Moving Day!

...or at least it will be once my alarm goes off in 5 1/2 hours.  I didn't want to leave my 3 readers hanging (shout out to Rebecca, Melissa, and Tracy!), so I thought I would write a few quick lines about each member of the family.

July 4, 2012

Jonah is adorable, brilliant, and completely without a schedule (poor 3rd child), but still a happy and easy little 4 and a half month old.  He was 14 lbs, 14 ounces at his last checkup, so let's just say "He's 15 lbs."  He is pretty long for his age, so he's outgrowing all of his footie pajamas.  This is okay though because he usually wears just a onesie to bed since he has to be swaddled up tight each night to prevent the dreaded "rub my face with both hands until I wake myself up".  I have to hold him for naps or else he doesn't have them.  This was fun for a few weeks, but is practically impossible right now.  I've been waiting to sleep train him until he's in a real crib and out of our bedroom.  At least then I can turn on his mobile and leave the room and not feel like I am completely abandoning him.  Next week!

Not the best picture, but he still looks super cute

Kevin is the most adorable 3 year old ever.  He had a great birthday and I will have to put up lots of pictures soon since I made his cake and turned out pretty well.  I mean: I will have to put up pictures soon because Kevin is so amazing and fun! :)  He is a great kid and he tells us daily "I love you SO much" in the cutest voice you've ever heard.  Part of me will be very sad when he learns to correctly pronounce L, R, and TH.  One of my favorite phrases right now is. "Why can I not?"  I will also be sad when he realizes that he can shorten it to "Why not?"  He also gives sweet, wet kisses and has the most contagious laugh which becomes less contagious and more maniacal at times depending on sleep deprivation and his sugar intake.

She loved the wave pool at a nearby water park

Kevin loved the slushies the best

Elena is such a little lady and immensely helpful.  She is thoughtful and she really loves being independent (picking out her own clothes, taking showers, making her and Kevin's lunches while I feed Jonah, etc.).  We cannot believe how suddenly she is growing up.  Now that we have an address, I enrolled her in kindergarten, so we've been talking a lot about that.  She is half excited, half nervous.  She is a smart cookie and always keeps me on my toes.  I have NO doubt that she will love school.  It will also be nice for her to get her energy out at school because one of her favorite past times has become getting Kevin as riled up and silly as she can.  They then run around and chase each other until someone falls down and or cries.  You know - usual sibling stuff.

A picture with all 5 of us in it!

Dan has started his second year of residency.  Woot!  Woot!  He is working in the emergency department this month and he loves it.  It is definitely one of his faves.  We are happy that he is happy and that this month's weird schedule has allowed him several days off during the first two weeks of the month.  He, interestingly enough, is either working or on "jeopardy" (kind of like "at home call") for 9 nights in a row starting the night before our move (aka: tonight).  So, the timing of the move is not ideal, but we are excited and will make it work!

Where Kevin has slept ever since birthday.  Although now he sleeps on a toddler mattress inside his new tent.

I love this picture of E.  I know it's upside down, but I'm too tired to fix it now.

 There is nothing noteworthy going on with me.  I am just trying to set up utilities and finalize all the little details of the move.  In the morning I will drive a 17 foot UHaul for the first time, so that's interesting I guess.  I'm just eager to unpack and get settled, but I have no idea how long that will take.  The last time that I had to unpack all our belongings, Dan had the summer off to help and we didn't have kids yet.  This will be a little different.  Hopefully we'll be all set by the first week in August because that is when we get our first house guest!  My friend Tina (we had all our education classes together at BYU) is moving to DC and stopping to visit with us on her way.  I'm so excited!

He's too tired to continue to run around, but nothing can keep him from playing with the cars that he carries in his pockets everywhere.

I'll try my best to keep you 3 readers up to date on all our comings and goings over the next couple of crazy weeks. :)  It might make things easier that I will have my very own personal computer again soon instead of sharing with my mom, dad, or Dan like I have been for the last year.  I'm not sure what other fun things we'll have once again when we unpack 2 storage units of boxes and furniture this weekend.  It has been so long, I don't even remember some of it.  I'm sure that we'll have a sizable donation for Goodwill soon though!