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Living in the New House

We spent our first night in the house Saturday night and have been loving it ever since. Of course, we're still unpacking and finding homes for everything but having moved slowly over the past month has helped.

We've already met a lot of our neighbors and LOVE them! We have a 13 year old across the street that is a dog watcher and soon to be a babysitter, which I couldn't be more thrilled about. We feel like we found the perfect home.



Sunday was a nice (but muggy) day so we took a break from moving and took a walk to the playpark in the neighborhood. It was about a 15 minute walk and Jack took the lead with Stanley. Even though Stanley still gives Jack a warning bark every now and then, they are becoming fast friends and some nights you'll find Stanley sleeping in Jack's room (which Jack LOVES).


We got back into the therapy routine today and Ethan has started to make a new noise. He now says ooooooooh, which is so exciting. It's funny what we now get excited about, which we took for granted (but still got excited about) with Jack. We're hoping to start Occupational Therapy in the next week or so.


Mom gave us some exciting news this afternoon -- Alaska Airlines will finally start flying direct from Seattle to Atlanta this fall (end of October). This now means that Mom and Dad will be able to come see us easier and hopefully more often, and the boys and I will be able to get up to Seattle a lot more with the use of Mom's buddy passes. We are beyond excited!

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