More Rose action

Now Rose is going up steps. Well, step. Yep, she is going up the step from the back porch (aka sunroom aka 3-season porch aka airplane aka....) to the house. She started doing it 2 days ago, on 8/20/07. She can't quite yet go down, though she is thinking about it. By thinking I mean she crawls to the step, puts her head down on the step, and pushes her butt in the air. It looks like she is going to summersault down the stair. Which might not be too bad for 1 step, but not something we want to see for the basement steps.

Also, Mary Ann is doing much better using the potty. She is dry the majority of days of the week. If she has looser pants on, she is even going into the bathroom by herself and doing it all herself. We just hope she doesn't flush the entire roll of TP again...

And, more bad news. Water came in our basement again. We got home from church Sunday and started making breakfast. I (Robert) went downstairs to check something on the computer. When I walked through the carpet...squelch. Soggy carpet. We think the downspout near the stove-pipe came off slightly (a different downspout this time...) and water came in through the old hole in the wall. It must not have been too much, because it doesn't look like the top of the entertainment center was wet, so it must have just dripped in. But, the majority of the carpet in the big room was wet, extending to the stairs. So, off to the hardware store again to get a carpet cleaner to suck up the water. We were able to empty more than 13 gallons of water, plus several more from the dehumidifier. We made many many sweeps of the cleaner, going non-stop (pretty much) from noon to 5. We finally got most of the water up and actually cleaned the carpet. We still have fans going downstairs and have kept the AC on since then to help dehumidify. So, the whole house smells. Bad. Can't wait for my parents to come this weekend and sleep downstairs!! =)