Oklahoma Adventures Week 33

March 16th - 23rd

Wow! We get two holidays on this post. Happy St. Patrick's Day and Happy Easter. We had to make sure that Logan had a little luck of the Irish on Monday so we got him a little green outfit.

We thought that Aunt Laura would appreciate the Froggy butt the most. :) St. Patrick's Day was also the day that Grandma and Grandpa Hadlock came to stay with us! We had a fun-filled week, so fun-filled that we forgot to take the camera basically everywhere we went. We went to the Cowboy Museum, the Bombing Memorial, a tour of Morgan's University and went to the best Steakhouse ever! (don't worry, we spread it out over the week and didn't try to do it all in one day). I don't think I can eat steak anywhere else after going to Cattleman's. Logan loved Grandpa's boots.

Now the other set of parents have been able to witness Morgan's handyman abilities firsthand, and they were both impressed at the great job he did with the kitchen. What a perfect week...almost.....speaking of houses, we got to experience another joy of home ownership. On Thursday of this past week, our plumbing decided to go out. :( Not quite exactly the funnest thing to have happen when company is there....or at all for that matter, but it really could have been a lot worse.

It started out as what we thought was just some slow drains and a little clog, so we put Drano to work...twice....nothing, except being able to flush the toilets a couple times. Then after that, things started going up, literally, through the tub and under the toilet. (I know, it sounds gross, but really it wasn't as bad as it could have been, it only filled the tub maybe an inch). So, we called the plumber and he comes over and they check things out and decided we have to go through the roof pipe to "snake" or clear the clogged pipe. We had to make an appointment for the next afternoon...well, that night, things started backing up again. I was just praying that we could get the plumber here sooner and lo and behold at 7:45am the next day, the plumber calls and says they are really backed up that afternoon and would like to come that morning. (The Lord must really love us) So Mr. tobacco-chewing plumber shows up and gives me the usual shpill that it might (*spit) not work, but we'd (*spit) still have to pay, but he'll do (*spit) his best sort of thing. (*spit) Yes, he really spit his chew out mid-sentence while talking to me...that was more disgusting than the fact that I had sewage coming back up in the tub.

Well, we had a little relief, but found out that the suuuuwuh pipe (sewer pipe) in the back yard needed to be replaced. He had found, branches, dirt, and other nastiness while he was trying to clean the clog, which meant that somewhere the pipe was already broken. He gave us an estimate of about $5,000. (What! are you kidding me!) We decided to look around for more bids and after calling about 10 different plumbers, no one would even come out to do the bid until Monday. (Pregnant women can't go that long without a toilet, it's a good thing we have nice empathetic neighbors). Finally on the last call, the plumber said he would be here in 30 minutes to give us a free estimate. His bid came in at almost half the price, and he was a lot nicer, I could actually understand what he was saying, and he wasn't chewing tobacco and spitting it on my roof.

We have it scheduled for replacement on Tuesday, but that doesn't fix the problem that Saturday it backed up again. So, we called the plumber and asked what we should do, he said he would try and push the job to Monday, but wasn't so optimistic. He said that if he came out, all they could do is dig a big hole, find the pipe, bust it open to the give some relief.....so we started digging and digging and digging and after about four feet of digging and removing about 1/3 of our deck we decided that even if we found the pipe, it wouldn't really do anything to break it open except make a mess, we still wouldn't be able to shower. It's a good thing we have relatives here who are nice enough to let us borrow their shower. :) And it really was a good thing we didn't find the pipe, we found out later, it would have been a HUGE mess!

So, all-in-all, it could have been a lot worse and things just worked out so that right now, Morgan and I are definitely counting our blessings! It was a good week because we had the Grandparents here, it was an eventful week with all that we did, and slightly stressful with all that happened. What a great way to celebrate our Spring Break! Now I'm just going to put lots of cute pictures of Logan :)
Logan grew out of a bundle of pajamas this week, so he got some new Spiderman pajamas.
And we had a fun time playing with hats.
Yes, we have fun with the Little Buddy.
This was The Buddy's Easter outfit that finally fits him. :)