Moving Day

We moved everything in one afternoon. Actually, one trip! 3 trucks, 2 cars. Wow. I honestly didn't think we would get it done that fast. Not to mention that Kenton's mom and aunt had our master bedroom painted last night too. Today they finished the living room. They are machines! And guess what, the grey is totally great and I am so happy! No more blue-grey walls, amazing.

This is the only picture I have taken so far. I have been busy, what can I say. Uncle Jordan is home for the weekend, and helped move some of Kenton's machines. He also had to say hi to Little Wren of course. She thinks he is pretty cool.

We are so lucky to have our families around to help this weekend. They have worked their butts off. Some of them even say it's fun. I am so glad.

Kenton met one of our neighbours that lives next door. He was digging up his lawn, and pulling out tree roots...massive tree roots. Him and his wife have a 10 week old son. We have potentially fun neighbours, I can't even get over it. I am also looking out my front window to see a sweet little park and the evening sun going down. I used to look at an alley. This is the best!

Oh, before I forget, there was one thing that made me laugh (in irony) when we drove up to the house last night. The city was pulling up all the old sidewalks in the neighbourhood. Yes, construction. Story of my life. Oh well, it's no where near what it was at the apartment!

We are moving...tomorrow!

I don't know if I will sleep tonight. We are moving tomorrow and I couldn't be happier! We have been trying to pack...this place looks ridiculous. If there is a proper technique to boxing things up, I don't know it. So, hopefully our stuff is okay for the actual transport across the city. Meh, even then I only really care if the computer makes it safely...just kidding. Not really.

You have probably heard about that apartment fire from the news across the alley from us. The article I read mentioned what some tenants had grabbed from their suite that was the most important to them. Some grabbed their grandmother's accordion, wedding photos, things like that. It got me thinking about what I would grab, not including Wrennie. She is a given, people! Aside from her...hmm.. wedding photos? I think our whole family has them on disk I am sure. My sewing machine? Nah. Camera? It wasn't THAT much money. I thought about maybe some of my clothes that are handmade from craft fairs...hey, I didn't say it had to be meaningful. But the dumbest thing I wanted to grab of all was our computer. I really like it. It's an iMac okay? and has all of our pictures on it too. Not to mention that it is sort of the stay-at-home mom's lifeline. Or at least it is for this generation. And it doubles as my television as well.

Anyway. That was a little...unnecessary.

Wrennie has spent 3 days at each of her grandparents places this week alone because of the construction. It is also nearly impossible to pack while taking care of a baby. Once Wrennie comes home, she takes her last nap for the day, and apparently her grandmas are so tired that they take one too!

I think I ran into Bob Dylan in the laundry room today. I went to get the last of Wrennie's laundry out of the dryer and he was leaving. All of her stuff was still damp in the machine, but Kenton said he ran it and everything. Being the suspicious person I am, I came up with this winner of an explanation:

"Bob Dylan did it. He saw the baby stuff in the dryer, knew it was ours, and totally opened the door before any of it was dry, just to get back at us for always ratting on him."

I wasn't really serious you know.

Last week my parents payed a quick visit, and of course, Wrennie falls asleep on Grandpa like she always does. It is just the sweetest, that little face buried in his neck. Just a cute picture that had to be shared.

So that is all, and until the internet and phones are hooked up in the house, I probably won't have much on here. Unless I have one last minute blog in the morning. Who knows. If all goes according to plan, we will be sleeping in our new, QUIET, house tomorrow. Yes!!!

Teeth and...fire?!

Guess what! Wrennie's first tooth is coming in, and her second is not far behind it. That would probably explain why she wasn't as hungry as normal the past few weeks, but other than that I wouldn't have even noticed that much of a change in her. No complaints from her, just like her dad. I can't believe how exciting something so small can be!

In other news, one of the apartment complexes across the alley from us had a suite that was on fire today. Kenton saw black smoke pouring out of the top of the building and heard all of the fire trucks stopping nearby. I was coming home from buying groceries (I have never bought so much frozen food- pizza, lasagna, veggie burgers, in one week) and saw the trucks driving to the building, and all the people standing outside watching. It turns out that whoever lives in that suite is friends with our apartment managers. We don't know what happened yet, but hopefully our parents catch something on the news. Poor people!

We are heading to the Head Shape clinic this afternoon for Wrennie. I am interested in what they have to say about her sweet little misshaped head. I will keep you posted.

We also signed the last of the mortgage papers with the lawyer today. I'm so glad that's almost over...not to mention that new windows are being installed this week on the east side of the building where, yes, Wrennie's window faces. It's going to be quite the week.

Naps in a Storage Room

I blog while Wrennie naps. That's just the way it is. I also read about 400 blogs of others while I'm at it. I am also hungry. I have really yummy leftovers sitting in the fridge that could be heated and turn into my lunch...except there is construction going on outside, and therefore Wrennie is napping in the storage room on her big floor pillow...and the microwave is in there...sigh. She has also been napping for and hour and a half now.

See her pillow? See the little beige blanket just barely peeking past the door? Those are her feet, and she is in the storage room having the nap of her life...right next to the vacuum and baby wipes.

I came across this beautiful little baby room on Designsponge.com If you scroll down the page a few, you will find it. You know what the wall color reminded me of? Our apartment color, you know that blue-grey? But I love it here! It looks so sweet with the colors she chose in her fabrics and furniture.

And, my favorite internet find today: Red Hot Pottery. I love this vase.

That's all!

Packing.

I've been doing some packing. Okay, "some" is an understatement. We keep saying that we don't have that much to move, but it definitely doesn't feel like it. I feel like packing will never end!

Are you wondering how I get any packing done with Wrennie around? I mean, what is she doing the whole time? Well, with a little neglect, she looks after herself pretty okay. When I take my occasional glances over her way to see how she is doing, this is what I usually see:

She is just hanging out, chewing on her fingers, dealing with the fact that her mother ignores her during certain parts of the day. What a classic first-born, just content to play by herself.

Later on, I was doing dishes...again, ignoring my daughter. She is getting so good at reaching for anything in the vicinity. Today she found the bread.

And caught in the act.

Our apartment manager showed our suite to a couple with a toddler. They seemed to really like it and want to rent it. They probably wondered why my smile looked so pained. Oh if the poor people only knew.

Next week the workers begin to install new windows on the wall of the building where Wrennie's window sits. I doubt they will get to it that fast, they are finishing the windows in the building across the alley first. I hope we are gone before then!