We are finally moving into our new home tomorrow! We closed on our house today, but don't get the keys until tomorrow.

The movers cannot deliver our stuff until next Tuesday, but that means we will have plenty of time to get the carpets cleaned and spend the holiday weekend painting. No matter what - we are just excited to be in our new house, in our awesome new neighorhood. We cannot wait to explore the city more, meet our neighbors, and finally, finally get settled!

I will post pictures when we have them! :)

Welcome to Washington!

Well, after the longest week and a half ever, we are finally here! All four of us. Let's back up:

Last Monday: The packers came to pack up our stuff. They were awesome.
Last Tuesday: Still more packing and the driver stopped by to take apart random things in our house and start his inventory.
Last Wednesday: The driver and loaders were there to load up the house. All of our stuff was in the truck by 3:30!
Last Thursday: House and carpets cleaned
Friday: Completely out of our house and drove away from Dayton. It was weird, but we weren't really sad. The only sad part was that we were leaving Buggy's first home. We drove all the way to Peoria, and poor Matt, had to deal with breakdowns from both of his girls. The little one didn't like being in her car seat for that long, and this mommy didn't like the stress of everything going on that day. But, we made it, and we got to stay with some awesome friends, have dinner with them, and hang out and play games.
Saturday we headed out and the next stop was Omaha where two of our best friends live. We finally made it after only one of us having a breakdown (and no, it wasn't me this time) and a detour due to all the awful flooding going on in Nebraska. Ahhh....
Sunday we hung out with the Cotters and went out to breakfast and took the kiddos to the zoo. They both did fantastic. We had another nice dinner at the Cotter's house - it was so nice to be spoiled and not have to eat out for every meal.
Monday morning Matt left bright and early while Buggy and I stayed behind to play with the Cotter's. I had to work all day, but it was fun watching the kiddos play in between my calls. They are so darn cute together!
Tuesday we were still at the Cotter's while Matt was dealing with all the mountains, a car that was way too overloaded, and a mortgage broker who refused to return our calls. Needless to say, he did not have as much fun as we did. I had to work again, but during lunch we took the kids to Gymboree class. So much fun!!! Wish we had one here in Spokane. Courtney came home early from lunch and her and I worked together at the table for a while - it was great! I don't know what I would do without that girl!
Yesterday was our big travel day - we headed to the airport and had two flights to concur. Buggy did fantastic considering she only slept for about 40 minutes of each flight. We finally made it to Spokane, went to see our house (LOVE, LOVE, LOVE) and ran a bunch of other errands. Natalie crashed around 5 Pacific time, and I wasnt too far behind her. Matt made fun of me, but understood when she got up at 4:30 this morning ready to start our day. Next goal is to get her used to this new time zone!

As for our house- it still isn't ours. We were supposed to close yesterday but for really annoying reasons and things that are out of our control, we didn't. So, we continue to bug our lender on an hourly basis and will hopefully be in our house by this time next week. We are living in temporary housing - which is really nice! A nice house all to ourselves - two bedrooms, laundry room, full kitchen, completely furnished, right on base and right next to the hospital that Matt now works at (today was his first day at his new job and he was going in as Dr. Matthew!!!). So, I was up working since 5 this morning and am now ready to crash.

I will update with pictures soon. My camera is just alllll the way over there and I am over here, and it just seems to exhausting to me right now. :)

Love from Washington!

6-Month Well Check

Natalie had her 6-month doctor's appointment on Tuesday. She is now down to the 3rd percentile in weight.... such a small little butter bean. She weighs 13lbs 2 oz - has not doubled her birth weight. She is 26 inches long.

The doctor is trying to figure out if she is a "silent" reflux-er. As in - she has acid reflux but doesn't show any of the normal signs and that is why she isn't gaining as fast. She had some labs drawn and they all came back normal. My thought is - she is just a little thing. But, we are adding formula to her bottle and feeding her solid food twice a day now. I felt like that is all I got done yesterday - feeding her! haha!

Otherwise, she is doing great. Meeting all of her milestones and being a generally happy, sweet baby girl. She loves to cuddle, she loves to play, laugh, and watching her doggy. She gets so excited with Daddy gets home by flailing her arms and legs all around and smiling from ear to ear. It's like her whole body is saying "YAY!!!! DADDY IS HOME!" So cute!

We go back in for weight check next month. Hopefully this formula thing is going to put a little weight on her... will keep you posted! :)

First Wedding

Natalie went to her first wedding this weekend and she did SO great! She usually gets pretty overwhelmed in situations like that, but she was a smiley little thing and letting anyone and everyone hold her, snuggle her, play with her, and dance with her. Thank you Marissa and Paul for inviting us and our little girl to your beautiful day!

We spent the rest of the weekend with Matt's family and had a great time. Natalie even tried the walker for the first time, but as you can see - not so much of a fan quite yet! Poor little thing! Not quite sure how she is moving! haha!

(Does the video work??)

This is our last "normal' week in Ohio - next week starts the madness of the packers coming, movers and then finally, closing our day on Dayton forever. I cannot believe how fast this year went.

6 Months Old

I know - I suck at blogging.... I promise I will try to keep it up. Especially now that we are two weeks away from moving allllllllllllllllllllll the way to the other side of the country.

Our baby girl turned 6 months old yesterday. I was remembering when I was crying that she turned 6 WEEKS, now we are talking months! I finally in the last month feel like we are getting some sort of order down - I won't say routine because I don't think there is such a thing with a baby - but we have some sort of patters down. And Matt and I actually are getting a few hours to ourselves in the evening and we even stay up for a little while after she goes to bed! Brace yourself! :)

Little Natalie Buggy Bug is getting so big (although, not big enough according to the docs). She is a petite little thing and they want her to add some more weight on. We are trying! A few weeks ago she started "eating" solid food... See what I mean by "eating"

She is a pro at rolling over to her tummy, but Lord help that child - she cannot get back to her back. She is constantly rolling in her crib and then gets mad when she gets "stuck." She CAN roll to her back - she just doesn't like it. I think it scares her. She is now sleeping on her side/tummy a lot more, which freaks me out and I go in there constantly to make sure she is still breathing.

She can put her paci in her mouth all by her little ol self - which I love! She absolutely loves playing with her exersaucer - I call it her "desk" cause she works there while Mommy works. We also call it her poop chair because it never fails to get her to fill her diaper.

She adores her dog and just lights up when she comes strolling into the room. They have a little love fest every morning where Chey will lay on the ground with her or stand next to her exersaucer and Bug touch her and then she will kiss all over her.

She is constantly giggling at her daddy - Daddies are so funny!

She lights up our life so much! I don't know what we ever did without her.

We will be leaving Ohio in two weeks, but we are definitely taking the best thing that ever came out of Ohio with us! And while I know our families are super sad that we are leaving, and we are sad to be so far away from them, it is exciting to be going on such an adventure with our little family. It feels so "adult" in a world where I still feel like I am playing house. But it is going to be exciting to move into the house that Bug will take her first steps, say her first words, and reach all sorts of milestones.

And I promise, if anyone is still out there, that I will update more! :)

Gotta go make sure my tummy sleeper is still breathing. :)

xoxo