Nearly a week in Idaho at this point & it seems like Ethne is deciding to grow up all at one time! She's walking, at least 95% of the time. She's so funny to watch b/c she's still a little unsure of herself but she's doing a GREAT job! She's also getting more teeth, FINALLY! She has her two top teeth & there's another one coming in I'm just not sure where yet. Like most babies she isn't a fan of having someone stick their hand in her mouth. The crazy thing is that she doesn't drool AT ALL. I like that she doesn't but she does get somewhat fussy which makes me sad because I know she's hurting. She also slept all the way through until 5am last night! So, lots of good things just crazy that she's decided to do it all at once. She doesen't seem to be that affected by the move other than always wanting to be in the same room of the house as me. Lilyanah on the other hand is having a pretty hard time with the move. She LOVES seeing her daddy as much as we do, of course we all love that. She just doesn't understand the concept of miles. Everytime she talks to someone from home she says, 'You come see me at our new house?' as if they'll walk through the door a minute later. We do have visitors coming soon which is exciting! Mom is flying in on the 28th of August for nearly a week & then Corey & Kelsey are coming the 19th through 21st of September. Then sometime in October we're looking forward to getting a time set for Mema & Pepa to come visit. We aren't sure yet when we'll be heading back to Oregon but whenever it is it won't be soon enough in all ways but the travel. I'm not a fan of the long drive. I know 10 hours is better than a lot of drives but our girls are not in any way shape or form car girls. 15 minutes into a drive & they're ready to be at the destination or back at the starting point. Anyway, I'm keeping busy trying to get everything in place.
Last night we bought this new computer & a new vacuum cleaner that is really great! It's a Eureka, recommended by Consumer Reports, and they were right. The suction is so strong & it's like it has a mind of its own leading me forward! Ethne & Lilyanah are holding little books & Ethne is patting it saying Bi buh. . . They sang a song back in Bible class in Newberg that went 'I love to pat the Bible, etc. .' I think that's what Ethne was doing, so precious!This is probably a silly thing to write about but I thought it was so funny. One of our rugs got super dusty being in the remodel & the vacuum I had was not strong enough to clean it so the movers rolled it up dirty & until last night we left it that way b/c it was so dusty. Anyway, I was talking to Will about where to put it & he said he would really like to keep the rug we have in the living room there & put the newly cleaned rug in one of the bedrooms. He didn't want to put it in the living room because he said with the rug that's there now it makes him feel like he's sitting in a big cup of hot cocoa. If you know my husband at all you know 2 things. He LOVES him some chocolate & he does not like being hot, so he must mean a cup of iced hot cocoa! I see what he means though, with the walls & the wood & the sofa all being brown, of course the rug is off white so it's either the whipped cream or marshmellows. Next entry hopefully I'll have some pictures from our family reunion a couple of weeks ago. It was so much fun staying up late with 'the cousins'. I think it made the transition to being just us 4 a little harder after being completely surrounded by family who also just happen to be great friends! We love & miss you all! ~wendy.
