Can you hardly believe it!? Okay, it took us an extra long time to get the internet, but it has finally happened! So we're back.
I know all of you are dying for photos of Ella so that's pretty much all I will post right now.
But I do have tons to update you on so I'll try to get some more pics posted throughout the week.
Since June (which was my last post), we have moved, we have climbed two 14'ers, Peter has started a new job, and we have grown quite a big baby! Needless to say it has been crazy busy. But we are all hanging in there and doing well.
Ella's last appointment was last Friday. It was her four month appointment. She weighs 16lbs! She is in the 90th percentile for height (26in) and weight. Doc says she looks great and is really strong for her age. She has been rolling over for about two months so she is really good at holding up her head. She is very inquisitive and watches everyone that comes and goes. Including the dog. She loves Koa! She makes her giggle. It's so cute.
She has also taken to sucking her thumb which is pretty much the cutest thing I have ever seen. It actually works out quite handy at night when she needs to self-sooth....then I don't have to get up! She won't even take a pacifier anymore.
For the most part she is a pretty easy going baby. I think she gets tummy issues every now and again and that can make her pretty fussy, but otherwise she's wonderful!
On September 15th Peter started his new job at MMS. Don't ask me what it stands for...I always forget. It's something about minerals. Basically he is doing the same thing he did for the state government (auditing oil and gas companies) , but now he is working for the federal government. It's a little bit further away from home, but he can pick his own schedule and he gets every other Friday off, so that's nice.....for him.
Our new house is wonderful! The closing process was just that...a process. A few days before we were supposed to close we found out that they would be unable to transfer the title to us due to the fact that a percentage of the home was in a trust and the owner did not have a personal representative deed for that portion. We were being told that it would have to go through probate and that that would take a month.
I found all of this out the week Peter happened to be out of town on business. So I was alone with the dog and baby trying to figure out what the heck to do about the house. Meanwhile my parents had already given their landlord notice, so someone was gonna end up homeless! Or at least that's how I felt.
In the end, closing ended up getting delayed a little over two weeks. Peter and I drew up an agreement with the owner that we could move in early. So we moved in a week later than we had anticipated. The only downside to that was that it was last minute and we were unable to find movers. So we recruited our friends with trucks and muscles to come and help. It was a rough weekend, but we got it all done!
Since then we have settled in pretty quickly. There are a few lingering boxes (mine) that need to be unpacked, but that's about it. We have to furnish a dining room and a living room that we didn't have before so we are having to prioritize and decide what are necessities and what can wait.
Before we had made the decision to move, Peter had worried that we wouldn't be able to make a new house feel like home, the way our townhouse did. But we both agree that it really didn't take long at all for us to feel at home. We are really comfortable with our decision and feel like this place was meant to be ours. Here's to many exciting years in our new home!
Okay, here are pics that everyone has been waiting for.
Peter, Koa, and I climbed two 14'ers as well but I will post pics of those climbs later this week.
GO BRONCOS!!
I know all of you are dying for photos of Ella so that's pretty much all I will post right now.
But I do have tons to update you on so I'll try to get some more pics posted throughout the week.
Since June (which was my last post), we have moved, we have climbed two 14'ers, Peter has started a new job, and we have grown quite a big baby! Needless to say it has been crazy busy. But we are all hanging in there and doing well.
Ella's last appointment was last Friday. It was her four month appointment. She weighs 16lbs! She is in the 90th percentile for height (26in) and weight. Doc says she looks great and is really strong for her age. She has been rolling over for about two months so she is really good at holding up her head. She is very inquisitive and watches everyone that comes and goes. Including the dog. She loves Koa! She makes her giggle. It's so cute.
She has also taken to sucking her thumb which is pretty much the cutest thing I have ever seen. It actually works out quite handy at night when she needs to self-sooth....then I don't have to get up! She won't even take a pacifier anymore.
For the most part she is a pretty easy going baby. I think she gets tummy issues every now and again and that can make her pretty fussy, but otherwise she's wonderful!
On September 15th Peter started his new job at MMS. Don't ask me what it stands for...I always forget. It's something about minerals. Basically he is doing the same thing he did for the state government (auditing oil and gas companies) , but now he is working for the federal government. It's a little bit further away from home, but he can pick his own schedule and he gets every other Friday off, so that's nice.....for him.
Our new house is wonderful! The closing process was just that...a process. A few days before we were supposed to close we found out that they would be unable to transfer the title to us due to the fact that a percentage of the home was in a trust and the owner did not have a personal representative deed for that portion. We were being told that it would have to go through probate and that that would take a month.
I found all of this out the week Peter happened to be out of town on business. So I was alone with the dog and baby trying to figure out what the heck to do about the house. Meanwhile my parents had already given their landlord notice, so someone was gonna end up homeless! Or at least that's how I felt.
In the end, closing ended up getting delayed a little over two weeks. Peter and I drew up an agreement with the owner that we could move in early. So we moved in a week later than we had anticipated. The only downside to that was that it was last minute and we were unable to find movers. So we recruited our friends with trucks and muscles to come and help. It was a rough weekend, but we got it all done!
Since then we have settled in pretty quickly. There are a few lingering boxes (mine) that need to be unpacked, but that's about it. We have to furnish a dining room and a living room that we didn't have before so we are having to prioritize and decide what are necessities and what can wait.
Before we had made the decision to move, Peter had worried that we wouldn't be able to make a new house feel like home, the way our townhouse did. But we both agree that it really didn't take long at all for us to feel at home. We are really comfortable with our decision and feel like this place was meant to be ours. Here's to many exciting years in our new home!
Okay, here are pics that everyone has been waiting for.
Peter, Koa, and I climbed two 14'ers as well but I will post pics of those climbs later this week.
GO BRONCOS!!
Could you get this dog away from me??
What?
I'm four months old!
The first time I rolled over!
Ain't she cute!
I don't think Koa could possibly get any closer. Of course, now where am I supposed to sleep??
I snuck her in this chair at Babies R Us and took a pic!
Help! She pinned me!
Taylor asked Francis if she could have a baby.
Maddie was very good with Ella Bella.
Told ya she's cute.
This was back at the end of June....look how tiny! Auntie Heather will have one of these soon!
Okay, we already covered that I'm cute. Are we done now?
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