4 months

Nathan was 4 months old last Wednesday!  It seems to go much faster with Nate than it went with Camden.

Nate loves Camden.  Even when Camden bounces balls off Nate's tummy, drives cars across Nate's face, or rocks him really hard on the chair.  And Camden loves his "widdle bwohwer".  He often says "Oh, don't cry, Nate guy!  Feel happy!".  I love it.  :)

Nate has the happiest smiles.  But he gets mad sometimes, too.  He likes to look at people at church.  He wants to be played with, too.  He gets pretty frustrated if he isn't up looking around.  Nate is much more liberal with his smiles than Camden, and we sure enjoy it!   He also recently found his toes and loves to eat them.  They are the best toy because they're built in!

Nate was in 87th percentile for height (26.25 inches) and 23rd for weight (13 lbs 13 oz) at his appointment today.  His doctor wants me to feed him on demand and as much as possible.

Happy 4 months, Nate!

Kitchen Repairs in Pictures

Long story made short:

Tube that takes water to freezer to make ice got leak.
Water dripped into downstairs neighbor's kitchen.
Took out floor to find leak.  Underlayment and subfloor very wet.
Found mold under sink.
Mold remediation=very expensive
Waited a very long time for mold test to work.
Waited an even longer time to get mold test results back.
Took out remaining floor, found linoleum remnants and crumbly cement. Fridge moved to front room.
No toxic mold!
Cabinets and oven moved out of kitchen and into front room.
Week or so for Super Man Brian (I bet you never would have guessed Super Man's secret identity, since he's pretty good at hiding it.  Now you know!) to repair everything.  Oven again!
Still working on minor cosmetic repairs.

Story is not so short after all.

 

Lessons:  1. If you feel like you want more space in your house, take everything out of one room and distribute it throughout the rest of your house.  Leave it there for one month, then put it back.  You'll feel like you have all the space in the world!

2. Less technological appliances are less likely to cause problems.  Making ice cubes with trays would have been so much easier!

3.  If I lost my oven, I just might make it with my crockpot and microwave!

4.  Mostly, I am glad to have everything back to normal working condition.