Happy fall 2009

Still busily looking for new housing... this surprisingly is pretty darn time consuming. During Wyatt's nap times, I feel as if I am spending the majority looking up houses online and then calling about them and making plans to go see them with Will. Seems like everyone is pretty friendly and talkative.. kinda exhausting to be so social haha. After dragging my brother in law to get his professional opinion on the big Victorian house we were interested in, we decided to nix that idea. Too risky.

Well we were contemplating going camping in the Bend/Sister's areas this coming weekend with my parents, but with the house hunt on we probably need to stay put. Also there have been some fires in that area causing the air quality to be pretty bad. I have a hard time when its smokey- I end up with bad headaches.. no fun. Anyways my parents are currently vacationing on the Oregon Coast for a few days but should be returning soon. I assume we'll hit them up to babysit for us this weekend while we go look for houses, hit the bar etc. ;)

Today I signed Wyatt and I up for another parent/child class through the local community college. This class is in Philomath (about 20 minutes away) and starts next week.

Will's sweet tooth finally got the best of him.. he just ran down to the Dari-Mart for ice cream. Good ol cookies n cream. YUM.

Our weather has been fluctuating.. Last week it was colder and then it heated up quite a bit. Ok, gonna go space out in front of the t.v....

teeth coming in...

There they are.. look closely and you can see 2 on top and 1 on bottom.

life in a nutshell

So much going on I dont know where to start... well first I suppose is that Wyatt and I just got home from a visit to Fresno on Tuesday. We flew down the previous week and then rode back with my parents. It was a LONG trip as usual but my dad drove most of it and my mom entertained Wyatt. He barely cried and was pretty darn happy have his grandma at his beck and call. We celebrated my grandma's 82nd birthday and even got to see my great aunt Margaret who flew out from Baltimore for the big event. Unfortunately Aunt Margaret fell and broke her knee cap on her 2nd or 3rd day here. She just had surgery Wednesday and is now having some uneven heart beats and low blood pressure issues. The doctors are also concerned about blood clotting. All in all, it was really nice to get to see everyone. Felt like I actually got to spend some substantial time with all the important people in my life :)

So I get home Tuesday and then get and email from the Property Management company who manages our house that they are raising our rent. I was already going to let them know that we would need a drop in our rent if they wanted to keep us on as tenants so although I did let them know this, we think we will need to move when the lease is up next month. So we started house hunting... The first house we looked at was built in the 1800's and was pretty cool if it was anywhere livable. It was 2 like 2 minutes from my sister and on a beautiful piece of property. Yesterday evening we took a drive to 'Summit' which is about 1/2 hour west of Corvallis and about 35 minutes from my sister. The house was very basic (much smaller than what we have now) but brand spankin new (and on 2 beautiful acres). Anyways we are #2 on the list so who knows at this point.. We are going to keep looking this weekend..

So our little Wyatt finally started getting a tooth (bottom one) last week right before our flight down to Fresno and just a couple days ago started getting his 2 top ones. It looks like they are all coming up at the same time! Poor kid. He is still sleeping great and in a pretty darn good mood. He is going to look so different now with teeth.

Well I better go.. I wanted to go check out the new 1-2 year old 'Wobbler' story time at our library so need to get myself off of the computer...

Here is a link to pictures from our trip:

Labor day 2009

I'm getting excited to be flying to Fresno tomorrow for a little visit. We will be celebrating my grandma Edith's 82nd birthday and I'm thrilled to get to visit with my great aunt from Baltimore as well. I have to say I'm equally nervous and excited to fly with my toddler. The last time we flew was when he wasn't 'Mr. Independent mobile kid.' I am packing all kinds of little treats in hopes that it is a smooth flight for everyone :) But he's so inquisitive these days that I'm looking forward to seeing his reaction to the plane and people etc. He is really a pretty easy going kid in public so I'm sure well do okay..

Will may also be making a trip to CA this week. One of his coworkers and friends, Wicke was killed in a motorcycle accident last week. We are very sad that such a nice person lost his life, and at such a young age. Makes you really appreciate when everything is good and everyone in your life is healthy and safe. (sigh..)

This Labor day weekend we were pretty lazy; just spent it together, enjoying our lives- the rain and then the sun (over and over) were interesting. Will picked a bunch of blackberries out of our backyard and I made a 'Blackberry Buckle.' I also baked zucchini bread with veggies from our garden. We had chicken Marsala for dinner tonight and are planning on having pesto and fresh mozzarella with tomatoes (from our garden of course) on baguettes for lunch tomorrow. Loving our 'farm fresh produce!'

Well I'm off to bed- we have a very long day in store for us tomorrow!