My interpretation of what some pessimists claim is reality
Spring: Sun...and grass mowing
The epic battle between Man and what passes in our house as grass continues for another year. Taking advantage of warm temperatures I took the mower out of hibernation. I underestimated the April sun and got a little sun burned. Not much happening at the moment. World revolves around the kids, so there is no spare time. Here are the mandatory kid pictures:
On that note I am going to bed.
Labels: Connor, me, Tyler, Xander
Xander turns 2
Xander had his 2nd birthday last week and boy, is he two. Constant supervision is necessary to keep him out of trouble. His cuteness saves him - most of the time. Happy Birthday, medium one.
The equal opportunity department requires me to post pictures of the remaining kids as well:
Labels: Connor, Tyler, Xander
Happy Birthday Connor!!
Connor turned 4 today. We celebrated his birthday last Saturday, an event he was looking forward to for the last month. Happy Birthday, little man.
But let's not forget the other two, who had a good time as well:
Labels: Connor, Tyler, Xander
-itis convention in the Schuetz house
For some reason there seems to be a germ-convention in our house:
Xander had an ear infection, Lisa had strep throat, an ear infection, bronchitis and congivitis and Tyler hasn't slept for more than a cople of hours in a stretch for more than 5 days now. No fever, but there is obviously something wrong with him.Connor and I haven't caught anything yet, maybe we didged the bullet this time. Obviously my free time allotment is non-existent, but here are some pictures of the sleepstealers / germsharers:
Labels: Connor, Tyler, Xander
The Boys
Having 3 kids means there is no time at all, so you have to appreciate me cutting into my sleep to bring you these photos of the boys:
Labels: Connor, Tyler, Xander
3 Brothers
Labels: Connor, Tyler, Xander
Antibiotics are great
We took Connor to the doctor on Monday after
the weekend that wasn't. Turns out he had both a sinus and ear infection. After just a day on Amoxillin he was much better, but it took him until yesterday to get his appetite back. Xander was OK on Monday, but by Wednesday he had the same thing. He's been on antibiotics since, but he still is not back to his old self. At least they are sleeping through the night now.
It seems to be my turn now as my sinuses are filled with that neon green stuff :-(.
Labels: Connor, me, Xander
10 years
Seems like it was just yesterday, but today is the 10
th anniversary of my move to the US. No big celebration, because I just noticed it :-).
Also, Xander is teething, Connor isn't feeling up to snuff as well, so our nights can only be described as short.
Labels: Connor, me, Xander
First Pictures of Baby #3 ( and 2 and 1)
Here is the first picture of the the newest Schuetz project. It is now week 12 and we are on schedule:
Xander is growing as well and recently started exploring the 3rd dimension:
Connor is turning 3 soon and is a great big brother:
Labels: baby, Connor, Xander
Spending a Friday at home
I am off work today and used my free time to coordinate visits from a plumber, a home inspector and the cable guy. So far only the plumber was here and he tried to screw me: I called him to replace a leaking pipe from the well pump to the pressure tank. Our well water is acidic and it killed already 2 water heaters in 11 years. When the water heater started leaking a month ago I had it replaced with a plastic one with a lifetime guarantee. That's why the home inspector is coming today to inspect the new water heater. So I wasn't surprised when the plumber said that the whole pressure tank should be replaced. He could do it today for $1500 on top of the $150 I already payed just for him to come out. So I agreed, but after he left I got second thoughts. Checking the internet soon gave me a price list for pressure tanks an my 20 gallon one would run me about $330. WTF??? Including labor that is nowhere close $1500. Next I called the compny that put the tank in he house (before we bought it). They gave me a rough estimate of $550 - $650. WTF
2 ??? So I called the plumber and told them not to bother to come back. Obviously I am never using them again and will actively warn everybody not to use Scardina.
The cable guy was just here. We have problems with the digital cable with some channels either having strong pixelation and sound dropouts, a telltale sign of low signal levels or didn't show up at all. Last Sunday a Comcast tech came out and told me that my cable in the house is noisy and needs to be replaced and he would schedule a wallfish for me which would be done within the next few days. Few days passed and nothing happened. Some of the channls re-appeared, only to vanish again. I call Comcast again and this time the tech measures the signal at the drop and surprise: it is low there. He then opens the distribution box at the side of the house and finds a huge wasp nest in there. Obviously guy #1 never looked in there. Turns out that the connectors were bad in there as well. Sigh.
Here finally some more picture:
BTW,
Connor did this too Here are a couple of cute ones:.
Not that we forget Connor, he is really cute, too.
Labels: Connor, rant, Xander
Finally some pictures
Labels: Connor, Xander
Severe blogging slowdown
The reasons for the severe slowdown in my blogging activities are threefold:
- Xander
- Connor
- Work, Lisa and the body's annoying habit of needing sleep.
Nothing will change anytime soon. In the meantime, suffice o say that nothing extremely important (and therefore blogworthy) has happened.
Labels: Connor, me, Xander
Xander's 1st week at home
Yesterday Xander turned one week old. He does the usual baby things, like eating, sleeping and pooping and is giving us not any problems. He does sleep 3-4 hours at a time at night which is a very good thing. Nevertheless for the first time in over 2 years I have opportunity to watch Leno, O'Brien and all the other shows for insomniacs.
Connor is pretty ambivalent towards Xander. Most of the time he pretty much ignores him except for stealing his pacifier or at least exchanging his for the baby's.
Labels: Connor, Xander
Later that day
I just took the little one too bed, a tad earlier than usual. He was getting feisty and really didn't want anything to eat, so he just got his milk. Still feeling like first grade doo-doo, so I guess it's time for some more cold medicine and then to bed it is for me as well.
Labels: Connor, me
The best plans ...
..don't survive contact with the enemy. I had planned to clean out the basement in preparation of the start of construction on Tuesday and to make a couple of trips to the landfill. These plans unraveled with Connor getting sick, waking up @ 1:30 AM. Lisa stayed up with him until 4:00 AM, when I took over until almost 8:00 AM. By that time I was getting sick as well. Connor slept for a few hours and I took a nap as well, but I am still feeling like crap. I guess cleanup is postponed until tomorrow.
Labels: Connor, me
Toy explosion
The house looks like Al-Qaeda hit a Toys-R-Us. Connor got more toys for Xmas/B-day than he knows what to do with. Cleaning up is futile as Connor can re-establish pre-cleaning conditions in just a few seconds, however it remains necessary as the dog tends to see the toys purpose as to be chewing toys.
Elvis has still not left the building (surely I would be noticing that, however it is hard to get information on the progression of kidney stone passage online, i.e. average length of passage). So I remain waiting.
Labels: Connor, me
Toys, lots of toys
As expected Connor got a lot of toys for his birthday and there are more to come for Xmas. Amazing how quick he got into the whole unpacking thing. At first he was like: "what are these boxes for?" but after he discovered that there were toys in them , he was shredding through the gift wrap like a pro.
Labels: Connor
Happy Birthday
Connor is turning 2 today. His party will be tomorrow and of course he will be overwhelmed with toys. He is currently at the stage where he has to carry them everywhere (bed, daycare, bathtub) and it's a big drama when he has to let them go (e.g. while he is getting dressed). But overall he is a good kid. Happy Birthday, short stuff :-)
Labels: Connor
Deciphering Connor
It took a couple of weeks, but then it became clearer and more obvious and we finally figured out what Connor means when he keeps yelling "
ah-neee" over and over. ah-nee became i-neess = I need (or rather I want - NOW!)
Labels: Connor
Acrobat fetus
So Lisa is saying that Sch:TNG Pt. II has been active way earlier than Connor and is kicking the shit out of her internal organs. Yesterday I was actually able to feel him move for the first time, something I never was able to do with Connor.
3 more weeks until Connor's 2nd birthday. He is getting a themed (JoJo the Clown) birthday party. He is also making progress with his words. He now correctly identified eyes, ears, nose and mouth (as in "Show me your/my...") and has a few more words in his vocabulary, though some are in his own language, like the word he uses when he wants something: "ah-neee, ah-neee". Very cute and annoying at the same time.
Labels: Connor, Xander
