Train park with grandparents

Chris's parents have been visiting us for their spring break. Today we went to the train park. So much nicer going in the middle of the summer. Ryleigh was so excited to see the "choo-choos" and ride the "horsies".

Getting ready for the train to leave the station.

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Not too sure about the tunnel.

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Riding the Horses.

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She saw this tower when she was on the carousel and she couldn't wait to climb the stairs. She RAN for them when we got off.

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And up she goes!

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I made it up guys!

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Looking at the train pulling into the station.

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Posing on the trolly car. Stinker face.

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More posing. Silly girl!

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The boys left to go to a Reds spring training game at the Peoria Sports Complex. The girls decided to do some more rides. Ryleigh was a little more excited for the rides the second time around.

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Sitting with Grandma waiting for the train to start.

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And the carousel again. Sneaky cheese face.

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We all had a fun time at the train park. But we couldn't stay too long, as it was lunch time and then nap time. You can't mess with a 2 year old's naps!!

House is done!

We had our new home orientation/ walk thru on Thursday. While we'd snuck in several times in the past week seeing all the finishing touches be put together, seeing the finished product was pretty cool! They still have some little things to finish, paint and drywall touch ups, they need to install our reverse osmosis unit at the sink. They did the landscaping Thursday morning and it was done before we got there. They were working on our acrylic pool decking. The pool fence will be installed this coming Thursday.

The front of the house.

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View from the corner. They finally put in the side gate.

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Welcome to my house - View from the front door to the back.

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Great Room:

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And my kitchen!!! LOVE IT!!

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Microwave, stove and double oven.

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View of the nook from the pantry.

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Sink and Dishwasher. And my very modern faucet!

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And the pool has the tile and slate up.

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We sign all the papers on Monday morning. We're scheduled to get the keys on Tuesday evening!! And we'll be moving next weekend!!

One week to go!!!

One week until the house is supposed to be done and we can have our walk through. Still seems like a lot of stuff to do, but it's cool to see all our design options come to life!!

The house still needs paint.

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But we have airconditioners.

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And they did the forms for the concrete decking around the pool and in the backyard.

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We have cabinets and countertops!

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And we have light fixtures in the dining room and nook.

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And there's tile! All the grey tile in the entry, kitchen, hall is done, grout and all. The tile in the bathrooms and laundry room still needs grout.

Laundry room.

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Master bathroom.

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And we don't remember if we picked this tile for the front powder room, but it looks really nice!

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And this is the first time we saw the square sinks we picked out. We just liked the thought without even seeing a picture, but in real life they look pretty cool!

Master bathroom.

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Jack n Jill bathroom.

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Guest bathroom.

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1 week and counting... And last, a view of the house from the step in the pool until we do the walk thru and see the final product!!!

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Update on Ryleigh's Sickness

We went to the doctor on Friday afternoon. Her pink eye was getting better. But she now has an ear infection. And her barky croup breathing got better, but she had some wheezing in her lungs. They gave her a breathing treatment which alleviated the wheezing (which is good, b/c if it didn't it could have been early pneumonia). So she also has bronchiolitis requiring a week of breathing treatments - AGAIN! So she got steroids and albuterol for the bronchioltis, and an antibiotic for the ear infection, plus ear drops, plus eye drops to finish treatment of the pink eye, and motrin for the fever/pain... the kid was like a walking medicine cabinet!

She's finally starting to feel a little better. She still doesn't have her energy back. She still has the croup cough, especially at night. She's still clinging to her blanket, which she's never done before. So slowly we're seeing progress. Go back on Friday for a follow-up. We'll see what they say.

More sickness, and 3 more weeks

On Sunday, we ran some errands and Ryleigh was fine. She went down for her nap and we woke her up after an hour or so. We notices she had a slight cough, which is how her last 2 episodes of RSV have shown up. We went to my co-worker's Super Bowl party and noticed Ryleigh was just in a funk. Not her usual self. Even when she's in a new place, she warms up eventually, but not this time. We stopped by my parents house and she STILL didn't get out of her funk, which was a shocker since she LOVES Grampa's house!! We got home and gave her a breathing treatment just in case it is RSV again. She also had a fever and almost fell asleep sitting up doing the treatment - not at all like she's acted when sick before. Made her a doctor appointment for Monday afternoon. Come to find out, she didn't have RSV... she has Croup and Pink Eye!! UGH! She got a shot of steroids to help with the Croup. Tuesday, she stayed home with Gramma and Grampa. She woke up from her nap crying for Mommy... totally NOT Ryleigh. Wednesday Chris stayed home with her and she was tired and clingy too. Today she took a 4 hour nap and she woke up much better. She's had rapid breathing using her accessory muscles to breath. Every time she coughs she'd whine and complain that her tummy hurts... not sickly pain, but achy pain. Her muscles hurt from breathing. And every night she's been waking up crying multiple times a night wanting cuddles. Ryleigh is not a cuddler. She's got another dr. appt tomorrow to make sure she's not getting worse (since she's still not really getting better). I have to say Croup is WAY worse than RSV!!

On another note - our house is 3 weeks from being finished!! Chris went out today to see the progress since he had to stay home with Ryleigh again today.

They're getting ready to put up the brick fences. And dug the trenches and laid the electrical for the pool.

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The pool got ReBar.

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And the plumbing is done too.

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We have a front door.

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And a stair rail. And texture on the walls.

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Shelves in the pantry.

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And in the closets.

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A Master bath tub.

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And interior doors, including closet doors.

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Very impressed with everything they've done in just a few days. It definitely is looking like a house now!

From studs to house?

Our month of being at studs is officially over!! We have WALLS now!! On Monday, they finished the drywall.

Great Room

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Kitchen/Nook

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Pantry - this was Chris's easy access to the Master bedroom. He can't go through the walls anymore :)

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Stairway/Hallway

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And today when I drove by...
STUCCO!!!

That's not the actual color - it's still VERY wet! I got there just as the workers were finishing up.

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And walls ready for texture and then PAINT!!

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It actually is looking like a house now!!