Settled at Last

We finally made it to Connecticut! We arrived on Friday the 17th. It was a good car trip through parts of the country that I had never been through. The weather is amazing. We spent the first couple of days getting everything settled in and set up. Other then a few missing odds and ends, everything is good. Our summer as homeless bums is finally over. Our apartment is much bigger then the one in Provo, and it has so much storage!! We actually have room to store more! It is has been hard in some ways to find a place to put it all, I am so used to our apartment in Provo and how everything was arranged there. We did live there for almost 3 years so it is not too surprising. We look forward to starting a new chapter in our lives.

My New Cousin!!

Rebecca had her baby on the 15th, which is the same as her Grandpa's birthday. Megan was fascinated with her (although you can't really tell by the first picture). Hopefully the next time that we see them, Lilyanne Claire will be ready to play! The three girls are pretty close to each other in age, and will be good friends. The pushing part of the birth took about 10 minutes. I hope that it is the same for me my second time around! Rebecca delivered the day before we left, so it was good timing. My little one looks so grown up and huge next to her. It is so hard to believe that Megan was ever even smaller than Lily. They grow up so fast (sniff!).

Our Life as Nomads Part 3

These are just a couple of cute pictures of Megan. The first is what I like to call "I can't wait to be a Mommy". The next one is a picture of her favorite toy. She was staring at the remote, so Russ put it on his chest, she then pulled it down, and proceded to try to pick it up to suck on it. The remote that we have for our TV here looks nothing like the on in the picture, yet she knows that it is the same thing and wants it as well. She is really starting to hit the "everything in my mouth stage" it is cute, but can get frustrating.

Our Life as Nomads Part 2

Everything is going great here. Melissa and Emily have made it to Utah, we are so excited for them. We (well, I at least) are hoping that someone gets married soon! We wish them the best of luck.

Megan's favorite toys are her burp clothes, her cow, and her toes. She has been working on grabbing them for months now, and has recently achieved her goal. She is now working on getting her toes in her mouth so that she could suck on them. She has gotten close to it, but not quite.

We are now anixously awaiting the birth of Rebecca's little girl. Megan has helped Kate to learn how to be around a baby, and she is so cute with Megan. They will be great friends, and she will have a great time playing with those two. We are hoping that the baby is born before we have to leave, but only time will tell. We are going to be here for one more week. We have had a great time here, but are getting excited about starting Law School in a new state.

Trip to St. Louis & Other fun things

Last week, Russ and I volunteered as chaperons for the Young Women's' High Adventure. We went to St. Louis. It was a great time! My mom did a great job planning it. We got to go to the zoo, ride segues, go see Peter Pan, and then we got to go to the city museum. If anyone is making a trip through St. Louis, they must stop there! It was pure insanity, plain and simple. In a few years, we will bring Megan back and let her go wild. On the way back, we read out loud the seventh book of Harry Potter. I was so excited to finally read it! It is the best, and now my favorite in the series. Enough about that.
We also had another baby shower here. It was so fun, and we recieved such cute things.

Megan is also really into books. Alisha was reading this Spanish Winnie the Pooh book to her, and she just got so excited. She also helps Rebecca with suduko. She is a brillant baby!

Fishing in Indiana

Russ went fishing the otherday with Andrew, Elizabeth's brother, and Andrew's friend Spencer. We went on Spencer's lake at his house. It was fun, not quite as much as hitting the Provo river, but a good time. I caught bluegill and then Spencer used them as bait for the bass. I'm told this is illegal unless you are on a private lake. Since we were on Spencer's lake, it was just fine. Spencer pulled out this monster. We measured it and it was 23". Spencer says it was over 7 lbs. I held it in the water while Spencer went for the measuring tape, and I could get both fists in its mouth. The best part was when Spencer was pulling it in. When it got close to him in the shallows, he dove in and wrestled it. He said he didn't want it to get away. We threw him back and hope he is ready to get caught again when he's put on another pound or so.

Our Life as Nomads Part 1

We are now offically without a home to call our own. On June 30th, we moved our of our Wymount Apartment in Provo. We have lived there for almost 3 years, so it was quite the feat. We spent a few days in Salt Lake with Russ's family. On the fourth, we went up to Huntsville. It was, as always, so fun. We came back down to Salt Lake for the fireworks. We could see them from the balcony, but Megan complained because it was really windy out there. So she and dad watched the Curt's aquarium instead, while Momma enjoyed the fireworks. She really enjoyed watching the fish move. I think it is because they move so slowly.
The next day, Elizabeth took Megan on her very first plane ride. She had a blowout just as we were getting through security, and then became very hungry and was not shy about letting everyone around us know. She also flat out refused to take a bottle, so Mom and Megan got more aquinted with an airport bathroom then I ever wanted to. After that fiasco, she became as good as gold, sleeping the entire way from Salt Lake to Chicago. On the plane to Evansville, she decided that she had had enough of traveling for the day, and again was not shy about letting everyone on the plane know as well. Luckily, the plane was really loud (and empty), so most people didn't have to hear. Russ, on the other hand, got to drive. He drove for pretty much 24 hours straight through, with no problems. He won the bet with Elizabeth on how many gallons of gas it would take to get there (He bet 50, I bet 72).
Megan also had her first adventure. She got locked in the car. After frantic searching for the spare set keys, we called 911. They sent a sheriff, a fire truck, and a fire chief to help. The car was proving very difficult to break into. We also called AAA. It became a contest to see who could get the door opened. In the end, it was the fire truck. Megan slept through most of it, and did cry a little, but when we got to her, she was just looking around like no big deal.
Megan has changed so much in the short time that we have been here. She has gotten really interested in her hands, tries so hard to grab for toys, smiles at her cousin Kate, and loves the gym that we bought her. She is especially enamored with the star on top. It lights up and plays music. She is growing bigger everyday, and will soon be out of her 0-3 months clothes. It is almost time to get the next bigger size of diapers.
Today, we saw our first rain shower. Megan felt some raindrops, and when it had pretty much stopped, we tried to go out and play in the puddles. Megan was more interested in the bush by the front door, then the puddles, but that will change, I think.