ARRRRRGGH!!

So I know you probably what to hear about our lovely carpet. Sorry, you’ll have to wait. For as wonderful as it is, I need to just do a little venting. I am so bugged. You see this week has been sick week at the Draper house. A week that hits almost every house at this time of year. Normally it wouldn’t get to me, but it has this time. You see our “sick week” all started with an innocent trip to the library last Friday. (Okay, checking out germy books probably isn’t a good idea, but I wipe them down with Clorox wipes in hopes to kill any harmful germs hanging out there) The problem wasn’t the books, it was a little toddler. He decided to join us in the board book section of our library. He and his deep, hacking cough that is. I immediately thought, “Great this kid’s going to get us sick.” I should left right then, but I hadn’t grabbed any books yet. His mother soon joined us and after hearing him cough, apologetically said, “Sorry, he has a bit of a cold. I guess we shouldn’t be this close to the baby.” Yet, did she leave, no. They continued to hang out and cough. And when they decided to leave, oh don’t worry, the boy helped himself at the drinking fountain. Ahhhhhh! What are people thinking! When we came home I just knew we were going to get sick. And yep, Madeleine now sounds just like that boy did. I just can’t believe how inconsiderate people are. I, like everyone else what to be out of my house after this long winter. But when my child is sick, the last thing I want to do is get other people sick. I understand maybe a quick trip to the grocery store, but the library? Don’t go to the library if your child is sick!! Who absolutely must go to the library with an obviously sick child. That is what the little drop off is for outside of the library! And it wouldn’t be so bad if it were just a little cold, but a hacking cough is not a little cold and is not good for Madeleine. She ends up coughing so hard that she makes herself puke. I’ve cleaned up too muck puke this week for what some other mom thought is just a little cold. And not to mention the fact that it’s finally nice and warm and we are still stuck inside! Grrrr!! Thankfully, Tori has managed to stay well as the rest of us have taken our turns being sick. So there you go. Thanks for letting me vent about what has become one of my pet peeves as a mother. I just hope that all of you reading this are more considerate of others then this mother was. Hopefully we’ll all be better by next week and the warm weather with come back so we can enjoy it.

Oh, and we'll get pictures of the carpet soon. You'll want to see it.

Can you taste it??

We're so excited! We are getting so close to finishing our family room we can taste it! We laid the tile in front of the sliding glass door on President's Day. Matt cut it and mixed the cement and we both laid it. Then I grouted it the next day. I must say that we did a pretty good job for our first ever tile job. Thankfully Matt had a girl from work who lent us most of the tiling equipment, including a tile saw.

We also finished painting the walls, baseboards and chair rails. And with that we wish we could say were finished painting, but we're not. We still have to paint the doors now. I can't wait to put away the paint and never get it out again. Much like how we felt after painting the entire interior of our house before moving in. Yeah, we're getting pretty tired of it. Also, Matt and my dad hung doors and put up the baseboards and chair rails Saturday and it's feeling more like an actual room now.

Now the most exciting part is that the carpet is coming tomorrow!! And not just any carpet, it's the Cadillac of carpets. Thick, luscious, soft...the kind you just want to roll up in. And we got it for almost half the price thanks to my grandpa who works for good ol' Shag-Rug-La! I can't wait!! So, we'll post more soon because I'm sure you're now as excited as I am about this carpet.

Finally, a lovely picture of Tori. Do you think she enjoys the exercise saucer our neighbor let us borrow? I know, it's hard to tell. Maybe she played so hard she's just pooped. Or maybe she feels neglected when placed in it. I don't know, I'll let you be the judge.

Head! Pants! Now!

So, Tori went to the doctor today for her 4 month checkup. You'll be happy to know that she is a giant. She is in the 96% percentile for height, and I believe the 62% for weight. Most importantly, she has inherited my gargantuan cranium. It's somewhere in the 90%, as well. I'm so excited to bust out the "So I Married an Axe Murderer" quotes!

"Look at that thing! It's like an orange on a toothpick!"

"That's a virtual planetoid. Has it's own weather system."

"It's like Sputnik; spherical, but quite pointy at parts."

And, of course:

"HEED! PANTS! NOW!"

Mostly I'm just glad to have someone around the house to commiserate with about having a huge noggin.

We also apologize for the lack of posts lately. We've spent nearly every night doing this.

That's right. It's "The Joy of Painting" (w/Bob Ross)! OK, this isn't the greatest picture (the lens is dirty; don't you judge me!). We'll be doing the last coat tomorrow, and then tile, outlets, doors, railings, etc during the next week. Hopefully carpet will go in next weekend, and then it'll be over with! We're so looking forward to it, although all I can think about is that once it's over with, I have a whole backyard to put in. Urgh. Someday the home improvement projects will be over with, right?