Happy Sunday!

We're just spending the day napping and playing!! It's nothing too special but it sure is relaxing! Happy Sunday to everyone!

Our House- Dining/Living Room (AFTER)

Here are the after pictures!!

I think it turned out surprisingly well for not spending much money! We ripped out all the carpet on the main level and replaced it with laminate flooring from Menard's. We watched the flyer's and got it for .89 sq/ft! We painted over the wood paneling in the dining room and the wallpaper in the living room. (I am normally against painting wallpaper...but this was stuck down very good!!)

The house had original trim work that was very damaged from years of wear. I REALLY wanted it painted to freshen it up! Dan's dad was very unsure of this plan but has since commented on how nice it turned out!
Before we moved we sold our table on Craigslist and used a card table for the first few months. A friend gave us this mission style table to use! I recovered the nasty/dirty cloth seats with black vinyl. Cost = around 30 dollars! Even though it doesn't match the rest of our furniture...I can live with it because it was free!!!

We bought that giant black cabinet with doors at Ikea. This house doesn't have as much storage so I use it for movies, blankets, extra kitchen stuff and whatever else I need to store! We'll be able to take this with and use in another house down the road!

Here's the view from inside the living room. We kept the ceiling fan in the dining room and painted the ugly wood fan blades white. I also painted the built-in china cabinet. Everything else we brought from our previous house. Overall...I'd say the makeover was a success!

This is Kalvin's room again but yesterday I had Dan tack down an extension cord I had running around the entire room. Old houses often only have 1 outlet per room and it never seems to be in the right spot! The radio in Kalvin's room had a black cord so I taped it up and painted over it. Not perfect but better!!

And here's Kalvin today!!

Wowwe...3 posts today!!!! I guess I had a lot to talk about!!

Our House- Dining/Living Room (BEFORE)

I thought I should continue the tour of our house! We moved in almost exactly a year ago. Last March we were busy painting, putting down flooring, and packing up our other house! Glad to be more settled this year!

We actually moved into Dan's grandparent's home. His grandpa passed away last January and his grandma moved into an assisted living home. The house needed some major updating and Dan was very hesitate to fix it up. He thought it was beyond fixing...I assured him it was salvageable!

Here are some before pictures!!!

My Mistake!

I just realized after talking to my sister that I messed up some information in my last post! The clocks are moving FORWARD (springing ahead!!) We still lose an hour of sleep but that means Kalvin will be staying in bed until 7 tomorrow! YAY for it staying light outside longer!!

I'll post more later...but for now I must get a crabby baby to nap!

Babies LOVE Remotes!

I've personally tested this theory out and I've come to the conclusion...ALL babies love remotes! For some reason they always want the one you're trying to use and the other 8 aren't quite as good! When I gave Kalvin this remote to hold, he went right to town with chewing and slobbering it up.

For the most part, Kalvin is feeling back to his normal self! Whoo hoo! (Aside from a few nasty coughs and a draining nose throughout the day!) He's once again back to being a little crazy boy who tries to climb me and pull my hair! I am happy he's back to giving me kisses...even if they are very snotty ones!

I'm already dreading turning our clocks ahead this weekend! Today he was up at 6:00 am... I'm not sure I can handle 5:00!

YAY Pictures!!!

LOOK LOOK!! I've put up a real blog post complete with pictures! Go me!! I can't believe it's already Thursday! Kalvin has been sick for almost a whole week! Hopefully it's on the move out the door!

Yesterday we made a quick stop to the Catholic church's rummage sale where I picked up a few kids books for Kalvin then it was off the the clinic again! 3rd time is the charm! Kalvin received a shot of antibiotic in his leg. He was very brave and only cried for a few seconds then he was all smiles again! We had to stay at the hospital for an extra 15 minutes just to make sure he wasn't going to have an allergic reaction. BING BANG BOOM and we were out of there!! I'm sooooo happy we don't have to torture Kalvin with that liquid medicine anymore!!! Maybe when he's a bit older he'll be able to tolerate it without throwing up!

Dan is still home sick. Last night he had a fever of 100.2 and he seriously thought he was going to die! haha! Can you tell he doesn't get sick much?? He's been sleeping on the couch the last few nights so he doesn't have to listen to me or the baby snore and we aren't woken up by his coughing. I have to admit...it is kind of nice being able to sprawl out in bed :)

Check out the pictures I took of Kalvin's battle wound! He made that soccer ball band-aid look goooood. hehe :)

Not sure if anyone else will be able to see this...but I took a picture of one of Kalvin's nose bubbles. haha!! This is a small bubble but still funny to me! I don't think Kalvin thinks it's as funny as I do!

Hopefully by this weekend everyone will be healthy again and maybe we'll be able to leave the house for a bit!! I'm getting a little stir crazy in this sick house!

HAPPY THURSDAY TO EVERYONE!

A House Full of Sicko's!!

I took Kalvin back to his doctor yesterday because he kept throwing up his antibiotic. She confirmed that he still has the ear infection (darn!!) and that we should try another medicine that is only once a day instead of twice. I tried it when we got home and just as I suspected...he threw that medicine up too PLUS every last drop of liquid in his little tummy! Poor Baby!!!!

I've been so frustrated because I feel like I can't do anything to make this little guy feel better. After he threw up the new medicine yesterday, I called the doctor back. So we're trying something different...today he's going in for a one-time shot of antibiotics. I know he'll cry for a second but it will be far less traumatic then taking that liquid medicine has been!!

Dan came home from work yesterday sick and today he's home again with a nasty cold. My throat definitely doesn't feel right either but I don't have time to be sick...I have a little baby, a big baby, a puppy, and myself to take care of!

It's amazing the huge snot bubbles that Kalvin can blow out of his nose! Yesterday, I saw one that was at least 2 inches across!!! NO JOKE!!