Man, That Is Very Good: April 2008

Wednesday, April 30, 2008

The kitchen...almost done..well, the contractor part anyways. We will be doing the floors, painting, tile backsplash...hopefully soon. It is so awesome compared to what we had before...

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I just realized that I've neglected to update here for awhile. Allie and Aislinn came home on Saturday, and everybody is well. We're getting used to the off-and-on sleep schedule again, but somehow, after the first night, she seems to have settled into almost a nighttime routine..it isn't like we're up every 1/2 hour or anything..more like every 3 hours. That's only twice during the night..not too bad.

Holly is acting out a bit, but she does love her new little sister, and she'll be just fine. Hey, she's only two, she's been acting out for a few months now anyways, testing us and limits of everything at every turn..there's a reason the Terrible Two's got their name...

The kitchen is 99 percent finished..just a bit of electrical to complete. Well, of the contractor's role, anyway..now we get to do the floor, paint and tiled backsplash ourselves. Pictures to come..it's so nice! My niece said "You have a TV kitchen!!"

When we finish it and a few other renos, I'd be really curious to get our realtor in to see what she would list this place for now..it is a totally different house than the one we bought. Not that we want to move just yet..at least that's what I keep telling myself.

Thanks to everyone for all the well wishes this laast week or so. Aislinn had a shaky start that spooked us all, but she came through it just fine, and is the picture of health now. Again, pics to follow.

Friday, April 25, 2008

Introducing the wee girl, click the pic for more.. She'll be in the hospital for a few more days to be safe. Basically, this is what happened, but she's doing well.

Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Hi all,

Aislinn Jennifer Lyle O'Keefe (pronounced Ashlynn) joined us at 11:35 AM on April 23, 2008, weighing 8 lbs even. She had a bit of a breathing problem "out of the gate", and will need a few days at the hospital to get over it, but other than that fairly common and quickly remedied problem, both mum and baby are doing fine, and should be home in a couple of days.

Bye for now...

Rob, Allison, Holly & Aislinn

off to the hospital at 6AM!!

Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Our sad, sad looking backyard, that I am entering in a Home Depot sad backyard contest. Link to come..vote for me!

Thursday, April 17, 2008

Welcome to my arrival of new baby, life of old baby, and renovation blog.

Until we decide to renovate one or both of the babies.

More kitchen pics up, same link as below..they're all in the same album, newer ones at the end.

Baby alert- From Yellow to Blue (Guarded). *sigh*

And yesterday was Holly's birthday. Two years. Wow.

Click the picture for more pics in an album (Mom, that's for you..click the other pictures for more as well..love ya!)

Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Yellow alert..back at work until The Call comes in...

Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Orange Alert- went to the hospital..spent an hour there..downgraded to Yellow and sent home to labour a bit longer..could be back in a few hours, or in the morning, or...

Wow, what a couple of days. With the kitchen reno in full swing, we're also alternating between Baby Orange Elevated Level and somewhere between Blue and Yellow Alerts.

After a slow week of the guys coming in, pulling electrical and fixing drywall, (mudding, taping and waiting for it to dry,) , finally we're seeing some cabinet action. I can't wait, it is going to be so functional, and look as awesome well!

The wife called me at work Monday afternoon, and said something along the lines of "I'm not in labour yet, but you may want to tell work that you may not be in tomorrow". So, I let them know, but alas, the series of contractions were a very convincing false alarm. A visit to her doc the next morning revealed slow progress, nothing new, and a slowdown in the contractions.

Tonight, more of the same, and she is sure she is going in tonight..the big gulp of castor oil (eeyyuucckk!) to help induce labour may have done the trick. Will post here if I can before we go to the hospital.

By the way, she took the castor oil, not me.

Some action on the kitchen renovation front!

Our winter snowstorm last weekend.

Monday, April 14, 2008

As someone who plans on seeing The Machine Girl (the same weekend as Stephen "Kung Fu Hustle" Chow's new one, CJ7), I bring you
Tokyo Gore Police. I can't decide if it looks like the most awesome thing ever, or deserves a full MST3K'ing.

I have dreams like this...

Thursday, April 03, 2008

A LOOK BACK AT CCW

For those of you that aren't on facebook where I previously posted this, an old buddy found this highlight reel of my old CCW promotion. Crazy..brings back some memories...