My First House Project

One of my first projects as a new home owner was to replace the extremely corroded sump pump. I got a new one and added a battery powered system just to be safe. Actually put this together in early January, more than a month before we moved in.

Happy Birthday Evie!

Alrighty, Evie’s 1 month birthday was last Monday (Feb. 28) but she hasn’t given me a chance to get this entry in here. She’s actually quiet for the moment. Here are some pictures from the last week. She’s awake and quiet in most of them, a big accomplishment over the first few weeks. Enjoy!

Our New House

About 2 weeks after she was born, Steve and I moved into our new house that we bought back in Dec. We took some extra time to clean up and paint the rooms that we will be using right away (master bedroom, nursery, kitchen, living room). It looks tons better!

OK, so most of the change you see in the pictures is wall color and moving their stuff out. But there were other little things we did to improve the rooms (electrical outlets updated, blinds replaced, etc.). I’ve also not decorated or totally unpacked yet. But the house is coming along!

Evelyn Celeste

Evie is quiet for the moment so I thought I’d take the opportunity to update this page since it’s been so long and so much has happened. If you haven’t heard already, our first child was born. Evelyn Celeste was born on Jan. 28 at 1:26am. She weighed 10 lbs. 11 oz. and measured 22 1/2 in. long. Doing the math, that makes her currently 3 1/2 weeks old.

Winter Storm ‘04 - Day 2

Still snowing. And last night we had some freezing rain. So now we have several inches of snow, a layer of ice, then more snow. How fun to be driving in it! Except that we won’t be. Our house closing is now postponed until Monday. Arrrrggggg!

More pictures, now from Thursday morning:

As you can see, we’re going to have a fun time just trying to get out the door! Well, this pretty much guarantees that we’ll have a White Christmas since the temperatures are not really getting out of the teens (Friday night should be -10 degrees)!

Winter Storm ‘04 - Day 1

Here we are, Wednesday Dec. 22, 2004. It’s been snowing since we got up. I’ve already cancelled my two bell choirs that are supposed to meet this afternoon. I did all the calling, then found out that the church cancelled everything anyway!! Our class at the hospital has been cancelled too so Steve and I are pretty much home for the day. About 4-5 inches of snow have fallen. Amazingly, the weather people are predicting snow for today!! And tonight!! And tomorrow!! We’re supposed to get 6-10 inches today, 8-12 inches tonight and 2-4 inches tomorrow. Our house closing is supposed to be tomorrow. Any bets on whether that will actually happen?

Here is a picture of my poor car:

Hopefully we’ll be able to unbury it tomorrow!

Christmas!!!Oh crap!

So I’m not even ready for Christmas yet. I know that I only have a few presents to get, but the thought of actually braving the shopping environment gives me hives. Since my wrists are not partially numb due to the amount of baby blankets I have made the last few months, I am NOT making ANY Christmas gifts this year!! Thank God I got Steve and Erin’s blanket done (after three years…). At least I can look forward to some post-Christmas relaxing with the Rosencrantz family….yay for babies!!

Tweek hiding

OK, for some reason, my computer or this website hates me and wouldn’t let me put this picture on the previous post so, out of extreme frustration, I am giving it its own post. Grrrrrrr.

More Obligatory Cat Photos

Steve and I just bought a new cat tree/scratching post for the cats. The goal was to get them to stop destroying the new computer chairs we bought a while ago. Recently, we had to get rid of their old “scratching posts”, aka our nice chairs (see the post about Britt’s pillow for an example of their work). Since we also bought a new digital camera around the time we bought the scratching post, then we just had to try out the camera on the unsuspecting cats. Or should I say cat. Tweek is the only one who regularly plays on the cat tree. Little Girl is not as excited about it, but she’ll scratch at it everyone once in a while. At least someone is getting use out of it! On with the pictures!

P.S. Sorry about the bright eyes. We’re still working with the camera!

New Baby Stuff

Mom’s been dying for these photos! Since we got a new camera, we were able to play with the camera and make Mom happy. Hooray!

Here I am at 30 weeks. Evelyn tries to knock me over by kicking one side, then the other. She hasn’t tipped me over yet!