Last Thursday I got a call in the afternoon from the Young Women's president in our ward asking if I could come to mutual (youth group) that night and be a driver for the Road Rally they were doing. It was happening during the time when Denali usually goes to bed so I told her I wasn't sure Adam would be down with that. So she asked for Adam's number and told me she'd convince him, and of course she did! She's very persuasive. By the time 7pm rolled around I wasn't so sure I wanted to go...I was tired and running around with a bunch of screaming teenagers wasn't exactly appealing at the moment. But, never to let someone down, I headed over to the church.
After a quick explanation of the rules (and finding out my car was too small and ending up riding with Lissa instead) we were off with 6 girls in the car to follow our clues to the houses we needed to go to. We had to get a picture with at least one person from each house we went to, and we had to use the least amount of mileage possible. Also, everyone had to be in the picture, including drivers. We parked pretty far away from places and ran and used the timer on my camera to get the pics. It was a fun time, but we didn't end up winning because we didn't think to use our trip odometer and just used the regular odometer on the car and therefore didn't have a super accurate mileage count. It was a big bummer. I still think we should have won because we were the only group to actually have all the people in our pictures. Oh well!
Well, one of the clues took us to the Prince's house. Well I visit teach Ellie, and her husband Matt does all sorts of construction and even installs fireplaces. Well as we're talking to Ellie before we leave she mentions that Matt is over at my house installing my stove right then. I had no idea! And Lissa starts freaking out like "Oh no! She didn't know! It was a surprise!!" Poor Ellie! I told everyone to forget about it and that I would just pretend to be surprised when I got home. Haha! I knew that wouldn't work though. Lissa and I ended up telling people when we got back to the church. However, I suspected something was up before I left to help with the road rally because that morning I'd noticed that the mirror in front of the fireplace had been moved and when I asked Adam why he'd moved it he said he was just checking stuff out and was kind of noncommittal. I didn't push because it seemed like he was trying to do something.
So when I got home (a little before 9pm) Denali was still up and Matt was still installing our stove. What is usually a quick job, turned into a much larger job. Of course! That's just how this house is! He ran in to some issues, and officially awarded us the dirtiest fireplace/chimney he'd seen. yay! haha We'd never used it (it was totally unsafe) so at least we know the dirt wasn't from us. Around 10 or 10:30pm he called it a night and told us he'd come back the next day to finish it.
Friday evening Dad watched Denali while Adam and I went with some friends to see New Moon, which was fantastic! We had tons of fun! We got home around 10pm and I was surprised that Denali was still awake. Dad had just tried to put her down again and she was screaming bloody murder. It was really strange. We talked for a bit and Blake and Dad went home. Matt was still working on the stove. I went and ended up nursing Denali to sleep (which I don't usually do because I don't want that to be the habit) because she was so distraught. Matt left sometime between 10:30-11 and our stove was all installed, YAY!! All Adam had left to do was put the bricks in the box and put the door on.
Of course the bricks are all different sizes and they only fit in there one way but it's kind of complicated to figure out. In his sleepy stupor at 11pm it just wasn't working so we got ready for bed and hit the sack. About 20-30 min after we fell asleep Denali wakes up screaming her head off. What the heck?! This was SO strange! She'd only been asleep for 1.5 hours and she never wakes up screaming. Adam was trying to console her first, then I went and tried to console her, then nursed her, then tried to console her again, then Adam took over and got her quiet and asleep in his arms but ever time he tried to lay her down...screaming ensued! Finally we gave up. We got up, turned on the lights and went to the living room.
Adam was able to finish putting together the wood stove while Denali and I played. He got a roaring fire going and we started to watch the Little Mermaid. When she finally seemed happy and tired again I went and nursed her
again and she actually went to sleep this time. You know...around 3am. BLAH! And she didn't really sleep in at all!
I had called the doctor earlier that day because she had been spitting up phlegm and I mentioned that she was more "needy" and the nurse told me if it got any worse to come in. We decided screaming all night was "worse" and called and saw the doctor in the morning. Turns out she has an ear infection and laying down makes it hurt worse! (Oh and we found out she now weighs 14lbs 8oz) She's now on amoxacilin and we're hoping it works!
Saturday night was rough too, Sunday night was better, and then last night was rough too. Nothing like Friday night though! I'm so glad it was on the weekend though and Adam was able to help! The amoxacilin has totally messed with her bowels and given her acid poo and her buns look like they are on fire! Now we're on a special care regimen for her buns too! We're supposed to use all sorts of creams, not use wipes (wash cloths instead), and give her buns as much oxygen as possible...meaning she gets naked time!
However, we are finally warm in our house! It is nice and toasty in here! Adam even got it up to 92 degrees in here on Friday night, just to see how hot he could get it. We are LOVING it! Feel free to come over and warm up anytime!! :)
P.S. I need to note that Adam and Matt carried the stove in, just the two of them. And it weighs around 450lbs!!
