Kitchen

The kitchen went from having a miter saw, sheets of drywall, two huge ladders, paint supplies, and many many dishes to this in 24 hours! Look at the white...trust me it wasn't white when we first began to clean it!

Dining Room

Look Christmas decorations! Yes I was able to get them out for the first time in two years! Woohoo!

Back Room UNFINISHED

Casey is on the drywall stilts! He did pretty well walking around the room, but he left Mike (our drywaller) to do the work:)



Yes that is Patton helping me prime the walls. I was wanting to do anything to get this back room done, so that our house could be normal for the FIRST TIME!!!

Love the carpet and the padding that clung to the floor. It took me 2 hours to clean the floors. They aren't perfect, but are perfect to me! We can move in! Thanks to s'aunt' Kendra or s'aunt'a Kendra for taking a day off of work and SUPER cleaning our house. Also thanks to my mom for taking the two boys so we were able to get our house put together and dust free!

Back Room FINISHED (except for trim!)

Happy One Month Patton!

It is amazing how much has happened in one month! At the end of this week, we will have a living room (which is the back of the house) for all the toys and a front room without clutter, which will be a first in this house! I have checked myself into the hospital two times (once for the birth of Patton and the second for a 2:00 am run to the emergency room due to mastitis). Only to discover that I too had a yeast infection in that same area, which caused Patton to have thrush! That was a great week. Needless to say, we are now on to liquid gold (Enfamil $30 at Sam's for the big jug of it). I would rather have 100 c-sections over getting mastitis again! We have lived in Hebron for a week, grandma Carlece has been the first to stay in our guest bedroom (and got up with Patton during the night...WooHoo for me!), and countless trips to Menards to get the finishing touches to our upstairs, upstairs bathroom/laundry room, and our living room.

All of us have healed/rested up (as much as we can) and are now on to stripping and refinishing all the woodwork that goes upstairs. We will be priming and painting the back room this week and we will be moved in to the back room by next weekend (now sleeping may not happen...but my sanity will be back!) Hopefully the dust of our remodeling will be settled for a while, so that we can enjoy the work of Casey and the help of others in our remodeled parts. So if you come over...just pretend to not notice the huge holes in the ceiling of our kitchen and downstairs bathroom:) and come see what we do have done!

We will be taking our one month pictures tomorrow (Monday) at the Svitak Portrait Studio...so stay tuned for more pictures.

The real Santa isn't as cool!

Kenner loves to play with his stuffed Santa, but when seeing the real Santa in person...he was a bit scared. Kenner will go to anyone, except people in costumes! Patton didn't mind though. Kenner got a fake tatoo on his hand and you would have thought he was getting a real one by the way he was looking at the kid who was putting it on his hand! We also discovered the new love of balloons! I guess the resemblance of it looking like a ball isn't too big of a surprise that he loves them!

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving was a lot of fun with our cousins from Utah here. It was a beautiful day out that we all got to play football outside! Gotta love having family around!

Pics of Patton

Here is our little peanut! I was able to get a few shots of Patton while Kenner was busy putting his shoes in the microwave. Poor Patton isn't going to have as many pictures as his big brother, because I can never have enough time to get the camera out before I get to chase his big brother:) Where is my big brother to hold me while my mom takes our picture for our family Christmas card? That is right...Kenner was jumping on the bed and running around with his head cut off. That is why you got a naughty or nice Christmas card. Kenner was not cooperating for Patton and mommy...but oh well!
Patton in Grandma Jan's cradle. Kenner has a picture of him in it too...but Patton fits a bit better than his enormous counterpart!

WAIT! That isn't Patton...but it is his pacifier! The pacifier robber has been caught red-"mouthed."

Helping in the yard with grandma, grandpa, and Great Gpa

We had a fun time in Hebron, while Casey was busy tearing out plaster/lathe, wiring, and working non-stop so we could come home. Kenner got to spend some time outside with his grandparents, while his mom and Patton were inside. As you can see, Kenner got a bit dirty...but he loved every minute of it!

Kenner the BIG helper

Kenner has been such a big helper this past month. He helped mom make pancakes, he brushes his own teeth (thanks grandpa for the toothbrushes), and picks up after himself...only to put them in a pile somewhere in the way:)

jut me and my big brother!

Frankly I am suprised that Patton is still alive with his big brother around. Kenner loves to sit on him, attempt to take him from your arms, kiss him, swing him in the swing and just lay around with him! He loves to talk to him with a high pitch voice and he has also learned the clicking sound with your tongue...because that is what mommy does to Patton. Enjoy!

and more pics

This is my grandma Carlece. Boy was it exciting to watch the Nebraska Football game with her! She was also the first to meet me!

This is my grandpa Pat! I was named after the General Patton, but is also handy that we have similar names!

This is my uncle Curtis and to be aunt Amy! I would make a great ring bearer next summer guys...what do you think? Just kidding!

This is my uncle Jeremy and my Aunt Annie. They have been coming around to help my mom out this week in Hebron. Thanks guys! It is fun to get to see you more often!

Pictures of me (the general) and the rest of the fam

This is my grandpa Dennis Elge, which is where my middle name came from.

Thia is my aunt Lucy Elge. Isn't she so pretty?

Here are my two aunts, Andrea Richardson and Rebecca Kenner...note the buttons: Proud grandma and grandpa! They are competing for the favorite aunt award...but still need to finish the competition before I can decide.

My aunt Ashley and grandma Judy! They were the first ones to get to see me and boy was I excited to see them. I have heard really fun things about them! Love you!

Coming home...sort of!

Well we did leave the hospital and we did report that we were returning home. The catch was that they didn't ask us when we would be returning home. After Casey packed up the car, we were off to Aurora to pick up Kenner. We had a short stay there (lunch and cuddle time for all), then off to York to meet my grandpa Jim. He and Casey switched vehicles (one traveling to Sprague and one traveling to Hebron). The car traveling to Sprague had only one person in it...that being the Do it Yourself in One week guy, Casey.* The other car was loaded with two little and two big people. Kenner, Patton and I are in Hebron having a fun time. Kenner is getting into every little drawer possible, Patton is eating up a storm (but still not gaining much weigh, much to his mother's dismay!) and I am attempting to not pick up Kenner, watching HGTV 24 hours/day, and trying to heal from the c-section. The meds are a nice thing every four hours, but nothing heals a sore tummy except a homemade apricot pie from my grandma Jackie! Yum!!! She said she was going to get my flowers, but thought that a pie was a better idea. Good thinking grandma!

*If you are confused - yes the plan was to be in our house by the time #2 came around. Well Casey thought that while he was home and everyone was out of the house while I was at the hospital, he would just take the plaster and lathe out of the room we were sleeping in (Before the move upstairs). He needed to do this in the near future anyway, due to the plumbing that needed to come through the walls for the bathroom upstairs to be functional. Report from 11/16/06 - The drywaller will be there tomorrow to put up the drywall, my grandpa Jim and Casey have removed the plaster and lathe, insulated, wired, and repaired the support beams above a window this week. He is truly an amazing guy...who has probably slept as much as I have with two little guys around! The new windows are ordered and will be put in next week. Hopefully we will be moved back in by next Monday or Tuesday!

Welcome to the world - Patton Elge Svitak

Hello everyone! My name is Patton Elge Svitak. I was born on November 10, 2006 at 1:07 weighing in at 7 pounds 9 ounces and 20 1/2 inches long. I have a lot of brown hair and my initial nickname was "Fuzz." My great grandpa Jimmy told my parents that I should be named "The general" because everyone was referring to me as Mister. It wasn't so confusing to me, but it was to my big brother. Everyone calls him Mister...so for the record - my name is "The general" and my big brother's name is "Mister." He is a great guy, my big bro, that is! He likes to pet me like a dog. I can't wait to grow up so that we can play together. I am getting hungry..."Mom! Where are you?"
signing out - The General

the morning of...

Thank you to Aunt Kendra and "Aunt" Jane (my aunt's roomie) we were able to stay at their house, while the floor sanders were at our house making our floors beautiful! We got some pics of mommy and me before there were mommy and us! It was a bit nerve racking going to the hospital, but it was all good nerves. Here are some pictures of mister and mommy getting ready.