We are on the move.

The house hut I was on for four days in Fresno didn't turn out too well, the housing market has shown it's ugly colors in the rent as well. A house in Tarpey shouldn't cost $1,200 a month with NO refigerator. So we decided to move into a town house for a while and see if maybe we can find something better. We really wanted a fenced back yard for the dogs and a front yard for Aiden to play on. But we will have to settle for what we can afford right now in a neighborhood that it's shaddy or crime ridden.

Things are being packed and we are rounding the last week in Washington state. I'm a little sad about leaving, mainly because I'll miss the trees and the nice weather... but also because Aiden won't see his grandparents much. We plan to Skype with them a lot, but it's just not the same. They are planning a trip to come and visit, hopefully bringing Evelyn with them (YEAH! We'll see how her mother responds to THAT idea!).

I am also excited to turn over a new leaf and start fresh. I don't want to keep moving around from place to place. But it looks as though for now it is in our best interest. I'm already sick of all the boxes in the hall and the garage is a mess (of course). I feel like I am drounding in a sea of cardboard and packaging tape!!

My back and hips aren't doing so well with all of the bending down and reaching up I have been doing the last week. Alas... I am back on my medications. I wanted to stay off of them mainly for Aiden's sake with breastfeeding. But we decided (Aiden and I) that it was time to give it up. I was a little upset about it, but I was tired of being bit all the time and he wasn't ASKING for it anymore. I lasted until after he was a year old and just decided to let it go. I counted the hours, then the days, then the weeks since I last fed him... it's now been a month. But I still feel the same about Aiden as I did before (for you new mommy's and mommy-to-be.... it's not THAT bad. Just kinda sucks at first, my feelings were a little hurt), and he doesn't seem fazed by it.

Tonight Aiden fell off of his riding fire truck he got for Christmas from my Aunt. He screamed for a minute, but he has a fat lower lip. It really sticks out there. Poor kid. I gave him some Tylenol and a teething ring and he's been fine since. Thank goodness. He bit through his lower lip, but I don't think it's serious enough to take him to the Dr. We'll watch him the rest of the night and tomorrow and see what happens, but he is acting just fine.

This week will be a crazy one, for sure! I am flying out of here on Tuesday morning with Aiden and spending a couple of days with Nate, Jen, and Sophia. Then I'll head to Fresno on Thursday or Friday I think. John is driving with his dad, sister, and brother-in-law in the hopes that they will make it in a day drive. Though it is sounding more and more like they are going to stop and sleep somewhere. We won't actaully move into our place til Saturday.

We're moving!!! - again.

The word out out and we are excited! We are moving back to Fresno, CA. We have thought long and hard about this decision and it seems that it would be best for us and our family. We want Aiden to be surrounded regularly with family. We live too far out in Rochester, WA to be around family everyday. Plus we feel like we'd be happier there. It's not to say that living here and moving ( A LOT!) hasn't been an adventure and we aren't ruling out the possibility of moving back up north again in the future. We will miss some of the people and the weather has been good to us. We aren't looking forward to the heat in Fresno, but it's a sacrifice we will have to make. Just gotta find a place with AC!

John is still going to work for Ferguson in Fresno - transferring from here and making 6% more. Which is great for us! It's been a tough time the last two years with the way the economy has been treating everyone and Johns has survive a few lay offs in the company. We are SO grateful he has a job and that they are willing to transfer him down there. I am heading down there to scout out a place to live, hoping that I will find a place that will accommodate John's 80lb dog Riley. We have two dogs and it can sometimes be hard to find a place that will take them, even if they are docile.

Here's to a new adventure and lots of packing in the next couple of weeks.