Wilhelm Janke 19 June 1911 - 19 May 2008
Work continues on the addition, although at this point we are nearly done. Tobias was painting windows in the addition today when some solicitors came to the door. He realized that he never heard the door bell or a knock on the door when he was in that room. He has know decided that room might be a good sound-proof oasis for sleep in the near future.
As many of you will know, our house had needed major landscaping work since we bought it. Since we had so much work to do inside the house, the outdoor work became second priority. We decided to take the plunge and pay a professional lawn care company to service the yard to see if we could improve the grass. Much to our surprise, the entire front yard was dead within weeks of our first treatment. Tobias called the company to follow up and figure out what was going on. The instructions he gave them were to 'kill the weeds so our summer grass would grow'. The work order was then written to say 'kill the weeds to include unwanted summer grasses'. Tobias is now negotiating how this will be fixed.
Looks like we have lost track of some time. Can't believe we haven't updated in 2 weeks! Sorry for going quiet.
Let's see . . . we had our 16 week ultrasound. This one was an audio ultrasound (versus visual) and we were able to hear the baby's heartbeat. For what it's worth, the heart rate was between 150-157. There is an urban legend about heart rates and gender but it's like all 'predict the gender' games. . . it is accurate 50% of the time. That being said, according to the nurse/midwife we are in the boy range. (She has maintained it's a boy since day one.) We will know for sure if it's a boy or a girl sometime around 13 June when I have my 20 week ultrasound. Right now we have agreement on a girl's name but not on a boy's name. If it turns out to be a boy then we will have to get that resolved. Just an FYI - we have decided not to share the name until the baby is born so that will have to be a surprise.
Work on the addition continues. We are up to dry wall at this point. If all goes to plan the contractors should be done the end of this week and we will take over after that. We have already made the requisite IKEA run. Christof, you will be happy to know the 'IKEA effect' lives on. Tried to stick to our budget . . . but you know how it goes.
Things continue to go well with the pregnancy. The only issue I had was illness last week, but it was a good old fashioned head cold and nothing specific to the pregnancy. It's fun trying to deal with cold symptoms sans medicine. For the most part I am better and really only felt terrible about 3 days last week.
I guess that's the news for now. Love to you all!
I have always admired Tobias' skill with electronics and all the work he does around the house have everything wired. But today I realized it's all self-preservation.
I was working in the kitchen and listening to the Showtunes music channel when Tobias walked in with these headphones. It was then that I realized that it was time for Tobias to watch soccer. He connected the wireless headphones to the TV in the guest room and turned on the Showtunes channel so I could listen to my music while he watched soccer. So notice what's on the TV in kitchen while I work.
And on other side of the island . . .Tobias watches his soccer free of show tunes. Only two problems with this plan, the headphones don't stop me from singing and Tobias still thinks I should be able to hear him talking when these are on . . .
After much pressure from family I have decided to post a picture of the 15 week tummy. Here it is. Guess it's only onward and outward from here!!!
