A little about the last few days...

I'm sick. Yes, I have a sinus infections and a nasty cough. Nathan is feeling much better so now I have to try and take care of myself and keep up with him. Luckily Cass has been home to help out alot.
On Friday night we went to the North Bend Middle School and listened to Bill Clinton. I have to admit that I enjoyed listening to what he had to say. I won't get all political but he made some really good points! We actually only stayed for about the first 2o minutes because we had Nathan with us and it was past his bed time and he was super tired.
Yesterday we drove out to the beach. Again, we didn't stay long because there is only so much to do with an 8 month old at the beach. He crawled around in the sand for a little bit and then just wanted to be held. So we left. He loves water but didn't seem real excited about the ocean. I know. Weird. I have signed myself and Nathan up for a 'Tot & Me' class at the local pool. We will go twice a week. I think Nathan will love it. It will be nice to go do things during the week while Cass is working.
Today we went to Mingus Park. We walked around, saw the ducks, swung on the swings and people watched. People watching is Nathan's favorite thing to do. It was his first time on the swing and he was more interested in watching the other kids swing that enjoying his first swing. Funny kid I tell ya. He is so funny though. He cracks me up. Whenever I cough, he mimicks me and makes a funny coughing noise. I love it. I tried to upload a picture but couldn't get blogger to complete it...don't know what's up.
Well, tomorrow is the beginning of another week. I'm hoping it will be better than last week. It was really boring. Less than two weeks until we take a visit home.

The sun is shining!

The sun is shining today and it's actually quite nice outside. We are going to go to the beach as soon as Nathan wakes up. I have to admit that we have been super lazy today. Nathan woke up around 5 am and decided that he wasn't going to go back to sleep until almost 6:30. So when he woke up at 8 for the day, Cass and I took turns taking naps. Now Nathan is sleeping and I'm considering another nap for myself. I just don't want to waste this day or this nice weather. I wish I had some cute pictures of Nathan to put up but unfortunately I'm having problems with my camera. So I'm hoping I can get my camera to work for a few pictures at the beach.

Oh, only two more weeks until a trip up home!!! CAN'T WAIT!

What to do today?

I'm a North Bender now. We got here yesterday and I had a rough time yesterday. I kept busy by putting everything away. We also found out yesterday that Nathan has an ear infection and a possible sinus infection. Poor little guy. I am also feeling some chest congestion coming on so I'm going to try and nip it in the bud before it gets too bad. That would require sleeping. Cass let me take a two hour nap this morning. I really could have made it three hours but I figured I had better get up and make myself useful. So I did. I tried to make myself a cup of coffee in my new, high tech, coffee maker for the first time. Cass threw away the box and instructions (not on purpose to make my life complicated, but figured I wouldn't need them). Well, this is unlike any coffee pot I have ever used, it has a grinder in it and everything. I couldn't figure out what the OP2 that was flashing meant...it was clearly something the operator (me) had done to mess it up. Thank goodness for a downloadable version of the owners manual on the GE website! After I figured it out, I brewed myself a decent cup of coffee.
Now I'm trying to figure out what to do for the day. Nathan is trying to wake up from a nap and Cass is in heaven watching NBA playoffs. I would like to go and buy myself a medicine ball and one of the bigger boucy exercise ball so that I can do something at home to get myself back into shape. I don't have a gym membership anymore:( So I'm counting on long walks with Nathan and my new exercise balls to help me out. I really want to be a runner. I am going to really work on that when the weather gets nicer and when I can find places to go jog. I'm just not familiar enough with the area. Hopefully that will change once Stephanie comes home to visit!
I will post some pictures of the new place I call "home" once I get some taken.

I am no good at good byes!

So today I had lunch with a few friends. I didn't want to admit that the reason I had lunch with them was because I probably won't see them for a while. I am NO GOOD at saying good bye. See, I'm moving on Saturday down to North Bend. I'm not good at change in general and now I have to make a huge change with not friends or family (besides my husband) around. So I'm sad. I cried a lot yesterday. I'm totally emotional about this and I shouldn't be. Cass graduates in 11 months and we could be moving right back. So I need to get over it. But I'm finding more and more that I'm a very sentimental person. I didn't realize it before. Nathan has hit a lot of milestones the past three months that we have been living here at my moms. We have made a routine out of our daily lives and really enjoy it. That is all about to change. My mom and Bob were out of town last night and it was so quiet around here. I found myself looking at the clock around dinner time because I am used to hearing them come home. It was sad when I remembered that it was just me and Nathan all night long. I have absolutely loved the time that I have had with my mom and Bob and the bond that they have with Nathan. I think what makes me the most emotional about this is that Nathan won't see grandma and grandpa everyday...or at least a couple times a week! (I'm tearing...)I know we will be just fine and we will adjust like normal people do. In fact, Cass told me today that he might possibly have a hookup for me to get a job in a coffee shop. I only want to work a few hours a week and he met a nurse lady who has a family member who manages. SOOOOO let's hope it works out. Maybe that will at least help me get some sort of network going. OK, enough of my "poor me, I have to move away from home." I'm grown, I should be able to do this! The picture above is of me and Nathan at the place we had lunch today. Nathan is sick...some sort of cold virus I think. We didn't have a good night sleep last night so keep your fingers crossed for me tonight. Thanks.

Wish us luck!

From now until Wednesday night, I am in charge of three litte goof balls, all three years of age and younger. Tiffani and Jared are off to Mexico and so my mom and I are going to hang out with Kelsie and Maggie (Nathan makes the third goof ball) until Thursday. I'm really excited because I haven't seen them in about six weeks and it may be another six weeks before I see them again. The next few days will be a lot of fun but A LOT of hard work. That is why I say, "Wish us Luck!"

I also wanted to post a few 7 month pictures of Nathan. He makes me smile a million times a day...just look, you'll smile too!

...Another one...

I never know how to title my blogs.....???
Anyway, good news with Cass...he really likes where he is doing his clinicals. He is splitting his time between the Bay Area Hospital and the North Bend Medical Center. He is getting tons of hands on experienced and can even do chest x-rays on his own (and he has only been ther 4 days!) YES, you could say I am incredibly proud of my husband.
As for Nathan and I, we are doing fabulous. We get to hang out all day everyday and have so much fun. Nathan makes me laugh so hard. He does the craziest things. He is 7 months old, has been crawling for some time and now pulls himself up onto EVERYTHING. I even caught him climbing the stairs. I turned my back for a few minutes, looked up and there he was on the second stair. He can go up all 12 but he can only do that with close adult supervision:)
The best part about Nathan being my buddy all day is that he is probably the only one that thinks I am downright hilarious. He just gets me. I can just look at him and he starts laughing. I'm just so glad that someone finally thinks I am just as funny as I think I am!! Question to all you mommy's out there...when you became a mom, did you stop being cool? I swear to you that the day Nathan was born, I became a total dork. I can't dance like I used to at all...not that I was ever any good, but I could dance like I was in my 20's. NOT ANYMORE:( The only dance I can do is something along the lines of spirit fingers and a cheesy smile while attempting to do the mashed potato dance. This is no joke, ask my husband. Gone are the days of late nights at Cantina...and I guess that's not a bad thing!
Anyway, I know I write all about Nathan all the time but that's just because that is my life. Oh, but I am moving in two weeks...that's scary and exciting all at the same time. And I get to catch up with an old friend from high school, Stephanie, when she comes home to visit. I'm so excited to have a friend in North Bend (well, for a week at least).
Ok, my child is sleeping, therefore I need to pick up the house, grab my ice water, a blanket and my book and doing nothing for the next few hours but enjoying a little piece and quiet!!!