Isaiah 7.17 : Updates, etc.

..is no fun of course which is why yesterday we bought Isaiah a playground/swing set for the backyard. We pooled up all of his birthday money, saved and scrimped ourselves this whole summer and got a great deal this weekend on a nice wood playset for Isaiah. It won't be delivered until Friday but we're excited. It's got a little tower with operable windows, a slide, rock climbing wall, telescope, steering wheel, a trapeze like swing and a couple of standard swings. The best thing of all is that its got a wooden roof. We learned very quickly with our canvas roofed gazebo/cabana that very few fabrics can handle the pine cone grenades that fall 40-50 feet from our pine trees, not to mention any branches that might fall. In development news Isaiah is starting to talk more and more. Still its just word approximations, but its getting better. 'Cheese' & 'Shoes' are still the clearest, but he's getting there with other words. He can approximate m...

Wohoo the roof has been fixed, and for the whopping sum of $25! The guys that came out first for an estimate said it was a nail that had backed its way out and punctured the two layers of shingles and patched it up lickety split. That's great! Now all I have to do it fix the water damaged ceiling and insulation. Of course since something went well, something 'bad' had to happen too. We were outside playing, enjoying the nice spring weather that Georgia offers and I notice a bunch of flying termites coming out of the ground by the carport. I guess we should've had termite protection all these years after all. Yet again one of those things that drops by the wayside worrying about insurance and surgeries. It should easily be fixed / controlled, just a pain, and more money out of our pockets, but that's the joy of being a homeowner! Oh and did I mention the dishwasher is on the fritz again? Anyways on to the real reason most people read this, Isaiah! He's ...