Warming Up

Our first bid we got ended up being $3680, which at first I thought, "it's higher than what we want, but we are desperate for a furnace so okay." Well we have smart Moms and I have two awesome older brothers who said that seems a little high. My brothers got in touch with their HVAC friend and found out that that was definately too high and that their friend could do the equivalent (actually he got us a better furnace) all for the low price of $1900. Crazy huh? We figured the first company saw that we had a kid and were desperate for some heat so they thought they could take advantage of us. (On a side note the first company was way nice and their service seemed to be great, but they just couldn't compete with the price.) We are now proud owners of a new furnace and have heat in our house! YEAH!

A Cold Day

Last night our funrace made a weird noise and then a really bad electrical buring smell crept through out our house. We called the repairman and he recommended keeping the heat off and he could come look at it tomorrow morning. Colby and I were worried that Corbin would get cold, but luckily I remembered we have a space heater, We put in Corbin's room and he slept just fine. We were afraid that we might have to replace our furnace, because it looks way old and the efficency sticker on it says 80% and everything now a days is 90% and above. Well the technician came and had a look...and it looks like the circuit board is broken and needs a new one. Sigh of relief, that can't be too bad right? WRONG! It costs $500-600 to fix and that's if he doesn't have to special order the part. Plus, apparentlly we have the wrong size furnace. The furnace we currently have is for a 2400 sq. ft home and well if you have been to our humble abode you know that is more than twice the size of hour home, which is 950 sq. ft. The technician was astonished and was like how much are you paying for your heating bill. I didn't think it was that bad, but apparently it is, we usually pay around $80 in the winter months. The tech said well a place your size you really should only be paying around $40-50. So taking all of this into account the tech recommends we get a new furnace. I googled the price of a new furnace and I wanted to cry. Hopefully it won't be too much, but if anyone knows a good heating company to use let me know. Why is it that these things always happen at the worst possible time? I have to go know because me fingers are ice cold and can no longer type. Pray for warmer weather!

Riley's Carpet Cleaner

We have been in desperate need of a carpet cleaning, so finally this morning Riley's Carpet Cleaners came to clean our carpets. I didn't realize the effect this would have on Corbin. Corbin was so amazed at the carpet cleaner! He would follow him around and I tried to keep him out of the way, but Corbin was persistent. I finally had to put Corbin in his crib while the guy cleaned his room. Corbin jabbered to him and the carpet guy was really nice and talked to him too. Corbin got upset though when he was cleaning the family room because of course Corbin wanted to be right there. So I locked Corbin and I in our bedroom so the guy could finish. This made Corbin really sad and he cried and cried. I think that Corbin has a future in the carpet cleaning business! Colby called this on-the-job training.Ü (Oh and a shout out to Riley's Carpet Cleaners they did a great job!)

Like Father, Like Son

I always thought since Corbin spends so much time with Nisa and relatively little with me that he would only pick up on Nisa's habits around the house. Well here is proof that he is my son.

I took the pictures of Corbin this morning while he was eating his morning oatmeal. He loves the instant strawberry packets. He also loves the maple and brown sugar but we try to keep from feeding him this flavor because he will smell like maple for the rest of the day (just ask his grandmas).

The picture of me was taken by Nisa while I was studying Kidney Disease (No wonder I couldn't stay awake). Those of you who know Nisa may say that she is just as likely to be stealing a nap or two around the house. So stay tuned while I find other Corbin habits that resemble me.

Corbin gets a Haircut

Corbin finally had his first offical haircut. Not that his hair was too long or anything, but it was more of a haircut in hopes of cutting it it would help it grow. Corbin grows hair on his sides and back just fine, but as for the top well it struggles (much like someone else I know). My friend Jennifer cut his hair and she did a great job! Corbin was so good he didn't wiggle or cry. He sat so still and had the most serious look on his face the whole time. It was pretty funny. He is such a cute good little boy! I love him so much!

Toys, Trains and Vaccums

Here are some pictures of Christmas. I picked out the things Corbin loves the most toys, trains and vaccums. Corbin got a lot of fun toys for Christmas!

There was a holiday train set at Grandma Sherry's that Corbin immediately went to when he got to Grandma's and he would stay in there all night to play with it.

Corbin would cheer and clap when the train went by.

And finally the vaccum. He loves it and has to help me everytime I vaccum. I think Colby would rather it be a lawn mower, but until we actually own land I don't think Corbin will be too interested in a lawn mower. Corbin will even go in search of vaccums at other people's houses. He knows exactly where to find the vaccum at Grandma Juile's. So the next time Corbin comes to your house he can give you a free vaccum check!Ü

A Wii Christmas

We got a Wii for Christmas and that has been consuming all of our time, so until we save the world in Zelda we won't have any time to post.Ü We had a great Christmas and Corbin got tons of new toys, but the hit of Christmas was a brand new shiny red...vacuum! I don't get it either, he loves vacuums! He will go stand next to the closet that has our vacuum and whine till I get it out. I will post pics soon, but I have to go work out on our new Wii Fit! Feel the Burn! LOL!