Carpet!!
by Chris Stone on Aug.23, 2012, under Renovations, Uncategorized
Today we finally had carpet installed upstairs in the master bedroom and the nursery. It seems like forever since we started working upstairs, probabaly because it has. (continue reading…)
Weekend with the Boy
by Chris Stone on Aug.19, 2012, under Anthony, Family
Even though it had been my weekend with the least planed it’s still been a busy one. Yesterday the family came over, including Jamie, John and 2 kids as well as my parents stopped by also. We were able to get the sub-floor laid in the bathroom upstairs, I would have liked to do a lot more however my allergies were acting up something fierce. Today has been much better in that regard. Today after doing a few things around the house and letting Heather sleep in as much as she could I took the little man out for a cruse. We went to Starbucks, and out to my old job at Lakeside to show him off a bit. He was very well-behaved and as always was the star of the show. 
It was nice to take the guy for a ride with just daddy.
I had thought about what it would be like when the time came to take him out just the two of us and was not sure if the experience would be a good one or just a pain. It was defiantly a good one, he loves to ride in the car and just sleeps most of the time. I know I should’nt wish him to grow up but I cant wait for when he is old enough to walk and talk and we have our Father/Son chats in the car and activities together and all that stuff. Its going to be a blast.
 |
| From 2012-08-11-Random Anthony |
 |
| From 2012-08-11-Random Anthony |
 |
| From 2012-08-11-Random Anthony |
 |
| From 2012-08-11-Random Anthony |
Almost 2 Weeks Old
by Chris Stone on Aug.17, 2012, under Uncategorized
Tomorrow Anthony will be 2 weeks old. Its been an adventure and a half. Although I have not had to get up at night a whole lot, he has still taken up a lot of my time and I wouldn’t trade it for anything. For the most part he is a great baby, recently he has started crying more but nothing like what people had warned us about and never for the hours on end people say. In the last few days he has developed thrush, Heather noticed it the other day and we were able to catch it early. He is already on meds for it and should be better in a week or so.
I am very happy for my awesome wife who has gotten up with him at night during the week. I have only had to get up a handful of times, she has been great letting me sleep more at night so I can function at work Not sure how anyone in the world does this being single, not a clue. I have been doing my best to give her some break when I get home and on the weekends.
On another note, we still have not gotten our bathroom put together as I had hoped but Jamie and John are coming over tomorrow to visit and John is going to give us a hand putting the tub and sub-floor in. We have rugs coming next week and can’t afford to postpone them again. With any luck by the end of the week we will have enough cleaned up so we will be in a good spot for the rugs. Words can’t describe how much I want the upstairs to be done so we can start moving stuff up there and have a separate room for him, not to sound like I want him to move out lol but to have his own room and so we are not as cramped in the house.
I put a few pics below, I am sure I will post more soon
 |
| From 2012-08-12-Midge’s 50th Party |
 |
| From 2012-08-04-Anthony’s Birth |
 |
| From 2012-08-04-Anthony’s Birth |
 |
| From 2012-08-04-Anthony’s Birth |
Anthony Christopher Stone
by Chris Stone on Aug.04, 2012, under Uncategorized
It’s been an exhausting 24hrs since we arrived at the hospital yesterday. After arriving and getting settled, the doctor wanted to start induction but did not want to jump right to drugs. They used a balloon thing to dilate Heather and get her closer. The balloon stayed in untill about 3:45 at which time she was dilated to a 5(ish). After giving the baby a little rest, we started on the drugs to induce contractions and ideally get a rhythm going which would lead to more dilating and stronger contractions. However, after another 8hrs or so, around 11-12 at night we had only dialed another 2cms. At this point the doctor had concerns about swelling on both the cervix and baby’s head due to the pressure from contractions on a cervix that stop dilating. We were told that we could wait a few more hours to see if she would dilate or have a c-section which is what she strongly recommend. We talked briefly and agreed that it was the best thing to do for the baby. Within 30min we were rolling into the OR to get him out.
They allowed one person inside the operating room with Heather and I was told to stay behind the sheet that separated Heather’s head and arms from where they were operating. I was able to see just as Anthony was pulled out and was able to stand with him while they cleaned him up, got tags on him, and did all the new baby stuff. Soon after I was able to bring him over to mom so she could see him for the first time. (Mom disagrees on the “soon” part of this statement…)
It was a long day and night and was a bit scary for a while, you read about having c-sections and it always seems like a last resort or something to worry about. After going through it, I was worried but everything worked out as well as anyone could have hoped. The doctor we had was one of the best around. She was able to stitch Heather up cleanly and it looks like it will heal very nicely. All in all, it was crazy but went smooth at the same time, if that makes sence.
Inducing
by Chris Stone on Aug.03, 2012, under Uncategorized
Tuesday we went in for an appointment for Anthony and after talking about being overdue we decided to schedule an induction for Friday morning at 7am. 
(continue reading…)
New pics
by Chris Stone on Jul.31, 2012, under Uncategorized
I promised updated pics of the upstairs and here some of them are. The links will go to the album with a few more. I had said before the bedroom and nursery are both painted. The bedroom needs some touch-ups which should be done tomorrow afternoon. (continue reading…)
Blog Under Constuction
by Chris Stone on Jul.30, 2012, under Uncategorized
Well I am trying to make an effort to work on this blog and start posting more, to that end I decided it was time to do some site maintenance. Over the next few days I am going to be changing things around. I want to get a nice link section also so if anyone has any good suggestion for links, wether it be friends/family blogs or just neat sites I will accept any suggestion
Slacking
by Chris Stone on Jul.28, 2012, under Family, Life, Renovations
Well I say this almost every time I post, but I have obviously been slacking on posting here and its not because of a lack of content. There has been so much going on and I would have tons to post about if I could just take the time and sit down and actually post. We have done so much upstairs since the last post. I have some pics of some of the progress and these pics are old and not current. I will try and post some more recient ones in a few days. Currently upstairs the sheetrock is 99% done, the nursery room is painted and done with the exception of some molding and the carpet which is on order and should have in about a week and a half. The master bedroom is painted and ready for molding, carpet is ordered also. The last major project is the bathroom which is almost all mudded. It still needs to be painted and have the tub, vanity, toilet, and tile installed along with molding and final stuff which we have most of it already.
On another note Heather was due Thursday the 26th, we are now 2 days overdue. Everything is going good so far, we decided to drive down to Lewiston today to see the in-laws in hopes of being closer to the hospital might persuade little Anthony to some out and play. its crazy there is so much I could write about right now. I will try and save some for the next post in hopes it will help me write another post.
 |
| From 2012-05-17-Upstaris |
 |
| From 2012-05-17-Upstaris |
 |
| From 2012-05-17-Upstaris |
Upstairs Moving Along
by Chris Stone on Feb.05, 2012, under Uncategorized
I just wanted to put a short post out here with some new pics of how the upstairs is progressing. We have taken all the plaster out except for the bathroom. Most of the lattes are down, and gotten rid of most of the old lattes and plaster. I will probally be starting the bathroom demo within a week. and hopefully be ready to sheetrock by march 1st.
 |
| From 2012-05-05-Upstairs |
 |
| From 2012-05-05-Upstairs |
 |
| From 2012-05-05-Upstairs |
NEWS!!
by Chris Stone on Jan.27, 2012, under Uncategorized
I would like to start by saying that for anyone who may not have heard the big news for the year is that Heather and I are going to be parents. The due date is July 26, 2012 this should make for an interesting year. Most everyone should have already been told by now but just incace…now you know
For news reguarding the house, we have been working fairly quickly on remolding the upstairs and have since demoed 3 rooms and most of the hallway. We have also installed 3 windows and have bought the rest. Just waiting on a few more warmer days to install some more.
 |
| From 2011-01-02-16-Working Upstairs |
 |
| From 2011-01-02-16-Working Upstairs |
 |
| From 2011-01-02-16-Working Upstairs |
B I am hoping whitin 4-6 weeks to be able to start sheetrocking upstairs and eventually the rooms will become the master bedroom and the nursery. I will post pics of the new windows soon. Maybe having a baby will give me more of a reason to keep this updated
.
