what's been going on

I feel like so much is happening to us in such a small time frame. 
we moved, grandma's passing, Tyson's job "oppertunity" (we hope), us all getting sick :(  working on the fences, and the yards, and accessorizing the house.
Last weekend was Tyson and my birthdays - May 15 and May 17 - it's fun to have our birthdays at the same time.

 But this year our fun was spoiled by having a flu bug hit us all.  On Sat Grayson started throwing up around 2:30 am - I started at 6:30 am, and at 7:30 Tyson had to go out and work on the fence building (they are still requiring us to put in our hours as a group until the front yards are finished).  Tracie was an angel and let Thomas come over and play at their house for the morning, so I only had to care for Grayson.  Tyson would come inside and help me, whenever I called him on the cell phone (which was a lot).  We thought that Thomas had lucked out of getting the yuckies - but at 5pm he started throwing up.

On Sunday we skipped church, not wanting to spread any germs to anyone else.  That night we had grandma's viewing.  Thomas seemed to handle it ok.  He saw her and said "she is sleeping".  He also said he was sad :(  He did tell her goodbye.
On monday was the funeral (here in Corinne).  It was beautiful.  (Tyson started feeling sick monday, but at least he was ok until the funeral was over).

This last weekend Tyson and I pretended it was our birthdays (since last week was no fun) - Tracie watched the boys for us, and we went out to dinner.  Then we went shopping and bought ourselves expensive gifts LOL -- I got a dining room table and 6 chairs! (it's being delivered tomorrow! I am so excited).  Tyson got his fancy LED LCD HD, internet ready 47" TV for the living room.  

this pic was taken at the store with my phone - when it arrives tomorrow, we'll post a new one!

We are still looking for some nice shelves to put the dvd player and the ps3 onto.

one of the coolest features of this tv is that it is internet ready, so we can stream netflix right onto it without needing another device!  We are going to take our time to find just the right thing to put under it, maybe an electric fireplace, cuz those are cool, but for now, the silly cords are sticking out - making me wish the electrician had put that dang thing higher on the wall.

A few other accessories we have gotten - a bike for Thomas to ride with his buddies, 2 bar stools (the boys helped us assemble them :)  - a bakers rack for the kitchen/dining room area by the panty (to get all the mail, phones, and keys and purse off my kitchen counters --- still needs to be assembled ) -- a grill (still needs to be assembled too) -- and I finally found some cool curtains for the living room - it has all the right colors blue, gray, and browns!

I thought things were looking up, but Sat night Grayson started to get sick again.  I didn't know what was wrong, he had no fever, he just fussed and cried, and wouldn't sleep.  Sunday same deal.  Monday, he seemed to be feeling better in the morning, so I didn't take him to the Dr.   I just assumed it was one of those "give him Tylenol" problems that would go away in a day or so.  By by 3 am tuesday morning,  his breathing was labored and he still hadn't slept much, and hadn't really eaten, and was still just crying all the time.   So I took him to the ER.  Turns out he has a double ear infection, and viral pnemonia.  Poor little guy.  They did a breathing treatment for him, and that helped a ton.  We got a nebulizer to do them here at home, and he is on amoxicillin for the ear infections.  We are also giving him baby motrin for the pain.  But he HATES taking the medicine.  More ends up on his face, shirt and towel I have to put down than in his mouth.  But I can tell he feels better not long after he gets his meds.  It is good to see him back to his little self.  I have a follow up appointment for him tomorrow morning.  I hope that they'll be able to see if the meds are getting him all fixed up.

Our fence is done, except for the gates.  We just have the Bond's to finish up, then we can get our lives back.  It will be nice to be able to do our yard work at OUR pace, and not have to deal with everyone else.  

Thomas liked when the fence was not up, because he could reach the canal behind the house.  He loves throwing things in water.  As cute as he is when he is playing at something he loves, I am glad that he and Grayson will be safe from there.  It is going to be nice to be able to let them out into the back yard, and know they can't get out to the front, onto the road.  And that I will be able to see them out the big atrium windows if I want to stay inside and get something done while they go out and play.

The sprinkler systems are getting started today (at the Buells). I thought ours probably wouldn't get done for another week or so, but they have already finished at the Buells, and are now at the Gonzalez's (next door). After the sprinklers get done, they'll grade the yard, we can get some top soil spread around, and we think we have decided to get Hydroseed. Our air conditioners are supposed to be coming too (who knows when) - but Norm came by yesterday to remind us that we are supposed to be all done with this "stuff" by June 6 - I told him that I have done all the work I can, we are waiting on our subcontractor dudes like always. But it's nice to know that it'll be soon.

The boys are loving the yard/neighborhood -- I have tons of photos of them having fun riding bikes and playing in the dirt.  The Gonzalez's boys, Nicholas and Josh, love to run into our garage and play with our toys, like the little red car, and the wagon, and Thomas loves to run into their garage and ride their rescue rider, or use their dump truck in the dirt.  Lexi (Bond) loves playing with us too, eventhough, she is the lone girl.  Sometimes the Buell boys Ben and Zach come play too.

I was telling Tracie that, at first, I thought I was never going to be in the front yard, that we would spend all our time playing out in the backyard.  But what I didn't realize was how much the boys would need the sidewalk and driveway to play on.