Another Room Done!

This last weekend I made Rob paint my kitchen. I told him it was a job that had to be done before the new baby came. And being the wonderful husband he is went right to work no grumbling or complaining (ya right, I told him in April and it just got done after lots of nagging). I told him I would take Matt away for the two days so he wouldn't have a little helper and I needed to be out of the house anyway. So Matt and I took of and did some shopping for the new kid (diapers and such) and Rob did a great job getting
everything done in two days! I love it and can't wait to get another room done, but I had better bide my time or Rob will go on strike.





This next one is for you Sarah. . . . .

Vacation Part 1, Hood Reunion

We sure had a lot of fun in Utah. Here are some of the highlights from the Hood Reunion. The day before we got together with my grandparents, uncles and aunts, cousins, and 2nd cousins. It was at a park and it was nice to see everyone. One of my Uncles is a firefighter and he was on call so he brought his fire engine with him and Matt got to check it out. Too cool!


At the reunion their was a ton of people there. We got to play relay games and Matt was on my team. He loved playing with the big kids. And as always my Hubie was a trooper meeting tons of people he didn't know and taking care of Matt so I could chat. Well it started to rain so some of my cousins and us decided to go bowling till we met later for dinner and a show.

Yes that is me trying to bowl, I paid for it later. Who knew bowling had such fun things for little kids. And of course bowling is thirsty work so a quick pit stop for a refreshing drink (got to teach the kid what the good stuff is). I wanted to have one of these everyday, they just don't make them in Wisconsin.

Matt thinks they are delicious!

Visiting with family was so much fun I had wished we had more time. My aunt Dawn (with the help of her son) did a great job putting together a dvd she made from pictures and interviews of my grandpa and his siblings. It was fun to see what they had to say.

Stay tuned for more vacation highlights, Patten reunion and in between.

Vacation Time

We have been looking forward to taking a much needed / deserved trip to Utah. I have two family reunions to attend and they happen to fall in the same week. Two birds one stone, YES! We had planed early this spring to borrow a van to make the 22 hour drive more roomy. Sadly it keeps breaking down ( it is a sign to not take it and get stuck in the middle of nowhere). So we have packed up the truck and are heading out in the morning.

We have been talking about this for some time and have gotten Matt excited to go. He is so funny, he keeps calling it new-tah. Rob and I have tried to correct him but we think it is too cute so we gave up. No need to make him grow up too fast, he already talks well for not quite 3 (sometimes too well)

Well here we go off on our adventures. I can't wait to tell you all about it.

Green Day

In the beginning of June West Allis had Alla Cart Days. They shut down Greenfield Ave. from 70th - 76th street and have venders, music, food, and fun. It was a beautiful day so Matt and I went to see the West Allis weirdos, they were out in force. Matt got to sit in a police car and on a police motorcycle. He had the most fun holding the fire hose and "putting out the fire", he talked about it for days.



They had one end of the street just for kids. Blow up bouncy houses and face painting and hair coloring. His favorite color is green these days so we colored it green for him and that was the highlight of the day. He cried so hard that night when it was bath time and we had to wash it out. I am talking full on tantrum. I guess Matt liked it more than I thought he would.


It was such a nice day we treated ourselves to a snow cone, you guessed it green! It was a green day all around. Green hair, green balloon, green treat and a green stroller. He declares everything green to be his. Mom and Matt got to have a fun green day together!

Hoof 'N Mouth

We have had a FUN few days in our house recently. Thursday morning before a baby check up I noticed a rash on Matt's trunk. So I asked the doc about it who said kids sometimes get rashes in the summer time. Logical, the next day it seamed to start to go away. Saturday Matt is burning up and is just not himself, he doesn't even want cake at a reception we were at (left early to take care of Matt). Sunday Rob went out to the Moss house to help with some thing, in the mean time I noticed red dots on Matts hands and feet and butt. Rob comes back to say one of the cousins has Hand Foot and Disease. We look it up in the toddler book and we a pretty sure that's what it is, he has been complaining of a sore mouth all day. When I tried to look in his mouth I saw some sores in there too.

After much debate I call the nurse hot line and they tell me to get him looked at before the next day. This is 10pm on a Sunday and the only place open is the hospital. So off Matt and I go ( Rob needs to sleep to function at work) and end up waiting forever. The doc gives him some Tylenol laced with Oxycontin. I can tell he started to feel better when Matt started to push all the buttons and turn all the knobs. He even pushed the nurse call button I had to hurry and canceled that. Finally at 3 am we are aloud to go home. He has not slept the entire time.

The next day was way off schedule we got up around noon and skipped a nap and had soft foods at very little bites. He still has a big sore on his tongue so he thinks all food is the enemy, he wont go near yogurt any more. He is starting to get less cranky but I am starting to think it has more to do with being 2 and testing the boundaries.

Some days I often wonder why I chose to go thru all this all over again. Oh ya big hugs and kisses.

New Windows!!!!

We got 6 new windows in our upstairs. The old ones had a wood frame and single pane glass. We are hoping the investment is worth it to keep the heat and cool air in our house instead of it all going out. Matt was so funny about it. He was very excited that real workers were in our house doing "worker jobs". I had to keep an eye on him so he wouldn't be too much in the way. Lucky for me I was able to pick up a kids tool bench I got off craigslist and bring it him for him to do his own "worker job" and leave them to finish it up. I didn't hear from him for and hour and a half, it was great!

I absolutely LOVE my new windows!!

Memorial Day

We had a fun day with family here in Wisconsin. Summer has come in full force with out much spring. We went from high 40's to mid eighty's over night. It takes a bit to get use to the big temperature change but I for one am enjoying warmer weather.

Matt and I got to go to a parade in the morning, it basically blocked us in so we couldn't get out so we decided if you can't beat them join them. It was full of all the things little boys love. Motorcycles, police cars, fire trucks, loud marching bands, and his favorite, and 21 gun solute right in front of us. Lucky for mom to cover Matts ears just in time. He talked about that the rest of the day.

After that it was out to O-Town to see the in-laws. Matts cousin Rachael had her birthday party for turning 3, princess theme (of course every little girls dream). He had gotten too tired to play all of the games but was able to play some other ones. Chris and Kate and Family were in for a visit and Dave and Tina came from Palmyra so there were tons of cousins to play with. They had fun taking turnes on the Four wheeler, they all beg to go faster.

Chris and Kate have gone home to pack, it seams they are moving to Iowa soon with a better job offer. I think there is a lot of that going around, Kate to Iowa, Greg to Missouri and Cindy to . . . . Sorry I always forget but I know it wont be cold there. Perhaps we my move also, just not in the near future.

PS all is well with baby.