Officially official

We're moving!!!

Erik has been commuting (by plane) out of Spokane since the end of August and we are so excited to finally be moving closer to his base so he can come home after work instead of staying in a lonely hotel room.  Our destination: Chewelah, Washington.  It's a cute small town, about six hours from where we live now and one hour north of Spokane, so Erik will still have a bit of a drive to get to work but it's worth it for us to be able to live further away from the city.  The town has a 27-hole golf course and is only a 15 minute drive to the ski resort 49 Degrees North... talk about PERFECT for our little family!!!  

It's all so bittersweet at the same time, we have made so many wonderful, amazing, supportive, awesome, and loving friends since we've been living out here.  Erik has lived in Vancouver for 5 years now, and me a little over 4 years... it will be sad and hard to say goodbye, but we are ready and excited for this next chapter in our lives together.  

And you will all come visit us, right?!!!!

My interview last week went great, it was 2 1/2 hours long! Wow I sure wasn't expecting that!  I am fortunate to have over 4 years of experience now on a busy med-surg floor, so needless to say, I had a LOT of experiences to draw from for examples during the long interview.  The manager offered me the job on Monday and after Erik and I did some deliberation and got some answers on some deciding factors, this morning I called and accepted the job!  It is a part-time day shift R.N. position at Providence St. Joseph Hospital - Long Term Care Center in Chewelah.  I will be starting as soon as I can after my two weeks are done at the VA and after my nursing license gets transfered over to Washington from Oregon.  Oh, and after we find a place to live too!  Ready, set, go!!! Wish us luck!

Here is a cute video of Bennett from this morning, 

please disregard the odd state of affairs in our apartment... 

I was getting ready to vacuum the living room 

so I had everything moved around!

It's a blustery fall day here in the Pacific Northwest, 

but actually quite warm.  

I heard its been snowing in North Dakota!!!  

Wow I hope it doesn't snow in Wisconsin tomorrow... 

my cousin Jason is getting married.  Well I take that back, 

I think snow could make a wedding very beautiful and memorable... 

Congrats to Jason & Jenny!!!! 

Talk to ya'll later :)

Farewell September

Another football Sunday is here!!!  

Bennett is feeling better (which makes Mommy and Daddy feel better too), and I blame him if I lose in fantasy football this week, because as you can see he was helping me finalize my starting line-up this morning:

But I guess if I win then he gets the credit for that too, and (sorry Brad) it's looking like that's going to be the case.  Hey at least the Vikings are 3-1 now.

Here is Bennett getting ready for ski season:

Our independent little man, when we get home from being out somewhere he likes to get back into the apartment on his own... and he tends to blaze his own trail in order to get there:

He is getting better at going up the stairs too!

And I'll leave you with a cute picture of Bennett after he woke up from a nap the other day and walked out of his room on his own to come find me... he's so cuddly when he wakes up from a nap, I love it! :)

Hulk baby has been living up to its new nickname lately, as Erik was able to feel him or her moving already!!!  That is one of my favorite parts about pregnancy. 

I hope everyone has a wonderful day, the last day in September!

A no good, very bad day... or two.

Bennett and I went to one of my co-worker's houses for Monday Night Football.  We don't get ESPN at our apartment so it was nice to have a friend offer us to come watch with them, and we had a blast!  Until... (of course the final call of the game, which I won't even get started on!), but also, when Bennett started coming down with a fever.  Here is Bennett when he was still feeling great, eating chips and watching the game!

Fortunately he slept well all night last night despite being on fire, and didn't even cry until this morning.  He's not feeling good at all today :(  

He is always such a happy & outgoing little guy, playing and exploring all day long, so it's really hard for me to see him like this.  We have been cuddling and watching movies today, his top favorites being "How to Train your Dragon" and "Tangled".  He has been taking naps  too, a lot more than normal.  We're going to head out for a walk now, it has gotten so beautiful outside this evening so it'll be good for both of us to get some fresh air.

Say a little prayer for him to start feeling better and for the fever to do it's job and then leave him alone!!!