June 29, 2010

Happy birthday to my baby boy!

I know everyone says this, but I really can't believe he's already 1. My mind kept wandering back to that day - Megan and I took a walk in the morning, we waited all afternoon for the "go-ahead" to head down to the hospital to be induced by my doctor and finally got there around 3, the epidural not working all the way, finally being able to hold my chunky baby boy at 9:47 PM, and then the anxiety of him having to be in the special care nursery for 7 days after that. Our little Dane had a bit of a rough start, but you'd never tell from how big and healthy is now. He has been a harder baby than Megan was, but his smile just melts my heart. He's turning into a little character with a devious little laugh and crazy dinosaur noises. Even though he crawled late, he's standing all by himself and talking three to four steps at a time. He's certainly trying to keep up with his big sister! Dane is a good eater and will eat almost anything. He is starting to want to eat everything himself and not wanting to be fed anymore. I can't really blame him since he already has over 10 teeth. Even though he is a bit of a whiner, we sure do love our "Bubba" and love to kiss on his chunky cheeks!

{On another note, we didn't end of moving due to some complications with the new house at the last minute. Even though I did have the WHOLE house packed and ready to go, we are happy to be staying in our current house and are looking forward to some home improvement projects.}

June 16, 2010

This is what has been consuming our lives lately:

We are moving! We have been looking for a bigger house (one that we can stay at forever and grow old in) for about a year and a half and finally found it. It's taken lots of patience, prayers, and persistence, but I think it's paid off. It's all happened rather quickly - less than 1 month. We decided to rent our current house and are hoping that being a landlord won't be too awful.

It's a crazy process, this moving business, even though it is only about 10 minutes away from where we live right now. We starting packing about a week ago and decided it was better on my sanity to park my car in the driveway so we can keep all the boxes in the garage and not all over the house. Thanks to the help of some fabulous sisters-in-law, babysitters, and friends, I am almost finished. We close today and are moving this weekend. My stepmom is coming on Sunday from California to help us unpack. I don't know how I could have done all this without so much help. I feel very blessed to have such wonderful people in my life. I will tremendously miss our neighborhood and ward, but am excited for our new adventure! Pic's of the new house to come soon!

{And to complicate things a little more, I am still having a big family party for Dane's first birthday in two weeks at the new house. What's life without a little (or a LOT) of chaos?!}