I can't believe Harper is already 3 weeks old; it feels like just yesterday she was born. We're working on geting into a routine, which is difficult because we currently aren'table to stay at our house.
Before Harper was born, we knew there was something "off" about the A/C, but it was cool enough we dealt with it...we should have had someone come out! A repairman visited last Thursday, and informed us that the piece that keeps the coils from freezing was broke, and he had no idea when the piece would be available. He had to shut off the air, and turn on the heat in order to thaw the coils. He then advised us to keep the air off, but we could run the fan if needed (so we did, much to our dismay). So, by Saturday we're in a heat advisory, and sitting in a 90 plus degree house...needless to say we decided a move was in order, so at 10 that night we packed up the fam and made the trip to York to stay with Erich's parents...and we're still there. I used the "we have a new baby card" to get the repairguy to come on Tuesday (yesterday); Erich left work to let him in, and me and my MIL (mom in law) packed up and headed to Lincoln...only to find that running the fan broke the compressor on the outside unit. We found out today that the piece won't be available until Friday at the earliest...I am just ready to be home. It's weird how you just assume things will go a certain way--like the birth of our baby and then maternity leave, and the problems we'd encounter...I never would have dreamt of the things we've gone through!
But, we'll make it through. I don't think my crazy hormones help matters much, as I cry at the drop of a hat, and Erich's parents are really eating up all this extra Harper time...and I'll admit, I'll miss nap time when his mom walks with her when she's fussy. But, I don't want to get used to this pampering! It's going to be like starting over when we finally get home.
Erich got me a new toy as a "Labor Present", an ipod touch. We had yet to enter the ipod world, so we're both like kids at Christmas who are expected to share the new gameboy. It's nice because before I never had a chance to find time to shower, let alone check email. I feel like I'm part of the world again...a little bit anyways!
Erich and I are going to try and go on a date tonight to see Eclipse; we'll see if I have the followthrough to leave Harper for 3 hours. I can be strong! I think Abbey will be more work than Harper anyway; since we've been here she's gotten really protective over her, and extra noisy with every sound she hears. Kind of annoying, since Harper is no longer annoying her, and it's waking her up. Which really irritates a sleep deprived Susie!
Because I'm on Erich's laptop I don't have any new pictures :( I really haven't been taking too many pics, but am going to try and do better going forward. I have some cute ones of Harper and Abbey sharing a bouncy seat :)
Before Harper was born, we knew there was something "off" about the A/C, but it was cool enough we dealt with it...we should have had someone come out! A repairman visited last Thursday, and informed us that the piece that keeps the coils from freezing was broke, and he had no idea when the piece would be available. He had to shut off the air, and turn on the heat in order to thaw the coils. He then advised us to keep the air off, but we could run the fan if needed (so we did, much to our dismay). So, by Saturday we're in a heat advisory, and sitting in a 90 plus degree house...needless to say we decided a move was in order, so at 10 that night we packed up the fam and made the trip to York to stay with Erich's parents...and we're still there. I used the "we have a new baby card" to get the repairguy to come on Tuesday (yesterday); Erich left work to let him in, and me and my MIL (mom in law) packed up and headed to Lincoln...only to find that running the fan broke the compressor on the outside unit. We found out today that the piece won't be available until Friday at the earliest...I am just ready to be home. It's weird how you just assume things will go a certain way--like the birth of our baby and then maternity leave, and the problems we'd encounter...I never would have dreamt of the things we've gone through!
But, we'll make it through. I don't think my crazy hormones help matters much, as I cry at the drop of a hat, and Erich's parents are really eating up all this extra Harper time...and I'll admit, I'll miss nap time when his mom walks with her when she's fussy. But, I don't want to get used to this pampering! It's going to be like starting over when we finally get home.
Erich got me a new toy as a "Labor Present", an ipod touch. We had yet to enter the ipod world, so we're both like kids at Christmas who are expected to share the new gameboy. It's nice because before I never had a chance to find time to shower, let alone check email. I feel like I'm part of the world again...a little bit anyways!
Erich and I are going to try and go on a date tonight to see Eclipse; we'll see if I have the followthrough to leave Harper for 3 hours. I can be strong! I think Abbey will be more work than Harper anyway; since we've been here she's gotten really protective over her, and extra noisy with every sound she hears. Kind of annoying, since Harper is no longer annoying her, and it's waking her up. Which really irritates a sleep deprived Susie!
Because I'm on Erich's laptop I don't have any new pictures :( I really haven't been taking too many pics, but am going to try and do better going forward. I have some cute ones of Harper and Abbey sharing a bouncy seat :)
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