January has had a few surprises for us, some good and some not so good. Jason enjoyed a few days off at the beginning of the year for the New Years holiday. He was able to relax a little more and play some games with us. Jason also had a friend from work, Mark, and his family over for dinner that weekend and we had a fun time talking and getting to know them better.
At the beginning of the month we received our second water bill since moving in which confirmed a fear/suspicion that we had a water leak somewhere. Our water bills have been really high and our sump pump has been running constantly. We called a plumbing company to come locate the leak. They ended up digging down to the other side of the foundation where the water line enters our house and replaced that section of pipe. They said it was likely caused by the foundation settling and bending the existing pipe. It was expensive and unfortunate to have happened so soon after moving in, but fortunately it didn't cause any interior flooding. It's fixed now and we hope we won't have any more plumping problems!
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| Ethan liked watching the digger pull out our bush and dig about 4 ft into the ground |
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| If you look closely, you can even see the worker down in the hole |
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| Here's the new water valve on the inside of the house |
Ethan spent a lot of time playing with his new Lego sets from Christmas. It's been fun watching him develop new ideas for his building creations. He was really excited when he learned how to connect the different car bases together.
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| Yes, I know his eyes are closed, but I didn't have any better ones :) |
Jason won a drawing for free tickets to the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. We had really great seats and listened to a symphony from Brahms that was pretty amazing. It was a fun date night.
We set up a twin bed for Ethan in a "new" room so we could get the nursery ready for the baby. He was thrilled with his "new" bed, although it threw his sleeping schedule and nap schedule off for a week. I'm glad he's settled back into a routine that usually still includes an afternoon nap.
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| Ethan with his "best friend" Silly Monkey on his new bed |
This month I also celebrated another birthday! I've been so involved with baby preparations that I didn't really think about it much. A friend/Relief Society President in our church, Emily McCombs, was kind enough to head up a fun baby shower. It happened to be on my birthday so I spent the evening with friends opening up adorable gifts. People were so kind and generous and I had a great time! Jason and I also went out to dinner the next night to celebrate and watched a movie together.
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| Birthday present time! Ethan was more excited than I was and kept asking to open the presents all day. He kept calling it my "party day" |
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| Gifts from the baby shower. I am 35 weeks pregnant. |
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| Another picture of all the cute clothes, gifts, and diapers I received from the baby shower. |
