Snow Snow Snow

Well we returned from TX safe and sound and woke up this morning to about an inch of snow on the ground! What a difference between WA and TX. When we left there yesterday it was probably 70 and sunny and today it's 35 and rainy/snowy. But I can't complain, I love the NW and I love snow!

We had a good visit in TX, we left last Saturday and stayed the night with the Thompsons in Houston. We had so much fun catching up and letting the kids play together. We got to go to church with them Sunday morning which was fun too, we haven't all been to church together in a long time! Then we headed east to Brandon's parents' house where we stayed the rest of the week. Pretty much we spent the week visiting with family, shopping and eating. Nothing out of the ordinary for Thanksgiving!

Timothy has grown so much in just one week! He's pulling up on everything now, he doesn't want to crawl and play with his toys, he wants to get to the nearest table, couch, chair, or person and climb up until he's standing. He's even gotten brave a couple of times and let go. It's so neat to watch him, the only downside is a bed time when he wants to stand up in his crib and then scream. His sleeping patterns have been so whacky the past few days though, I'm hoping things will calm down now that we're home and he's back to his normal routine.

He has picked up a couple of funny new habits though, he's started sniffing when he laughs, but it's usually only when he's done something big like pulling up on a chair or taking a big bite of food. He's also started sticking out his tongue when he's crawling or "working on something". I guess he takes after his Grumpy! A not so funny new habit though is this fear of big scary men that are really loud. He screamed at a few of them this past week, it was pretty funny.

And that was our week last week. We're going to be very busy these next few weeks, we are scheduled to move in to our new house on December 15, and Brandon will be out of town that week so I'm going to be doing a LOT of packing. We've been collecting boxes for a while so hopefully we'll have enough and it will go by quickly.

That's pretty much it for now. I will try to add some pictures when I get to work this week (yuck!). Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving, less than one month til Christmas now!

Baby Santa

We went to the mall today to get pictures taken for our Christmas cards, they were so much fun. Nevermind the fact that we had a 1pm appointment and we didn't get out of there til almost 3pm, Timothy stayed happy for the pictures and we got some really good ones. You'll all get one, we got so many of them.

We haven't had a particularly funny week this week, which is unusual for Timothy. He's been more fussy than normal and not sleeping much. Maybe it's just a growth spurt. He's really sitting up and crawling well now though. He's trying to crawl with his feet instead of his knees. It's so cute. And he's learned how to pull himself up in his crib so daddy had to lower the mattress yesterday. I can't believe he'll be 7 months old next Sunday.

We're all geared up for our trip to TX for Thanksgiving. I'm trying to figure out what to pack, I only want to take the cutest clothes for him so I can show him off. Not like it's hard, he's so smiley we can barely make it through the grocery store or the mall without having to have the "yes, he's a very happy baby, yes he's very alert, yes, he's very smiley" conversation. Oh well, I'm thankful to have such a great baby. A little worried about what the next one will be like, but I guess it doesn't matter, we'll love it no matter what.

A little bit of good news, the house we wanted to get it pretty much ours unless something weird comes up from our application (which we don't anticipate happening). The lady that owns it called today to ask how serious we were about moving there to which I replied extremely so she said it's pretty much ours! I'll try to get some pictures up of it when I can. I haven't tried disabling the anti-virus, but thanks for the suggestion Jamey! So Brandon will be out of town in early December and as soon as he gets back, we'll start moving! I want to be in there before Christmas so I can set up the tree and decorate for Timothy's first Christmas.

This next week should be pretty busy getting ready for TX and finishing up things at work. No news yet on the stay at home option, I'm just waiting to hear back from a girl at church about possibly babysitting her daughter for her, so we'll see how that goes! Hopefully it will all work out.

Picture Problem & Teeth!

So we can't add pictures on here on our home computer, I don't know why. We've tried everything, disabling the pop-up blocker, the whole deal and the window to add pictures in just won't come up here at home. So, Brandon's been adding them from work. It's a long process, but oh well. Just wanted to explain why it takes a while for pictures to show up sometimes!

I think we are on the way to getting some teeth now. He has been so incredibly fussy all day today, hardly slept at all, screaming bloody murder when I try to give him a pacifier, it's been a great day. His gums do look a little swollen, and he has had the runny nose to end all runny noses, so maybe it's finally time. No really funny stories though, he's just been our normal little Timothy lately...jumping and crawling and laughing at Dixie.

We did go look at a new house today though. It was so beautiful, I think we're going to go for it. It's in a nice neighborhood with good schools and a cute little playground and it's big enough for the three of us, so I think it will do! The only problem is there's not really a good place for the dog. I told Brandon I thought she would be fine in the garage, but he wants her right out there rubbing her nasty self in the carpet and spreading germs and grossness all over the place. She really is a gross dog. So we'll see what happens.

That's pretty much it for now. Timothy's starting to get a little fussy so I should probably run. Only 10 more days til we leave for TX, I can't wait for the vacation. Hopefully I won't be coming back to my job when we get back. I have until Friday to find something new. Pray for me!!

Happy Halloween!

We had a great Halloween this year. We missed Grammy, of course, but she's having fun in Texas! I got to leave work early to pick up Timothy and I got him in his costume and then we went to pick up Tyler and got him in his costume. We stopped by the nursing home to visit my dad's aunt and then we went back to Aunt Heather's house for a party. Tyler was so hyper, I'm glad we have a few more years before we get to that stage! But he was a good Zorro and Timothy was the cutest Halloween turtle I've ever seen.

We left the party before the trick or treating started and headed home. Timothy fell asleep in the car on the way home so I had to take a picture of it, he was so cute.

Then we let him play with the candy and that was about all he could take. It was a good night. I can't wait for next year when he's older and can understand more.

So now we're gearing up for Thanksgiving. We leave for TX on the 18th so only about two and a half weeks left to go. I'm so excited for the vacation, this week already seems long and it's only Tuesday! Please pray that I can find a new job soon, I'm just really unhappy at this one. I was hoping I could put in my two week notice this Friday, but unless a miracle happens, that will probably have to wait. Oh well, I guess there's a reason for all of this, just wish I knew what it was.

We've got a busy few weeks ahead, I'm helping with a baby shower at church next Sunday and Brandon and I are going to try to get a sitter so we can go out house hunting one of these weekends. We're hopefully moving sometime in December, just somewhere else around here, something a little nicer for Timothy. So we'll be busy little bees up here, pray for us!

Everything Will Change

So we've reached a major milestone in the journey of parenthood this weekend. Friday night, Brandon and I decided that we should let Timothy down on the floor to play so I threw some of his toys down there with him and we set him down and he took off CRAWLING to get a toy. Of course we were happy, but a little scared too. This changes everything now. We have a mobile child now. He could get around before, just scooting and rolling, but now he's crawling!!! Sorry if I seem a little weirded out by it, I just honestly didn't expect this to happen for another month or two. But he absolutely loves being able to move.

Yesterday we had this big thing at church, like a carnival, and we were all sitting on the ground with another couple that has a baby girl Madeline that was born a few days before Timothy and they were so cute playing together. Timothy kept grabbing her legs and she tried to bite him on the head. It was so funny to watch him playing with another baby. Oh yeah, and we had a chili cook-off at the church and Brandon won so he's all happy about that now. I couldn't eat his chili, it was too spicy for me, but I guess the judges liked it! He was pretty proud of it, he got a new crockpot and a certificate.

Another fun Timothy story...a couple of weeks ago he was getting fussy so I put my finger up to his mouth and was moving it up and down to make a funny noise with his lips (you know what I mean, right?), and now he has started trying to do it himself with his fist and the other night at dinner he grabbed Tyler hand and was trying to make him do it to him. It's amazing what they learn! Plus it's really funny to watch him try to do it by himself.

I think those are all the funny stories for now, I don't know when I'll be on here again this week, it will be a hectic week at work and at home. I'll keep ya'll updated on Halloween activities, so far the plans are to go visit my dad's aunt in the nursing home and then go to Heather's to trick or treat. Have a good week!

I love Wednesdays

This is the best day of the week for me. It is my flex day so I get to spend (almost) every Wednesday at home. Today we slept in until almost 8:30, it was so nice. Even though Timothy has been sleeping through the night for months now, it's nice when we get these 11 hour nights and I don't have to wake him up to go to daycare. This is why I'm looking for a part time job, these 40 hours weeks are killing me. If anyone has any ideas for work I can do at home, let me know.

So Timothy's funny story of the week is his new word. He was saying "dadadadadadadadadadadada" at everything and screaming it at the top of his lungs, but now the new word is "bababababababababa". Of course, it doesn't come out quite like that, it sounds more like "bubba" which makes sense I guess, he's a true Texan at heart. Brandon was so proud.

It's so amazing to watch Timothy grow and learn new things. I was so worried about him sitting up and then this morning I had him on the floor in his room while I was putting away his laundry and he was practicing crawling (so pretty much just pulling up on his hands and knees and rocking) when all of the sudden I look over and he's on his side pulling himself up to sit. He must have thought I was crazy because I ran over there and started clapping and praising him and he just laughed and fell back down onto his tummy to chase after a dust bunny. It's just a matter of time I guess and we'll be chasing him all over the house.

So since Wednesdays are my days off, this is probably when I'll have time to actually post some new stories. Brandon's usually on the computer at night so I don't have much time and weekends are hit or miss. This weekend is Friends & Family Round Up Weekend at our church so I'm sure we'll be busy. There's always something going on up here...

Joining the Crowd

So Brandon thinks it's a waste of time to start blogging, but what better way to keep in touch with old college friends and family? I was putting posts on our myspace site, but that got old and I don't really enjoy seeing people from my high school or all the weird and crazy invites that you get on there from people you obviously don't know and would never want to know. So here we are.

I imagine this will mostly be a way to share all of my crazy Timothy stories, he's hilarious and the source of constant entertainment. He just turned 6 months old yesterday and it seems like it's only been a few weeks. From what I hear, it never slows down. He's just started pulling up on his hands a knees like he really really wants to crawl but just can't quite figure out how to move forward yet, which is fine with me! I'm hoping we can move out of this yucky old house before he becomes mobile. All the hardwood floors and the icky old rug don't make for good crawling conditions!

Just to update those of ya'll that we haven't really talked to in a while...we're still in WA. Brandon is working for the Army as a contract specialist in the medical department so basically (from what I understand) he has to find surgeons and other medical people for the Army hospital to hire, it's a whole bidding process and I don't understand it at all, but he loves it so that's all that matters. He was able to get in this two year program back in May where he'll go from a GS-7 to a GS-11 in two years...anyone that knows anything about government pay grades knows that that is a good deal so we're happy for him. There's a chance that he might be able to transfer back down South too when his two years are up, so we could end up in San Antonio or Little Rock!

My job is the same as always, I'm still working for Weyerhaeuser in accounting and still trying to get out. I know that I have to work, but I've found that accounting is just not for me. So I'm in the process of finding something new and hopefully part time. We're hoping to move next month into a better and bigger house. Anyone that has seen our house knows that it is more trouble than it's worth.

Timothy is growing by leaps and bounds. He was above the 95th percentile for his height (29 inches already!) and somewhere around the 80th for his weight (19 pounds!). He's the funniest baby I've ever seen. He can make you laugh just by looking at you. He makes the silliest faces and the craziest sounds. We just started him on solids a couple of weeks ago and it is quite the chore to feed him. He wants to grab the spoon and then he gets both hands inside his mouth and starts to spit, but he eats! We all have to take a bath when he's done, but he loves it. We're going to today to get some pictures made in his Halloween costume, he's going to be a turtle. I can't wait, I've never been more excited for Halloween!

Well hopefully I won't let my house go to waste while I sit here and type, but I do hope that we can connect with friends and family on here. Nap time seems so short, I can hear the boy starting to play with his pacifier now...guess that means it's time to go!