Getting somewhere with the car maybe?

I think we're slowly moving in the right direction at least....very slowly. The adjuster person came last week and said it was totaled.....like we hadn't already established that but whatever. Now there are green arrows all over the car. haha. We gave the insurance a couple days to call and we didn't hear anything so we called and they said they were still looking up the value. It took me about an hour to look of trade in and replacement value and I had no clue what I was doing so I don't know what their problem is. Of course the moldy volvo broke again so Esteban was stuck at home yesterday again. Since he finally got to talk to someone at the insurance instead of leave a message he asked about transportation and told them he had already missed a few days of work so they sent over a rental. A Chevy Malibu. Esteban loves it. They were supossed to call us yesterday but didn't so maybe today?

Fun in the sun!

Friday we went with Chelsea, Sara, and Ana to Martha Lake. The kids played on the playground and then we walked to the lake beach so they could play in the water. Nathaniel loved it and went all the way to his knees and splashed around. I was amazed! He would have gone in further but I stopped him. Maybe we'll try swim lessons this summer.

Saturday we decided to go to Meadowdale Park. We had gone when I was about 7 months pregnant but didn't make it all the way down the hike. It's a 1 mile each way hike through the woods to the beach. It's super steep but totally worth it! It's so pretty! We made it all the way this time! Nathaniel insisted on walking by himself the whole way down! During the steep parts, he was slipping every 5 steps but refused to hold anybodys hand or be carried! He just kept saying "oops, no hold hand!" I can't believed he walked that far! He looked like such a tourist too! He wore his hat and backpack.:) I of course got eaten alive by mosquitos but I don't think they got either of the boys! Nathaniel loved playing in the water at the beach! There was kind of a creek going up from the water so it was barely covering his feet...perfect! We had packed a lunch so we ate at the picnic tables before heading back. Both boys slept the whole hike back which is very uphill. Lucky Esteban got to carry Nathaniel.:)

Today we went with grandma to another park that had a big dragon the sprays water. Of course Nathaniel was loving that! We'll definantly have to go back there! He is loving water so much lately! We got him a little blow up pool today so we'll be setting that up later. I'm sure he'll never come inside now! He's even started taking baths by himself now! He has to have his bubbles though!

And it just gets better.....

Still no call from the stupid insurance! Last night the moldy volvo died on the way home, Esteban got it jumped and made it here. This morning it died again....jumped twice but it won't hold anything so we called AAA to have it towed. Of course the tow truck company that was in the area was the one that totalled our last car and I didn't think it was wise to use them again so he has to wait longer while they find another company! Oh and his cell phone died so he had to ask a random guy to charge it. At least he's at Jack in the Box and can have breakfast! Haha

still waiting on the car....

We were told the insurance people would call us on Monday....today is Tuesday and still no call yet. The AAA guy said they would probably call today. I sure hope they do because I have plans tomorrow! Haha. They better not try to only give us Kelly Blue Book value either...because that is like half of what they are actually selling for! So, they have 4 hours left to call me today.....stupid insurance people. And of course we can't stop paying insurance on our car until they get this all figured out!

Sammys middle name

Sammy was Samuel Ethan but then we got the social security card and they had spelled it Athan. We were going to change it but Esteban looked it up online and Athan is greek for immortal and that's pretty cool so I think we're going to keep his middle name as Athan. It's unique and it makes a great story! Too bad we didn't find all this out before we sent out birth announcements! haha

It's fathers day today and we're having a barbque! Oh yes, Esteban got a Weber last night! He's very excited and had to set it up at 11:00 at night! I just can't wait for good food today! I want shiskebobs!:)

car update

As if our bills weren't overwhelming enough.......

The morning update-
well the AAA guy and the owner to the tow truck company came and looked at it, now we have to get it towed to 3 places for estimates. One tow guy is here now but he said if he puts it on his truck, it will rip the bumper off. cool.... so they're trying to figure it out so we can get this going. We borrowed my sisters car because she won't drive it...it doesn't work well and it's moldy inside but it will get Esteban to his job to pick up his paycheck....if we ever get the car figured out! lol I guess they are calling the company that towed us to begin with to tell them they have to pay for the tow because AAA won't pay since it was the other peoples fault. Grrr... Hopefully they'll give us a rental car so Esteban can go to work on Monday! I'm so confused right now...lol

oh and the entire contents of our trunk....and it was A LOT...it sitting in the middle of our living room! But on the plus side, Nathaniels tunnel was in the trunk and he isn't afraid of it anymore! yay!

oh I just talked to the AAA guy and they're expecting them to say it's totalled since the frame was bent. Yay for a new car...not so yay for car payments. lol

Alright here's the update for the afternoon-
Nobody could tow us due to the damage so they are just declaring it as totaled and the insurance will be out on Monday to take it away and figure out how much we get and whatever. I don't know how to use kelly blue book to figure out the value but I'm not expecting much which sucks. I happy to be rid of this car but I wish I had time to shop around and not feel like I had to grab the first peice of crap we can afford. They'll pay for a rental at least for Monday so he can go to work and then we'll go from there. I want a minivan so bad so we have more room but they are all expensive! Actually I really want my subaru tribeca but I don't have 30,000 laying around! lol Even a Honda Element would be cool...although not more seating room And now everything that was in our car is covering our livingroom...and you can only imagine how not easy it is to keep Nathaniel from throwing everything everywhere!!! Poor Nathaniel has been wearing swim diapers all day since we ran out and had no way to get to the store! Although he does like having Nemo all over his diaper. haha I guess that's all until Monday! I really want Taco Bell right now.

Stupid car.

So yesterday as Esteban was trying to come home from work, the car kept overheating. He finally pulled over on the side of the freeway and we called AAA. The tow truck towed him home and as he was backing the car into our spot (still on the truck) our trailer hitch hit the curb and now the bumper is bent down, there is a dent in the side of the car, under the car is bent up and the trunk won't close or even line up. Why???? Now he's at home with no way to get to work so now not only can we not drive the car but we have to lose a day of pay! I hope that the damage is more than the car is worth and we can get a new car!

Sammys one month dr visit

Well he's definantly ok in the weight gain! He is now 10 pounds 5 ounces! And 21 inches long. That's 50th percentile for both! He got his second HEP shot and did great! He screamed only when the shot was in his leg and stopped as soon as the dr was done. He said to watch the throwing up in the next 2 weeks and if it gets worse and he's doing it at every feeding then he'll have him get an xray to see if it's a stomach muscle tightening in which case he'll need surgery (but he said it's a minor procedure). But he said this was pretty uncommon so he thinks he's just swallowing too much air. Other that that it was an uneventful visit! Just what I like!:)

Another productive weekend!

Ok maybe not another....weekends usually aren't productive but this one was! I made 5 new scrapbook pages, we redid the website so I can upload pictures whenever I want and I uploaded all the scrapbook pages and 4 months of pictures! I was so excited! I'm a dork I know but I was so happy to be adding all the adorable pictures! Now we're just redoing the design so it looks better.

I was holding Sammy yesterday and he pooped and it shot straight out of his diaper onto my pants. Nathaniel ran over with a concerned look and said "uh oh mommy pooped!" Thanks. haha He was walking around eating an onion like an apple! Gross! Of course I took pictures and made a scrapbook page....and it's already on the website! Yay!

Sammy has a drs apt tomorrow for another shot. Poor baby. He started spitting up massive amounts almost every day again but he's getting chunky so I think he's just being a piggy and eating too much.:)

Ok, I'm off to add more pictures! This will never get old....

A long overdue update

Ok so I'm slacking in the updating department. Sorry. Sammy seems to be getting his massive milk spewing problem under control. It only happens once every 4 days now which is so much better! I think his weight will be fine at his appointment next week. Yay! It's been a week since his circumsicion and it's healed nicely. This experience was so much better than Nathaniels! Nathaniel SCREAMED the whole time. I know they say that they don't really feel it but I still hated not having him numbed! I was so happy when they told me Sammy would be numbed and get sugar water! I even stayed in the room this time! He gave a little scream when the cave him the numbing stuff but after that, he only whined when he would run out of sugar water....he loved that stuff! I'm definantly going to do it this way from now on...if we have more boys.:) I'm tired of Sammy wearing the same outfits so I'm hoping he grows a tiny bit...just enough to move out of the preemie sizes and into 0-3 month! Although...I do love his preemie outfits....such a dillema! Nathaniel begs to hold him everyday at least 10 times! He's such a good big brother! He kisses him goodnight everynight, tells me when he poops ("mom sammy pooped!") and when he cries he tries to get him to suck on his finger and if that doesn't work he tells me "Sammy eat". Yesterday he asked to hold him so I gave him Sammy, and he said "picture" so I took a picture.:) He knows a kodak moment when it's there! Such a smart big brother! His new love is Dora the Explorer which he is now watching very intently. He's even started singing the map song (I'm the map!) and he says "hola dora" and *tries* to say fantastico! but it comes out like "tan ee vo!" Close....:) I can't believe Nathaniel will be 2 in a month! I guess I should start shopping for his presents! We're doing pretty good at adding current pictures to the website now so hopefully I can stop putting them up here!