Looking for Love in all the Right Places!

You just can't love a baby too much, that's for sure. We have been visiting every day, trying not to make a nuisance of ourselves. Tom is back working and since he works at home, we don't want to distract him from that. Yesterday Jocelyn took Ronan to the doctor. We were outside and missed the phone call asking if we could take her and the baby. By the time we knew they were going, they were gone. Ronan has developed a bright red rash and Jocelyn took him to have it looked at. The doctor said it was the "new baby" rash that most newborns get and they just checked to make sure he didn't have a temperature, which he didn't. It doesn't seem to bother him so that is good. It is mainly on his arms, but the doctor said it will likely spread before it goes away. He is steadily gaining weight. . . he had gained 8 ounces from Friday to Tuesday, so she was happy with that.

When they got back, we arrived and I got to babysit while Terry took Jocelyn out to run some errands. They were gone over an hour, so I got some quality time with Ronan. He is so cute. Still mainly sleeps, but has some periods of time after he eats, usually, where he just likes to look around. He has blue eyes and dark hair and usually only fusses when he needs changing or if he's hungry. I get to babysit again today. Jocelyn is anemic and she was not able to have any iron infusions while she was pregnant and she is going today for the first of two. I'm glad we can help her out with this as Tom is working and I wouldn't want her to have to take the baby with her. It can take anywhere from 1-3 hours. Terry is going to drop her off and go get her when she is done.

Yesterday the contractors finished with the work at the house from the tree falling. The fence is fixed, the roof is done and beautiful, the new guttering is up, the cracked wallboard inside is patched, and the paint touch-up is finished. I thought they did a very nice job with everything. I know the kids would have preferred not having to do the roof in the middle of baby time, but it worked out well really; and if you are gonna' have a tree fall on your house, best let the insurance take care of it. They were fortunate that it didn't do more damage to the house, but enough to the roof that the insurance company replaced the entire thing. Here are before/after shots. The first one shows the tree laying across the back of the house.

I still haven't had any luck finding any property around here. I see plenty for sale and several parcels we would be interested in, but I guess realtors don't want any motorhomes around. They are throwing around words like "ordinances" and "zoning." Hmmmm. I think they assume I am going to start some sort of trailer city. There are a lot of "hunting" cabins which consist of travel trailers sitting in woods. . . . not sure what the difference would be.

I got up with the dogs this morning and let Terry sleep. He is upset that his satellite TV is pretty much gone now. When we arrived to the "wooded" campground, there were no leaves on the trees. Getting a signal was easy, but now that the trees are leafing out, his signal is gone and he cannot seem to get it back. Fortunately the Datastorm must be shooting through a couple branches up there as it is still working.

Till next time. . .

Dale