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Monday, May 14, 2007

The Great Mother's Day Flood

First, before we get to Mother's Day, let me just point out that there are ONLY 5 DAYS LEFT until Riley's big arrival!

Mother's Day was wonderful and unique.

Shelly surprised me with not one, but two, necklaces. Both from Re.d Enve.lope. One of our favorite sites.




I surprised her with a ring that has Riley's birthstone (Emerald).



We had a wonderful brunch on Sunday with her family. I spent time on Saturday with my Mom, Aunt and cousins.

It was a great weekend, until, the big Mother's Day Flood.

Sunday night, 5:30 pm, I go into the Kitchen, and the ENTIRE kitchen is flooded. There was water under the cupboards, stove, fridge, dishwasher, EVERY WHERE. our Washing Machine hose slipped out of it's drain and ran through an entire cycle spewing bleach water into our kitchen. Nice! We spent more than an hour soaking and mopping up water. Part of our Pergo floor in the kitchen is now coming up. And, the water ran through a hole under the fridge (where the water pipe connects to the fridge) and drained into the new sheet rock and insulation in the basement that is being finished. Neat! We're not sure yet if they're going to have to redo the work they just finished or not. I guess we'll find out today or tomorrow, whenever the contractor's decide to show up again. We haven't yet decided if we're turning in an insurance claim or not. We're waiting to see how bad the kitchen floor is once it's all dry.

So, after an hour of mopping and sopping, and over a dozen bath towels, we relaxed while watching the Utah J.azz win game four against Gold.en State. Yeah Jazz!!!

Hope everyone had a wonderful Mother's Day!

16 comments:

K J and the kids said...

LOVE LOVE LOVE the necklaces. How sweet are they. Good job Shell.
The ring is beautiful. You guys are so nice to each other.

Sorry about the flood !! What is that about?! I can't believe it ruined your floor.
I hope everything works out with the contractor and your insurance if you decide to go that route. :(

5 more days....5 more days...5 more days. (me dancing like an idiot)

amy said...

happy mother's day!!

Holly said...

Happy Mother's Day!
I tried to give Lois hints that I wanted that Mom/child necklace from Red Envelope and she completely missed it. That's ok, I'll get it for myself one of these days!!

5 days!!!!!!!! WA-HOOOOOOOOOOO

Merr said...

Happy Mother's Day to you guys. Looks like you had a great one! Way to start off motherhood with a bang!
We will be thinking of you this weekend! Yea, so exciting!!

Wendy and Karen said...

Beautiful Mother's Day presents!

You seem so calm about the flood. I would have been freaking out.

5 More Days! We're so excited for you!

Anonymous said...

Love the necklaces and ring as well! La and I both have the necklace with the mother holding the baby.. LOVE IT!
Sorry to hear about the flood, what a pain in the butt. Good luck with it all..
GO JAZZ!!!

Casey said...

Wow! Love the Mother's Day gifts - beautiful!!!

Sorry about the flood - that sucks.

Ky said...

Nice job on the gifts! I try to be sentimental - but it just doesn't come off as well as you do it!
Floods are a great way to get your floors clean! Just kidding. Once B left the laundry room sink on for about 5 hours. Yeah - there was a lot of swearing that day. I can't believe you are down to 5 days!!! My fingers and toes are crossed for everyone!

hotomiky said...

Love those necklaces... Beautiful!!!

Sorry about the flood... Hope it doesnt damage much...

5 more days! Whoo....

Happy Mothers' Day!

Stef said...

wow!! nice mothers day !!!

Sorry about the flood!!! I have had a flodd of soap from te dishwasher once.. but that only happened when I put the wrong kind of soap in it .. OOOPPSSS!!

My moms name is Jeani, or she may be going by Dolla Jean. She works both hospitals and is a NNP ( neo natal Nurse practitioner.

One think I ask of you, is to not tell her my blog address. If my moms starts reading my blog, I am going to have to start censoring my words!!!:)

Anonymous said...

I LOVE re.d envelope!! The necklaces are great! And the ring too. Flood, not so good. That is the last thing you need to deal with now!

5 more sleeps....

Casey said...

PS to my comment: I wanted to add that I think it is so cool that on the weekend I am going to bury my mother you two are welcoming a new life into the world. It actually gives me comfort and reminds me that life keeps going forward. I will think of you often and I know the thought of baby Riley being in the world will bring lots of smiles to my face.

Family Pride said...

Sorry to hear about the big flood - we'd like to list you on our blogroll (www.familypride.org/blog) - let me know if that's okay. david.jacques@familypride.org is my email :-)

Anonymous said...

FOUR days!!!!!!!!!!!!! FOUR DAYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Stacey said...

OMG can't believe that Riley is almost here!!! Can't wait!

What wonderful Mothers Day gifts!!!

Sorry about the kitchen. Wow, that really sucks. I hope things get sorted out with the insurance.

tifferny said...

ok that just fucking SUCKS about the kitchen flood. and bleach water to boot. hmm...not too sure bleach and wooden cabinetry go so well together... :)

i do, however, HEART the necklaces shelly got you (i loooove red envelope) and the beautiful ring you bought shelly. :)

Our Conception Story

After eight years together we were pretty sure we'd spend our life with our four legged kids, doing lots of camping, and traveling the world. On August 12, 2004 that all changed with the birth of our God Daughter Tate. We immediately fell completely in love with her and soon began to re-think our decision of not having kids.

In October 2005 we began the process of trying to conceive. As soon as we started trying Shelly began having very erratic cycles which made the process that more complicated. After four tries over six months we decided to schedule a consultation with the a Reproductive Specialist. We were desperate to conceive and on a limited time frame since Shelly had just turned 41. Dee was 35 at the time but not able to conceive due to a medical procedure.

Our first appointment with the Repro Man was May 2006. He suggested we try IVF using Dee's eggs and Shelly as the gestational mother. He felt this scenario would give us the highest chance for success of a healthy pregnancy. We spent a short amount of time weighing our options and decided this was the best choice. We began our first IVF cycle in August. They did the Egg Retrieval and Fertilization on 8/31. Three days later, 9/3, they transferred three embryos into Shelly. Then the wait began.

Shelly promised not to begin the home pregnancy test too soon. Dee had to travel out of state for business a week after the transfer and asked Shelly to please wait to test. BUT, the wait was too much for her and she started testing after a week. At first there was no line. But after a couple of days testing a faint line started to appear. When Dee came home from her trip Shelly told her, "I know I'm pregnant." Dee didn't believe her and insisted the line wasn't dark enough so she tested herself to compare. There was absolutely no line. She began to believe Shelly was pregnant but still had doubt. Dee went to the store and bought another brand of testing strips. After five home tests, we were convinced we we're pregnant due to all positive results. A blood test at two weeks confirmed it; we were going to have a baby!