we are here

K's last pic with the sign. Their last night in our house. K helping us pack the last day.

We got one, but could have used 20!! The proud men that loaded the attic.

it's been almost a month! wow how our lives have changed. i missed several chances to blog, so let me catch you all up...

-Baby K is a chunk! at her 2 month check up she was 14 lbs, 12 oz!! i couldn't believe it. i knew she could fill out a diaper like her mom used to fill out the Rocky Mountain jeans! She was 24.5 inches long too. Needless to say it put her off the charts, over the 100th percentile in both categories. I was delighted since B&A were always somewhere between the 50th and 75th percentile. I tried weighing her at home just this week and she was just over 15 lbs. Other than not missing a meal, she is doing great. I had to start her in daycare full time just after my last blog. I cried. like a baby. for a while. But I had to do it in order to get our house packed up, plus I was already in my inservice week at school. She loves her teachers and we love them. Ms. Nelda is the best thing any mother could ask for. All of the ladies in her infant room are wonderful. I think they all secretly like Baby K the most, but I won't tell. She rarely cries...big sister still cries waaaaaaaaaaay more than Baby K has ever thought about crying. Tomorrow she will be 3 months old already. some of her milestones thus far: coos and talks to us all the time, starting to reach out for your face or objects in front of her, grasps onto her clothes/blanket and cuddles with it, blows lots of bubbles/drool, excellent head control, loves to practice sitting in her bumbo seat, sleeps and eats like a champ!

Baby K on August 6--2 months and 2 days old.

I took these on our front porch. It was the first time I put her in the bumbo to try it out. She did an exceptional job with her head. See...I was doing this kind of stuff and NOT packing like I should have been doing!

-C and I thought we had the whole move thing figured out. We thought it wouldn't take long to pack the rest of the house at the last minute. Boy were we WRONG! Thanking my lucky stars, the night before, my Dad had called to see what our moving plans were. He mentioned they might come help, but I didn't want to ask for his help. Neither of us wanted to ask for our parents help, WE are the grown-ups now and thought we totally had it under control. HA!! Thank God that Friday morning the door bell rang and there they were to help. I think we would still be packing had my Dad and Cindy not showed up. And I am very thankful for the loyal framer Chris has used during his time as a builder...Manuel. He and a few friends helped us carry and move tons of stuff. I am so thankful for them.

-it feels weird to be living in my inlaws house without them here. i feel like our stuff is everywhere and it kind of is. we've got tons of stuff in our Mobile Attic unit (they are much cheaper than pods), in the garage and dining room at my inlaws. For the first week, I had no clue where anything was. K needed a manicure, but she had to wait for a week until I could find the clippers for her! There have been several stories like that. In the meantime I thought I was going to lose my mind. Going back to work full time with a newborn, pumping schedules, nursing, crying Anna, big brother talking my ear off, laundry, dinner, cleaning, getting used to driving 35 mins one way to get to work and digging in boxes for a week--you think i'd be down at Betty Ford. Somehow I'm not. My mom came up the next weekend and occupied the kids so we could bring some peace to the boxes. I was able to do that, but still have my moments from time to time.

-big bro and sis are adjusting well. B gets it. We took him out to where the new house will be and he seems to understand that daddy is building us a new house and we cannot go back to his old house. he did have a short day or so where he seemed down, but he's ok now. after the second or third night at the inlaws, A cried and wanted to go home. she did it a few more times, but shes good now. their new dog Kopper is out at the farm and thats all she cares about...that and her new pink cowgirl boots.