He was not sleeping well one night last week, and was frustrating the heck out of us for that very reason - just real whiny and cranky. Well, turns out when we turn the lights on in the morning, the poor kid is swollen on the left side of his jaw line fairly severely. Didn't we feel like a par of jackasses for getting mad at the kid for not sleeping??
Bridget runs him over to the ER in Downers Grove and, to make a long story short, ends up being some sort of bacterial infection in his salivary gland. I guess it is not that uncommon. Freaked us out, but a couple days of antibiotics cleared it up. Go figure...
A random pick of Connor on his "sick day" with Dad at Menards (wasnt very sick)...
Just for Aunt Carolyn - Connor his "preppy" shirt
We finally got into the inspiration house of ours in Downers Grove - they had an open house - so we went for a visit. Kind of feel lame touring a $1.65 million dollar house with absolutely no means to buy it - but usually if I mention I own land in Naperville and am building - that perks up most any realtor/builder and gets the conversation flowing.We are basically ripping off (er, um, borrowing) the ideas used here for color (we have painstakingly matched color swatches to the siding and talked to residents of a similar color house (actually, I got caught putting a sample up to their house when they pulled in the driveway - they were nice couple our age and divulged the exact color and brand). This is also how are windows will likely look - its called a 3w1h pattern, with black or dark brown cladding. We will also have the copper over hang over the 2nd floor window, will likley have those style lights over the garage, and our trim will likley be cream as well. Overall all, in our opinion - a very classic, historical looking arts/crafts house.
Now, granted I am not working with a 1.6 million budget (or anything in that galaxy) - but I think we can mimic this appearance for much much much less...
Ahh....only 4 short years ago the other week on the beaches of Playa del Carmen ...it feels like this was 20 years ago given all that has happened since (2 kids, real estate ventures, etc). Happy Anniversary....
