Room Renovation [almost] complete!

Charlie's room is almost done!! All that it needs are locks on the closet doors, and a buff down and paint job on the wall! We decided to buy a gate to keep him in his room at night and it is working out well! It even detaches from the doorway when you don't want to use it. I don't know if this is normal for the swinging fixed gates, but it was a pleasant surprise for me!

I hope that it gets easier though because last night was rough, i'm not going to lie :) He woke up 3 times, and he woke me up calling, "open my door mom!" Good thing he's cute!!

I was very reluctant to move him to the extra room because we used that room for overflow. It was our catch all place for things we didn't want messed with. For instance, toys that we took away for punishment, the printer and extra computer, all the extra clothes we don't use much, towels and sheets, etc. Also, there was a couch in there that I didn't really want out in the main area. The kids jump on couches and climb like monkeys whenever they can get away with it, and two accessible sofas are more than enough. Carlos suggested half jokingly that we should just put the couch in our room. So we did! It actually fits better than I expected, which is a relief :) I had visions of the house being so cluttered and a mess, and us not having space for anything at all. Well that is NOT the case :) We shuffled some stuff around, and as it turns out, we feel like we even have MORE room!! It is definitely an improvement!


Emma and Charlie's old (shared) room



Emma's new (roomy) room!



Our room, with the new addition



And finally (!!!) Charlie's new (almost completely toddler safe) room!!!!

On another note, I have my second interview about this future job of mine! I think we will go tomorrow for it. Basically I have the job since there aren't any other American nurses around to do it :) We just have to talk more about job description, payment, hours, start date, etc. I am excited to get out and do something else in the morning to get my mind moving :)

Also, this last week one of my fears came to life. Emma had been coughing up a storm, to the point that two nights in a row she was up puking/dry heaving most of the night. Charlie had been sick with a respiratory thing last month, and it started right after that. I figured she had a cold or something and couldn't shake the coughing. But it just continued. And continued. After two sleepless nights, I texted her doctor. She told us that she wants Emma to get a chest X-Ray pretty much ASAP, and she wants us to bring it, and Emma to her office. I was freaking out because I thought that she had pneumonia. No. She did not have pneumonia. She has asthma. Right now it is mild, but this has been one of my fears since we started having kids. Carlos has severe asthma that put him in the hospital all the time as a kid. I have witnessed him having asthma attacks, and overall breathing issues whenever his allergies act up, and it terrifies me. She has been immensely better since we started treatment though (corticoids for a month, and xoponex twice a day until her cough goes away).

I am beyond thrilled that things seem to be going well, but now I will have to add one more potentially fatal thing to the "Things I need to worry about regarding Emma and Charlie" list. Ugh.