Unfortunately, Deb visited this weekend. And before you get mad at me...I say "unfortunately" because Deb was only visiting because she had a funeral to attend. Her dear friend past away recently after having been through a very long struggle with cancer. She was also the mother of one of Josh's high school buddies. So we all went to visit with her family and friends on Saturday at the church. It made for long day. Raleigh missed his morning nap and was somewhat hard to handle at Applebee's that afternoon.
As usual, Deb came bearing gifts. One of which was a harmonica for Raleigh. He caught on quickly, and his music was beautiful.
He also got to eat some of Deb's oatmeal.
Yesterday, Josh sent me an e-mail with the following pictures attached. The subject of the e-mail was "Our little gladiator".
It seems that Raleigh might be a born gamer like his dad. Raleigh is playing the gameboy advance in the pictures below. He basically listens to the music and pushes buttons.
And the picture below is the scene that I encountered when I got home from work today. Don't worry, Raleigh was napping. Josh was testing out his magnifying lens on our flat screen LCD tv. According to Josh, it allows him to spot the snipers a lot easier now in the game "Call of Duty 4". He says he was dominating.
The first one (above) is of Grandpa Steve playing the banjo and Raleigh dancing/reacting. The bottom video is of Raleigh and I goofing around this morning.
I hadn't yet posted a picture of the stuffed catfish that Luke and Karla got for Raleigh so I thought I'd do that tonight. See photo above and see Raleigh picking up the catfish below.
Jenna (my sister-in-law) just got a new job not too far away from our house. That means that she can come visit Josh and Raleigh over her lunch hour. When I got home from work today and took some pictures of Raleigh, I found the following two photos on my camera. It seems that they had fun over lunch today.
Here's a picture of Raleigh standing in his closet wearing a hand-knit apple hat that a coworker of mine made for him when he was just tiny. It fits better now.
Raleigh was checking the pressure in his tricycle tires.
And then he was tuning his dad's bass guitar.
Josh, Raleigh and I did some winter camping last night...well that's what it felt like. Last night, after our trip to the YMCA, we realized that our furnace wasn't working. So, first I called my dad, who told me to open up the door on the furnace...after seeing the warnings about natural gas and possible death, I decided to call a service technician and not fool around in there myself.
I called a furnace repair company at around 8:30 last night. They said they would put us on the waiting list; there were already 5 people on the list.
I decided to go to sleep at 11 pm and Josh agreed to wait for the furnace repair guy. At this point, our house was about 60 degrees (F). We bundled Raleigh up in extra clothes and wrapped him in plenty of blankets.
I woke up at 3 am. Josh was still awake and waiting for the repair man. Raleigh was still sleeping and warm. Our house was now 55 degrees (F). I called the same company again and the person on the phone said they'd page the on-call technician again. I went back to bed.
I woke up at 6 am. Still no repair man. Our house was now 50 degrees (F). I whipped out the phone book and called all of the furnace repair companies and said whoever gets here first gets the job.
We still waited until 8:15 for a repair man to show up. It took him 1 hour and 15 minutes to fix the furnace. It took a few hours to warm up the house again.
Now, I'm tired and cranky but warm. Raleigh didn't seem to notice the cold environment around him. I think he enjoyed waddling around the house in his snowsuit and hat. I, however, hated wearing my jacket, hat and mittens in my own house.
I can't wait to get the service bill in the mail.
Raleigh had spinach and wheat spaghetti with parmesan cheese for dinner tonight. He loved eating and flinging the spaghetti.
After taking the picture, I realized just how much of his lunch he had on his clothes. Josh put the box on his head. He walked around like that for a while.
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