Picking out colors

Today we went and picked out our house. We decided on everything. Brick, stucco, paint, carpet, tile, ect. It was hard to really picture how it will look once it is in a house. I think we made good choices. We had an appointment with Angie at Master's carpet. She walked us through everything. I am so glad we had someone to help us. There are way too many choices! Mark and I are not the best decision makers. I can't wait until they start building. July 1st is supposedly when they should be finished with our home. Let the count down begin.

Our new house!

So it is official, we are building a house. We are so excited. Yesterday we signed all the paperwork. Now we just need to wait for the bank to finalize the construction loan, and go pick out our colors!! We will have a building meeting with Tim (our realtor), Bob (the foreman), and us in two weeks. Then they will start building. They should have it completed by July 1st. HOORAY! We will be building here in West Haven. I'll start taking and posting pictures, as soon as there is something to take pictures of. :)

The simple joys

The weather has been so nice the last couple of days. We have been taking advantage of being outside. Claire and I spend most of our day hanging out in the front yard, well mostly the driveway Claire isn't too sure about the grass still. We got the bikes out last friday, fixed the flat tires and hook up the trailer. We then rode 6 miles. Claire loved riding in her trailer. We stopped at the playground. Where Claire chased the poptart wrapper around, loving every minute of it.

Yesterday we got out our kite and flew it. Claire thought it was fun until we made foxy go flying with the kite. She is over protective of Foxy. Then she cried until we got foxy down and wouldn't let us have him back.

Today we went to the doctor for her 15 month appointment. She is a big girl. 90% for head size and weight and 75% for height. The doctor said she didn't get her size from me. I guess it must be the Hansen genes. On the way home we stopped at the grocery store to pick up some stuff. I saw a box of side walk chalk for $1.25. I thought it sounded like fun. So I bought it. Claire and I then spent an hour outside drawing on the sidewalk. She thought it was the coolest thing ever! I love that baby girl.

Sick Baby

Well if you couldn't guess from the title, our Claire has been sick. It has been a rough week for her the poor girl. It all started last tuesday. At first she just had a runny nose, and I thought it was because she is teething. Then in the middle of the night she woke up coughing and wheezing. We took her to the doctor the next day where we learned she had croup and two ear infections. No wonder she didn't sleep. The doc gave her a breathing treatment and a shot to open her lungs and then prescribed some antibiotics. We were hopeful she would start to show some improvement. Then on Friday she developed a fever of 102. Finally on sunday the fever went away and she was showing signs of being her happy normal self. Well this morning she woke up covered in a rash. I had a feeling it was a reaction to the antibiotics, so I called the doctor. They told me she had to be seen. So I made the appointment and went in. I couldn't get in with my regular doctor. The Doc was 45 min behind. Then she looked at Claire for 5 minutes and said "she has a rash". Thanks Doc I already knew that. They told me to stop giving her the antibiotics and just watch for signs that the ear infection didn't get cleared up. Now maybe it is just me, but I don't think that is the best option. I know there are other types of antibiotics, wouldn't it make more sense to prescribe another one. I feel like it was just a waste of a trip to the doctor. I know it is better to be safe than sorry, but come on. Thats why I called and talked to someone first. I just hope this is the end of the illnesses for a while. I have to take Claire back to the Doctor in a couple weeks for her 15 month appointment. Then I hope we don't have to see that place again for 3 more months. *fingers crossed*

On the house situation, we heard back about the home in clinton. We didn't get it. Apparently when the bank saw that there was interest in the house they decided to ask for more. So they came back and asked for $20,000 more than they had it listed for. I don't believe anyone is just going to be willing to pay an extra $20,000. I'm not sure what they were thinking. We are still waiting to hear on the house in West Haven. I am hoping the same thing doesn't happen with this home. I know there are 3 other offers in on it besides ours. I could see the bank deciding to raise the price, lets hope they don't. We are going to go out and look at some more homes this week. Hopefully we will find some we could see ourselves living in. I figure the more offers we have out the better the chance of getting one. It seems like with so many homes on the market we should be able to find one with no problems. Maybe I am being too picky. But I really want to get a home we will love. Not just buy one to buy one, you know what I mean? Hopefully we will find one and be moved in before Lynn and Faith come home in June. Wish us luck.