Finally, pics of the new bathroom

We are so happy with our new bathroom and would recommend our contractor to anyone.

This is our above-john cabinet and medicine chest (which was inset in the wall).

It is so lovely not having to shower enveloped in plastic. Jeff is tall enough where he can see the view of Boston from the shower. The sun streams in there in the morning and its absolutely lovely. It used to be quite dark in there.

Tired Little Girls

Anne and I went with our friends, Bethany and Evie to Crane Beach a couple of weeks ago with our playgroup. We had a great time. Anne and Evie were obviously a bit tuckered out by the drive home.

Anne Walks For A Phone

Did we mention Anne will do just about anything to play with mom or dad's cell phone...

Anne is Bipedal!

Mom and Dad tried all weekend to encourage Anne to walk, but she would not have it. After placed in a standing position in the middle of the room Anne would immediately fall to her butt and then crawl towards mom and dad. And so our weekend ended with Anne still not walking. However dad was quite shocked when he picked up Anne at day care today and she immediately took 2-3 steps right to him with no help! According to the staff she had been doing that all day... go figure. Well we had to get it on video and so as soon as we got home we got the video to prove it. Anne is no longer a triped (she has a distinctive crawl using two arms and one leg while dragging the 2nd leg)!

Rude Awakenings

I awoke this morning just after 5am to the tune of what sounded like a child choking. Figuring I had better check on Anne, I walked in to find she had been throwing up in her crib...gross! Of course, it was everywhere. In her hair, on her PJs and Teddy. Yuck! I stripped her down and put her in the tub and kindly awoke Jeffer to deal with the bedding and Teddy. Not sure I could have handled that one without vomitting myself.

So, we get her all situated and the bed cleaned up. Back into bed ourselves when I decide I'm hungry and head downstairs for a bowl of cereal. About 20 minutes later...."Jody, can you come up here?" "What happened?" I ask. "Anne just threw up again."

So, round 2 in the tub and bedding change. I ended up just bringing her back downstairs with me in her diaper with a towel close at hand. Not sure what this is all about, perhaps she didn't like her taco meat with sweet corn and carrots. She's had taco meat before though, so I'm hoping this isn't an intestinal bug that lasts a while. We're playing it by ear.

Can I just say...I really hate vomit! I'm already slightly nauseous at baseline, don't need any extra incentives at the moment to upchuck!

Hope you have a great day! Mine is off to a momentous start!

Summer Fun

There's been lots of action here at the Reifenberger household. Anne came down with a fever of 104.8 a week and a half ago. Needless to say, Daddy was not so happy to be left with that Peanut only to have her wake from a nap burning up! I came home from jogging with friends to find her lounging on the couch (very unusual, as 1 yr old don't generally lounge!) After 3 1/2 day of fever, her rash finally broke out. Just a common childhood virus. She bore it well. Jeff and I tag-teamed work and made the best of it.

This is the music stand that Aunt Jaime and Uncle Jason got Anne for her birthday, she just loves it!

Giddy-up!