with it for minutes on end.

Nattie's displeasure

When Natalie gets frustrated these days, she sighs (usually with determination).  Seriously?  She's only two.  I thought we were exempt from stuff like this still.  While it's a habit of hers we can hopefully break, it's hilarious (especially when it's not directed at you).

Our tempermental dryer

It's frustrating when an 18 month old dryer doesn't work, let me tell you.  It's been working on and off now for a couple of months.  We can generally get it going within 24 hours but last week it went out for a handful of days.  We had enough and as much as it pained us to do, we called Sears to take a look at it this week.  It was $65 just for them to walk in our front door!  Fortunately though, the dryer was working when the service man showed up so he was able to offer us a one year warranty on it for an additional $58.99.  As frustrated as we are with the dryer, Sears and GE (Gina is ready to wage war), the issue appears to be the control panel ($343 to fix with installation) so biting the bullet and purchasing the warranty is the significantly cheaper option of the two whether our pride is bruised in the process or not.