Bathroom Renovation
So we have decided to do another bathroom renovation. Of course we have encountered some annoyances along the way, but it is coming together. For instance, we can't do real tile since it would make the transition on the floor too high. Another issue is that the leak we had in our crawlspace caused mold to grow on the drywall so we had remove a lot more than we planned. We had also planned to just remove the vanity top and replace that but it ended up being liquid nailed to the base. So we have to replace both now. We had to remove the top layer of subfloor as well since it had some damage. Here is what it looked like after demo...

Earthquake!
Last night we were woke up by some vibration feelings and a rattling noises. It was the first time I have ever felt an earthquake. After it was over I asked Daryl, "did you feel that? I think it was an earthquake!" It was pretty wild. I guess it was a 5.4 magnitude quake centered on the Illinois/Indiana border. I am sure my brother in LA is laughing at me right now making a big deal of this! Did anyone else in the area feel it?

Update
Well, Underwear Day didn't go too well. I think we made it until around 1:00 yesterday. After 1 poo and about 8 pees, I figured that was enough. I just don't think he gets it yet. He would just be playing and then pee all over himself. Sometimes he would acknowledge it and other times I would just notice. He has no problem sitting on the potty. I started him out sitting on the potty every 30 minutes for a few minutes. He would sit there but would never go. I think I'll give it some time. Maybe it will be like walking and talking. He was a little slow to get them down, but now he is a pro.

Underwear Day!
So tomorrow, Saturday, we will have underwear day. Nathan will be wearing underwear all day and we'll see how it goes. He knows it is coming up. I'll give you an update later on. Get the paper towels ready!

We Have a 3 Year Old!

Nathan had a party this past Saturday for family and friends. He had a great time. It had a bowling theme. Here is his attire for the day. I just couldn't resist the personalized bowling shirt!

I also made his cake for the first time. Here is my attempt at it...

Easter

We had a nice Easter with family this year. Nathan and Jacob had a few chances to hunt eggs and they had a blast with that.



Here is a photo of the boys when I was trying to get a photo of the two of them. This is the best I came up with.

Swim Lessons

Nathan has started taking swim lessons at the YMCA recently. Here is a video of his favorite thing to do... JUMPING!

Air Jacob

He's walking...



He must have gotten turf toe!

Snowball Fight!

Let It Snow...

6"-12" by morning.

Bowling!

Update... here is a video of our experience.



So a new place just opened by us called Incredible Daves. It is kind of like a mixture of Chuck-E-Cheese's and Jillians. There is a restaurant there, bumper cars, bounce houses, a big climbing thing, arcade games, Wii lounges, etc. But, the neat thing is they have bowling and a little version bowling. We took Nathan tonight since he is so obsessed with anything to do with bowling. Here are some photos. Even Jacob got in on the action. It was very fun for him.

We got a pet!

Well, I guess just for the next few hours anyway...

I found out Louisville has a large distributor of fresh lobster and they sell them for a great price to the public. I had plans to pick him up to take the picture, but it freaked me out too much so I just left him in the bag. He is a big one!

Snow!
We finally got enough snow to play in a little. The schools around here were closed yesterday and on a delay today. I think total they said we had around 4 inches and then some ice on top. Nathan loved throwing snowballs (chunks of ice) and Jacob crawled around in it some.

Progress!!!

Question
So whenever Nathan eats anything with syrup and the syrup gets on his skin, it gets really irritated and red. Today he had pancakes and I made them small so he could dip them in the syrup. He only got a little on his skin this time but last time he had pancakes he got the syrup all over his chin and neck area. It was very red and yucky looking then. Here is what it looked like today...

Has anyone heard of this before?

Jacob's tongue is doing better. It seems to be mostly healed now. The only problem is that now there is a slice in his tongue. Like if he were to fold his tongue over it would open up and have a crease in it. If it doesn't close up more I may see what the doctor thinks.

Ouchy!
So we had to contemplate an ER visit for Jacob tonight. We decided against it but here is what happened...

Jacob was standing up and pushing Nathan's riding toy tonight in the kitchen. Here is the toy so you can picture it in your mind.

Something to note is that Jacob always has his tongue stuck out. Well, the next thing I know I hear a boom and a scream. I go over to get him and there is blood running out of his mouth. After a minute I found out that the blood is because he bit his tongue really hard. There are teeth marks in the top and bottom of his tongue. Yuck! Here is what his new piercing looks like:

After about an hour and a half it stopped bleeding and he seems to be doing well. I think he is going to be eating some soft food for a few days though.

Just Some Random Thoughts...

Fun Week
Last week Daryl was off work. He had to take some days he missed out on last year. So we got to do some fun stuff. One day we all went swimming at the YMCA and another evening we went to a coffee house in town that has play areas for kids. It was nice to have him home all day and enjoy our time together. This week I miss him being here when I get off work.

Weekend Fun
This past weekend we got to go to South Illinois to visit with Daryl's sister and their family. They have 5 kids and we had a great time. It was really cold all weekend so we staying inside mostly. Nathan had fun playing with his cousins and so did Jacob.

Potty Training
So tonight Nathan went pee pee on the potty for the second time. I think, if no big plans come up between now and then, I may use the first weekend in February as a potty training weekend and just go all out with getting rid of the diapers and preparing to clean up a lot of messes. We'll see.

Jacob Update
Jacob is doing well. He is being a slug at walking still. He can cruise around and get about everywhere he wants to. He can stand for a few seconds, but I don't think he sees the point! :) He is a few days over 14 months now, so it should come soon.

Dentist
Nathan went to the dentist a few days ago. He did better this time around. He did really well until it was the dentist's turn to look in his mouth. He started screaming and we had to hold him down... fun, fun!

Girls' Night Out
I got to go hang out with some friends a few weekends ago. Part of the night was a Once Upon A Family party. This is a company that sells really neat products to help you document family memories and build family traditions. Here is the link to the site to see what kinds of products they have. Here are two products I really like: Item 1 and Item 2.

Nathan wrote his name for the first time a few days ago. It was really neat. Here is a picture of it. He did really well. He really amazes us sometimes with the things he is learning to do.

New Posts & Pictures
I wanted to let you know that I have finally updated our online photo gallery. You can click the link on the right side that says Family Photos and browse if you would like. Also, there a lot of new posts on here, but I back dated them so you may need to scroll down the page to see what is new with us. Enjoy!