Zufco Remodeling Agency

We're remodeling our kitchen. This weekend (Oct 20) we took down our kitchen cabinets and ripped out the soffit above them. By 'we' I mean Brian did all the actual work. Ben walked around on the counter top and swept up the sheet rock mess. Maddie napped and I did a service project at the church. I sure was exhausted by all Brian's hard work though. The cabinets should arrive in 2 weeks, so the plumbing needs to be moved by then and ideally the sheet rock fixed up. Everyone cross your fingers that we have a functioning kitchen when you arrive in December...

Passing Out

This morning Ben had to go to the bathroom about 6:45 am. Brian had taken his parents to the airport at 5 am, so he was long gone. I got up to turn on the light for Ben. I don't remember turning on the light. I just remember shaking on the ground and not knowing where I was. Ben had finished on the toilet and was washing his hands. I had completely passed out. I hit my head on the baby gate metal clasp. I had a goose egg the size of a grapefruit and was in extreme pain. I sent Ben to bed and crawled to the phone and called Brian in tears and had him come home. I was scared to lift Maddie or walk around. I definately have whiplash because I can't move my head without a lot of pain. So, I'm being babysat today and Brian is working from home.

Announcing Baby Zufelt #2

We are pleased to announce that Madison Mae Zufelt made her arrival into this world yesterday, September 15, 2006, at 7:09 p.m.  She weighed in at 6 lbs 10 oz. (2995 grams) and measured 20 ¼ inches long. 

Both Angie and Madison are doing well.  They will both spend the next few days at the Inova Fairfax Hospital in Falls Church, VA.  If you would like to congratulate Angie, she can be reached by calling her room directly at 703-776-4738 or by calling the hospital's general number at 703-776-4001.

Verdict Is In

Kristie's response about my beloved t-shirt and a few other things. I got it Christmas 1988 (in fourth grade) and I was still wearing it in 2006. Yikes. Jason and Kristie were appauled. "Well I talked to J to counsel me on what to do with the sweat shirt. We came to the conclusion I should either cut up the sweat shirt and mail it to you or just cut one piece out and mail it to you so you can sleep with it. Do you have an opinion? "It was good to talk to you, I hope your week goes well even though Brian isn't around. Good luck with talking Ben to point down when he pees. Ooh the exciting things I have to look forward to. Well I just thought I would let you know the future of the sweat shirt. Just kidding I will mail it to you. I just think it is great you love my creation. "Talk to ya later,Kristie"

Planning the Move to Virginia

We're a go for next Friday. We are sad it will be our last playgroup. We finally have our moving package and are quickly making plans. They called yesterday and we already have plane tickets to go look for apartments on Monday and we will actually move sometime between May 5 and 11. Please keep Dorothy and Trey in your prayers again. He is having open heart surgery next week (Wed or Fri). He was born with a leaking valve but they were going to let him make it to 2 yrs old before they worked on him because of the drugs messing up his growth. So, when he went in for a minor ear infection on Monday the doctor noticed his murmur was severely worsened. Dorothy says you can just lay your head on his chest and hear it with your plain ear. Scary. Anyway, they sent him immediately to the cardiologist and found that one more valve has completely collapsed. He's a fighter though. He'll pull through yet again. Hopefully I'll have an update at playgroup next week if the surgery is on Wed.

Good Timing

We had Ben's 9 month wellness check-up yesterday morning. We had a regular morning and I put him in the car to go to the pediatrician's office. As I pulled into the parking lot, he vomited all over the car seat and the car and himself. I wiped him down as best I could and we went in. The doctor couldn't see anything wrong with him, but he's probably got a tummy bug since he threw up again while we were there and several more times yesterday. Thank heavens for a steam cleaner for the car and the carpets at home. Needless to say, we'll miss playgroup again today. Other than being sick, he only gained 5 ounces in the last 3 months and he dropped to the 3rd percentile. We had to go to get a ton of lab work done to see why he isn't growing. I think he eats plenty and the doctor agreed. Now we're anxious to see what the lab work says. They took 6 or 7 huge vials of blood and it took 3 of us to hold him down to do it. Poor kid.