Amen

Cecily got a baby gift and a card from a dear older couple today...

Dear Cecily,
May you someday sit at the King's table.
Our Love-



amen.

Thanksgiving

We had a busy Thanksgiving week.  With a little bit of the house chaos that seems to follow me... :)

When I got up to feed Cecily at 7 on Tuesday morning, all was well in the kitchen.  When Bob got out of the shower shortly thereafter, this was our kitchen light. It pulled the screws and anchors right out of the ceiling.   And of course, Bob had to go to work.  So I shut off the breaker and called my Dad and he came and rescued us.  Apparently, this light is heavier than the old one.  We won't mention who hung it with the old anchors.  hehe.

Tuesday night we went to the farm for supper with Steve and Renee's family.  Wednesday we were bums.  Thursday we took Cecily to W-ton for the first time... everyone in Tremont says she looks like Bob, everyone in Washington said she looks like me... so funny.  I love Washington on the holidays, mostly because we get to stand up and sing at the end of the service.  After church we were singing Thanksgiving songs and Matt was singing bass and holding little miss... she looked very unsure of all that reverberation... hehe. We went to Lori's for good food and more singing and more passing Cecily around. *grin*

Sprout was home so she came over for a little bit on Friday, and we went there for supper that night.  Saturday was nasty and rainy so we didn't do much until  the Beutel Thanksgiving that night and more good food.  Sunday evening we went to Rustin and Sharon's for supper.  And I'm ready to be home now for a while...

A few gratuitous pictures of Cecily:

 Her sweet hat from Zoe... and a random cup Bob thought she might like to play with.. hehe.

 Aw... happy baby... too bad I can't get her to smile while looking straight at the camera.  I was informed by a great-grandparent that they want a picture of her not looking to the side... um... yeah... I do try.

Blessings.

Lazy Days

Hm... I feel like I don't have much to blog about, but we've been keeping ourselves occupied... 

Dang came for supper last Thursday.  Saturday morning we raked the rest of our leaves.  It wasn't very cold, but it felt like winter it was so still and quiet...  There weren't many leaves still in the yard, but the alley was full... thankfully Rustin and Sharon and the girls came and helped or we would have been out there all day long.  We also discovered that the monitor reaches all the way to the end of the lane... I could still hear Cecily grunting and singing in her sleep... hehe. 

We went to potluck at Brent and Janelle's Saturday night.  Sunday we went to Tremont in the morning and Morton for Brent and Whitney's wedding in the afternoon... we ended up leaving right after the service and skipping the reception because she was getting fussy so it doesn't hardly feel like we were even there. 

Amber and Sarah came to visit Sunday night.  I maybe kind of miss the days when I could run off to Champaign spur of the moment.  It was really good to see them. 

Yesterday evening Cecily and I got to eat pizza and hang out with the old W-ton girls.  So weird to have two babies along this time... and weird how our conversations have changed over the years.  *grin* Good times. 

Oh, and I haven't really been all that lazy.  I've got plenty to do keeping Cecily alive, our clothes washed, house clean-ish, food made...  yesterday I even got some Christmas cookie dough in the freezer.  And today I need to pick up my car from the shop and the kitchen light fell out of the ceiling... you know, normal day.  :P

Blessings.

Beautiful Blue Bathroom

Last night we finally got the medicine cabinet hung, and I finished spackle and paint touch ups today.  I love it.  This is what we started with:  pink and very incongruous floors.

And the awful, small fluorescent medicine cabinet that was giving us fits.

Then it went to blue and a pretty new floor.

Matt started working his magic and we had one sconce...

Two sconces and a new outlet. (The tape is marking where the studs are and where the wires are, you know, so we wouldn't accidentally drill through anything important...)

Pretty new medicine cabinet.  I love it, it's so much bigger!  Lots of room for things we need to keep out of the reach of little hands.  *grin*

And the new bath fan that doesn't look like a fan.  It's great.  And not centered in the ceiling because whoever designed the house put a joist right smack dab down the center of the bathroom.  O well, form follows function, right? 

Three cheers for Matt and TSM234!  Hip, hip, Hooray!  It looks awesome and I smile every time I go in there. 

I think I'm going to do something different for curtains... but I'm not sure yet.  And I don't know what, if anything, to hang on the walls.  Eh, it'll come.  Next on the list is a fresh coat of paint on the vanity; it's way more obvious that it needs it with everything else so fresh and new!  *grin*  Poor Bob...

Oh, and if anybody needs a medicine cabinet... it's just sitting here.  I'm not sure what we'll do with it.

Blessings.

Let there be light

So last Thursday I ventured out shopping with my mom and Cecily.  I dislike new things... so I was glad she came with us.  I think I can be brave and go all by myself next time.  I think.  Now that I know where the "Mother's Room" is at Toys R Us...  I had to get wedding gifts and personal shower gifts, Mom had to buy Cecily lots of clothes.  O man, when there are all kinds of pre-Veterans Day sales and Grandma wants to buy her a dress and Great-Grandma wants to buy her a dress... we came home with no less than four.  (In different sizes, don't worry, I'm not that crazy.  Two per size is plenty, hehe.) 


On Veteran's Day Matt came over to work on our bathroom.  For the record, bankers have just as many holidays as government employees.  So we're all wired up now and have two sconces and a fan with a light.  We didn't have the right size light bulbs though, and the medicine cabinet still isn't hung, so it's not quite finished yet.  Getting there.  I got new tires that day too.  I decided to take my car to the dealer this time because it also has an electrical problem and I figured they would be more likely to have the right parts in stock... um... they don't.  So I paid them a ridiculous amount for them to tell me what was wrong (which I already knew).  Ugh.  Anyway, I think I'll take it here in town.... it's way too much trouble to drop cars off with Cecily, and I don't want to sit in waiting rooms all day with her.


Saturday Bob helped Rustin and Sharon move in the morning, and then Jakey came over and we raked the front yard.  They spent the rest of the evening playing the much anticipated, long awaited Skyrim.  Our back yard needs raking again badly, but there are too many leaves to haul away with garbage cans and a tarp stuffed in the trunk of my car... Cecily and I did a load today and barely made a dent.  O well, it's a start. 


Blessings.

Blustery

Have I mentioned that I'm not a fan of fall?  Especially these cold, rainy, blustery days...

Last week we spent a few days helping Rustin and Sharon paint and move things into their new house.  I love painting.  It's great fun.  And, it wasn't my house so I didn't have the mess... hehe.  I'm also really glad we moved when we did, it looks to be ten times more complicated with little kids. 

Sunday we made it to church (although a little bit late...).  We stopped at Grandpa and Grandma Koch's afterwards, and then went to Grandpa and Grandma Beutel's 60th anniversary party that evening.  Big day!  Little miss Cecily did pretty good... but she was markedly more fussy that night.  No surprise there.  And since the time changed and she didn't get the memo, she goes to sleep an hour earlier!  Hooray!  Which is great, except that now I have to get up twice in the dark instead of just once.  O well. 

This week has been quiet so far.  We went to Menards and got the right kind of electrical boxes so last night Matt came over and cut a few more holes.  And now there are two new sconces and a hole for a new outlet and a hole into the attic. Woot woot.  I'm excited. 

Blessings.

Why is it...

...that when Matt comes to visit we end up with holes in our walls?

It's so much brighter and looks ten times better already, even though I bought all the wrong boxes... (I just plain don't understand electricity...)

I never did get a good before picture, but this is what we started with.

Blessings.

Social Butterflies

So yesterday I took Cecily to the lab to meet my coworkers.  My old coworkers.  *mur*  Yup, I'm officially unemployed.  She wore her future scientist onesie...

It was good to see them all and be back at the lab. I don't really miss work; and yet. I basically spent three years of my life in that building with those people. It's weird that it's just over.

And then that evening Aunt Joanne and Sharon hosted a baby shower for her.  So she got passed around by lots of people yesterday.  I think it wore her out, she slept for 3 and 4 hour stretches last night!  Yay!  There was great rejoicing... or something.  Anyway, and then I took her to the grocery store today and now we're just chilling... in cloth...  I figured it was about time I tried them, even though they still seem kinda big on her.

Blessings.