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Wes went to the doctor today to have his stress test done. He did fine, but they found a blockage or something, and he has to have a heart cath on Thursday at 1:00. The doctor really isn’t sure what it is, but the test showed blood wasn’t flowing to part of the heart. Not the news we were hoping for, but we will handle it just as we have everything else.

They put the rafters up on top of the house today. When we left at 8 this morning, they had already done over our bathroom and had two up on the main part of the house. They were putting a third one up when we left. They finished just after lunch. The shower and tubs are supposed to be delivered tomorrow. Our builder is hoping the plumber will get to us next week, but he isn’t sure because he has other jobs to do. Hopefully he will come to us, but I doubt it.

We went shopping on Saturday.  We got faucets for all the bathroom sinks and kitchen sink.  We didn’t see a shower head we liked.  We got a really good deal on our kitchen faucet.  It was priced at $98, but rang up at $32.  We didn’t complain.  We have all the paint colors picked out, except for Emma Grace’s room and bathroom.  We know what we want to do in her room, but just haven’t decided on the right purple.  We are thinking about doing big stripes of different colors of purple on top and putting chair railing and then another color of purple.  Not really sure yet.  Our room will be a medium tone of brown with chair railing and darker brown on bottom.  Our bathroom will be the medium tone of brown, and so will the office and 1/2 bath.  The living room will be cabin red.  The kitchen will be a golden yellow color like we had in our house in Vicksburg.  I am not quite sure of what to call the color of the extra bedroom.  It is a little orange, but not really.  We are still debating on flooring and counter tops.  We still have a while before we have to decide on that.  We picked out shingles for the house, which was the easiest decision.  I cannot remember the exact name, I think it is Weather Wood.  It is a little gray, a little black, and a little brown.  It all depends on the way the angle of the sun.  We are waiting for the guy who will put the siding on to bring samples.  He forgot to bring them today.  We are waiting on some things for when we go to Houston the first week of February. We are planning to go to IKEA while we are there.  We are thinking about taking the trailer with us, but we are not really sure of where we can park it.  I am going to call the Rotary House, where we stay, and we if we can park it in the valet parking spaces.  They are never full, so I don’t see why they wouldn’t let us.  Hopefully, they will let us.

Emma Grace stayed with Grammy today. Grammy was just taking a half-day off, but the appointment ran longer than we thought. They watched the rafters being put up, and got lots of video and photos. Wes asked Emma Grace this morning if they were like Bob the Builder, and she said, “Yep, Bob the Builder.” She enjoyed playing outside today, and didn’t want to go in. We were on our way back from Monroe Saturday, and stopped at the Rayville Walmart. Grammy was changing Emma Grace’s diaper in the back of the vehicle, and a little black boy walked by. Emma Grace said, “Little boy. It is Little Bill.” If you don’t know who Little Bill is, Bill Cosby has a show that comes on Nogin that is about a little boy named Bill. She loves watching that show. It was so funny, and you can still ask her who she saw at Walmart and she will tell you Little Bill. She can count to 12. She will sometimes forget to say 5 or it is mixed in with 6. This afternoon when she was counting I thought she said13, but I am not sure. The other day she counted along with Dora in Spanish. Grammy heard her, but I didn’t. Another thing she does, which Tammy loves, is when we go to the cafe and she sees Tony Stewart’s Home Depot car in a picture they have hanging up, she says, “That’s Tammy’s car.” Tammy got a Tony Stewart calendar and Christmas ornament for Christmas. She showed it to Emma Grace and said, “This is Tony’s car.” I guess Emma Grace thought she said Tammy’s car. There is so much she is dong it is hard to remember everything. I always say I am going to write it down, but I forget to. I have most major “events”, but it has been so hectic around here I just forget.

Well, it is almost 1, and I was up before 6 this morning, so I am ready for bed. However, Emma Grace isn’t ready for bed. I asked her earlier if she was ready for bed, and she said, “Not really.” I asked her if she was ready for her pj’s and she said, “Not really.” Who knows where she heard that at. She just amazes me with the things she says and does. She is growing up so fast. I better try and wrestle her to bed. Later…