North Bend

I'm sitting in our new apartment in North Bend. The apartment is great. Lots of places to put things which is good because we have lots of stuff. My mom and Bob came down to help us get settled. I love my family so much. They were so much help. I feel like we got a lot done. It's nice to have my moms input on how to hang the pictures or put the blankets...you know, the important stuff. I think things will be good down here. I'm not moving down until the 19th though. I'm leaving here Sunday and leaving Cass behind. I have to admitt. I'm totally homesick. I'm going home in two days...I'm pathetic. We got here yesterday afternoon and I was in a total state of depression. So I'm sure when I get down here for good I will go through this emotional rollercoaster again. I almost wish I was here to stay so I don't have to think about it for another three weeks. Anyway...
So last night Nathan had a belly ache because he needed to poop. I felt really bad for him. I let him sleep with us so none of slept very good. Good news though, while Cass and I were out running errands and Nathan was with my mom, he pooped! So I'm hoping tonight will be a little better with a little more sleep. I think I read that little Emma, Pete and Jenn's daughter, had this same problem not long ago. With a little help from pears and pear juice, they can do it!!
Ok, so just because I'm thinking about it...Christina, I have more clothes for you...6 months and up. Stephanie...I'll email you my address and I have two cute Christmas outfits to give you. Baby Girl should fit right into them this year!!
Hope you all have a great Friday night. We are just going to hang out here, eat pizza and maybe watch a movie. Tomorrow we are going to the beach/dunes. Should be fun.

Just a quick one!

So as we speak, Cass is driving the Uhaul over to my dads house to get the furniture that he is giving us! We have the best family ever. Without them and all the secondhand stuff we get from them, I'm afraid we would be in poor shape. What I'm getting at is that we are loading up the UHaul tonight and Cass and his big brother, Shane, are headed to drop it off in North Bend at our new place that we will reside in for at least the next year. We are pretty excited about our new adventure and really sad at the same time. We live so close to both of our families and it will be really hard being away. Luckily there isn't any mountain passes that would prevent us from coming home during the winter. It's only a 2 1/2 hour drive which is very doable for a quick weekend home if I need to. Anyway, I have to go meet up with Cass and do what I can to help. I'm not much help because I have a child who LOVES his mamma and needs her attention most, if not ALL the time!! So chow for now and I'll get another, more interesting post up soon!

My little love bug!

I wanted to show you what a handsome, funny, cute, happy, loving, huggable, kissable, adorable, lovable little love bug I have!!!

Nathan is AMAZING!

Nathan is 6 1/2 months old and today he got the hang of crawling!! He has been army crawling for several weeks but now he's up on all fours! I LOVE HIM! He amazes me everyday. I swear that he hit 6 months old and everything seemed to fall into place. He started sleeping better, eating solid food better and learning new things by the hour. I'm so blessed that I get to stay home with him everyday and watch him grow and be the little boy that he is! OH, and I bought some things at Kohls today (great deals on the sale rack, by the way). I thought I would get some 12 month items for him so he could wear them toward the end of Spring time...he is in the 95th percentile for heighth so I figured that he would wear them by June. I got home and thought "what the heck, I want to see how they look." I put them on and THEY FIT! He has a little room to grow but they basically fit and look so cute!
Ok, I'll stop tootin' my horn about my little guy...I'm just constantly amazed and love to share!!

A typical Tuesday morning

So here I am on a typical Tuesday morning and thought I would blog! However, there isn't too much to update. I will say that I am SO proud of Nathan. He is finally going to sleep all on his own. This has been a goa of ours for a very long time and for the last four nights he has amazed us. He still wakes up about once a night. So our typical night goes a little like this...dinner, lots of playing, bathtime routine, bottle, little snuggles and lay him in his crib. He usually will wake up between 12:30 and 1:30 am but last night he didn't wake up until 3:30!!! I'm not even sure he wanted me to go there but I did because he always has such a wet diaper and I don't like him to lay in it all night. So when I went in there he acted a little irritated at me. Anyway, I'm so excited about our progress and I'm a much better mommy and wife when I'm not sleep deprived.

Update on Cass...he is in the heat of finals. He has two finals on friday and one or two next Tuesday. So we won't be seeing him much this week. After finals we start getting ready for the big move. He and Shane (his brother) will be moving all our things to our condo in North Bend on Easter weekend. He will come back for most of Spring break and then Nathan and I will go down with him for a few days. Nathan and I are staying in Albany until the end of May/first of June so I can make a little extra money. I'm not really liking the idea AT ALL and the closer it comes time for Cass to move, the more sad I get. It's only for two months, I can do it!!!

No updates for me...I'm still working on losing the last pounds of baby weight. I have no excuses anymore. Nathan is almost 7 months old so the "I just had a baby" is not really working for me anymore. Other than that I just take care of Nathan and help around the house. I don't really know how to work the blogspot thing yet...I don't know how to post pictures or add people to my blog list...like when i go to someone elses blog they have a list of other people who blog...I don't know how to do any of that. Anyway, I should go get a good start on my day...I think I'll start with laundry!

Our first blog!

So I have followed the lead and have created a Beaver Family blogspot! I love reading everyone elses so I thought I would join in the fun. I was actually reading Robyn Shepro's (sp?) latest blog and her last paragragh got me...this routine mommy thing! I'm so glad there are other's out there. I honestly wondered the other day if I were actually doing the "stay at home mom" thing right. Is there a right or wrong way? I tend to do the same thing day in and day out with a little variation from time to time. Like right now I'm enrolled in a Mommy Fit class at the WoW fitness center. I got on Wednesday and Friday mornings and I go and exercise with Nathan. I really enjoy it and it gives me a great workout. It has been getting me out and about which is nice but it also messes up Nathan's nap time. So it's good and bad all at the same time. It is only a four week class so this next week is the last week. However, I am going to start babysitting my nephew, Anthony. He is so much fun and I think this will really help put some more fun into my days. Don't get me wrong...Nathan and I have a blast but I really do think Nathan gets sick of me. I will try to get him to look me in the eyes and he does everything possible to look right past me:) Anyway, I just wanted Robyn to know that although I only have one child, life is very much about routine. I truly believe it helps Nathan be a happier baby.
So Cass is also in his last few weeks of class before he starts his clinicals. For those of you who don't know, we have to move to Coos Bay/North Bend because that is where he will get all the practical stuff done. He is in the Diagnostic Imaging program so when it is all said and done it will be SO worth it. We finally found us a place to live in North Bend and I'm really excited about it. It's a cute condo not far from the hospital.
Anyway, that's about all for now. I just wanted to get this thing started and give you a glimpse into our lives...