"tomorrow, tomorrow, I love ya tomorrow..."

So in the past 13 hours, Nate had a mishap with his car and it ended up in the body shop and Caleb ate part of a bar of soap while I was washing his back. What a day!

Christ the Lord is Risen Today

Happy Easter

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A Tale of Two Suby's

We've been coming out from under the rock that rolled over us last month (or should I say, hit us from behind?). Order is slowly beginning to take shape in our lives once more, and best of all, the sun is coming out!










We headed to Cannon Beach for our anniversary last weekend, and Caleb got to see the ocean for the first time. He was fascinated despite the cold, windy weather. He hates being outside in a cold wind, so the fascination was short lived, but we got some good shots, and had a nice walk on the beach.




























He did enjoy playing in his Play'N'Pack. He can now hold himself up in a standing position. My arm is behind him, but I'm not holding on to him at all.



















Since my car got totaled, it became necessary for us to buy a new one. Well, I wanted some kind of Subaru or Toyota, and was leaning strongly toward another Subaru. We found one we liked in our price range, only it turned out to be another Outback! So we are now a two-Outback family. How weird is that? I like the new car, and we have a great mechanic, so it should run for a long time.




















We are also settling into our duplex. We'll be planting a vegetable garden this week, and our flowers look like they are liking their new, sunnier location. I'm excited to see what the roses do this summer. Our tulips are almost blooming, and the sunny weather is going to help a lot. The possibilities in our front yard are endless. Right now, I'm transplanting some daffodils from the back yard that are growing in the future vegetable garden. They'll get more sun, and be a much better alternative to the weeds that are growing there now.

Here's the front of the duplex. It is two stories, has a fenced back yard, and a garage. It's getting closer to housewarming time!




I think that's about all I got for now. Hope you all are well.


Nate

Goodbye Saturn

As some of you already know, I got in a wreck a few weeks ago and the Saturn was totaled. A lady rear ended me and pushed me into the car in front of me, making a nice Saturn sandwich on Kia and Mazda bread. Ironically, the day before, Andrea and I were discussing the ages of our respective vehicles. I knew it was becoming close to the time when one of them would need to be replaced. The next day, the decision was made for us. A little sooner than we thought!























Well, that was not the end of the story. The Subaru had gone into the shop for some body work as well, and we were driving a rental car around town. On top of that, we were starting the process of moving out of our apartment and into a duplex up the street. Then there came the dealing with the chiropractor appointments for me and Caleb (he was in the car with me). It all made for a rather full month!

We are now settling into a nice duplex with a yard and a garage (thanks to the big guns provided by Sean and Jimmie and our downstairs neighbor). We have Andrea's Subaru back and we bought another Subaru Outback! We are now a two-Subaru family. The new one is navy blue and a couple years older than Andrea's.

That has taken the majority of the past month to deal with. This past weekend we went to Skamania Lodge. Andrea had a conference for work and I went along to take care of Caleb. It rained the whole time, so we didn't get out much. Regardless, it was a much needed break. Now we're back home and continuing to unpack and organize (getting closer to the house-warming party!).


Here are some pictures from the hotel. This is Caleb playing with his Bapa.




















Here we are playing with the gift store merchandise.
























Sitting in front of the fire.






















That's about it for now. Take care!

Happy Valentines Day

Watched Fireproof

I cried...



You should too.






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How time flies

I just realized that it has been a month since Nate posted anything on the blog, so I thought I would help out and catch everyone up on us!
Caleb is now 5 months old and has learned to roll over! He still loves to play on his jungle mat, only now he is trying to climb the support bars for it. He is teething and everything goes in his mouth, the car seat strap, the dog leash, he even got Nate's cereal box and was gnawing on it. He does have several teething toys, one in particular, a giraffe named Sophie, is his favorite Yuck! The last couple weeks, he has started to make recognizable sounds like "ba" and "da" and his babble has some inflection to it. It's pretty cool!
Nate was very excited to go back to flute choir on Thursday nights, when not playing or rocking Caleb he also spends time on Facebook.com and looking for a new apartment for us to move to when our lease is up next month.
My resolution for 2009 was to get Caleb to go to bed at what I consider to be a decent hour. I was thinking 9 pm. Which seems reasonable to me, however Caleb thinks 12 - 1 am would be a better time for him. How interesting that I being a sleep tech, would have a child that doesn't really sleep all that much. Fortunately, despite his sleep habits he is a very happy baby. Actually, he is pretty happy considering he has a rash covering his torso that we get to go see the doctor about tomorrow. Nothing serious we think but it won't go away!

Andrea