We made it!

We moved! We have our tree up and ready for the big day, stockings are hung and I found and watched "A Christmas Story" at least five times so far. Thank you Mom for the cute decorations and the yummy cookies! This little snowman I think is my favorite.

We have been so busy these past few weeks that I'm afraid I haven't had time to write at all. However, I received a somewhat threatening email and phone call from a beloved sister of mine, stating that I must keep everyone updated more often. We signed up for internet, and our modem should arrive on Christmas Eve! So, I should have access to post blogs forever!
We would all like to thank those of you who spent so much of your time, energy and supplies to help us move, without all of you it would have taken many trips and so much more time than one weekend to move. Thank you all so much for your love and support.
We are all doing well. I started my job and Kyle is getting a taste for being a stay-at-home dad until school starts in a few weeks (I think he likes it!) And Porter, well, he enjoys just about everything.

Merry Christmas.

Merry Christmas to All

These past few weeks have been such a blur. With the upcoming holidays and our move, things have felt like a whirlwind! This year I, like Angie, was having a difficult time getting into the holiday spirit. All of my Christmas movies are packed away. My decorations are packed into the trailor. And for 3 days in a row I found my bare tree on the kitchen floor because we couldn't quite get it to stay standing. But the other day, as I was packing (I don't do anything else these days) I found a Christmas CD that I bought a few years ago. Peter Breinholt is one of my favorites. He makes me happy. One of my favorite songs is his "Christmas Eve" song, and that did it for me. I don't know why that song did it, but it reminded me that Christmas is not over, nor is it all about the decorations or a tree. Thanks, Pete. I just needed a little reminder.

Although decorations aren't up, a tree isn't standing and I don't have Charlie Brown Christmas playing over and over in my house, Christmas is yet to come. I have been given the gift of anticipation. In one week I will have my tree decorated, we will be having a quiet, beautiful little Christmas just the three of us, sitting around a potbelly stove, sipping hot chocolate, and watching "The Christmas Story" until the cows come home. And this year I plan to add in a holiday tradition, like Angie (yet again), we will be reading the real Christmas story from Luke 2 on Christmas day just for a reminder.

And thanks for the cute shot Kari.

He's an ambi-turner!!

Porter has been rolling from his back to his tummy for weeks now, but only when rolling to his left. Well, today he did it! He became an ambi-turner! He can now roll onto his tummy from his right or left. This kid amazes me every day.

A boy and his duck.

The duck was lovingly given to Porter by his Great Aunt Lainey, before he was even born. The duck's bill is just the right size to fit into Porter's mouth and that's normally where you will find it! Porter can stay entertained for hours on end in his jumper with his duck to kiss/slobber on. If only the duck had a name. I'm at a loss, there's a U on the duck's chest, but I'm just not sure what to name it. Porter doesn't seem to care though. As long as he has something to chew on, he's happy.

We have a house!

A very important thing to have if you are moving I suppose. We headed this past week to secure us a home and we found one! This little beauty is full of character and charm. From the vibrant orange front room to the seafoam green bedrooms/bathroom to the Dewalt yellow kitchen it has charm coming out its wazoo! Luckily, we were told that we were more than okay to paint (the previous renter was an art major, and he didn't want to let one little ounce of colorful talent go to waste by painting the house some normal color. We have loads of storage space, and our own sunroom (again, a place built by an artist, so the potato bags on the walls are there on purpose I suppose.) It's just right for the three of us.
The back of the house and sunroom.Our front room (I think I'll paint that wall a chocolatey brown!) Small kitchen, but enough for what we need.Unfortunately, I can't do anything about the lovely tile in the bathroom!

We again are grateful to Jill and Kenny and Aiden for letting us stay with them while we looked for housing. We would also like to thank them for letting us borrow Aiden's jumper. It took Porter all of two minutes to figure it out, and less time than that to find out he loved it!