September, 2009

Well, we are half way through September and life is about to get crazy! Today is Dan's last day of work in Seattle...a little bittersweet. He is actually really sick today with a horrible head cold but he didn't feel like he could call in his last day. He and the guys from work are going to Chinatown for lunch today (yes, Seattle has a Chinatown). Dan's taking a few days off to help us pack up so I don't have to do much next week when he's already off to Portland. Last week the head honchos of Charter took Dan and the other two guys he was on the last project with and their wives to a really fancy dinner at this super nice place in Seattle called Canlis. It was a $3,000 dinner for 12 people (they drank a lot of wine, which I'm sure really killed the bill but still). It was really good food, a 4 hour dinner! We had a lot of fun and it was a really nice gesture on Charter's part. They talked about what an amazing job Dan and his team did on this last project and how excited they are for Dan to go to Portland and all the exciting things there. I felt very proud of my husband, he's such a hard worker and always earns the highest praises from his employers.



We don't know exactly when we'll be closing on our home, sometime before October 18th, that's all we know. We will be staying as a family in an Extended Stay Hotel just outside Portland for up to 3 weeks....yes, I may just go CRAZY but we didn't want to pay rent here and pay for a hotel for Dan in Portland. We might as well at least be together. The kids are excited, they think hotels are fun. It does have a full kitchen in it so we'll be able to eat in most nights. We just hope we can close sooner rather than later because each day will just drag on I'm sure. It will all be worth it in the end because our new home is going to be so nice.




Isaac started school almost 2 weeks ago. I thought he would love it but he actually hates it. It's a struggle to get him to go each day and the last few days his teacher has to peel him off me because he's crying and freaking out so much. I've talked to his teacher several times and he does fine in class and gets along good with the other kids, he just doesn't like it. He says "all we do is learn and it's boring". It's always a pain dropping him off but he's happy and fine when I pick him up. I've talked to a few other mom's of kids in his class and they said their kids are going through the same things. His teacher is older and I think she's a little on the strict side. Maybe his next teacher in Battle Ground will be more fun and he'll enjoy school a little more. I've attached some pictures of his first day of school and some pictures of he and Audrey being Transformers.



Adriana is crawling all over the place and pulling herself up on everything. She has 6 teeth now (4 on top, 2 on bottom). She loves to eat any and everything. We just got her some baby pictures and they turned out so cute. We'll send copies out with our Christmas cards this year. (Stamps are expensive).

Audrey is enjoying having Isaac gone a couple hours a day. She loves to play with the toys he doesn't let her play with when he's home. She is starting to play with Adriana more, which Adriana loves.

Once we close, I'll send a group e-mail with our new address to everyone. Until then, my cell phone will still be the same and I believe we'll be able to set up our computer in our hotel room so I won't be completely shut out from the world. Here's some pictures for your enjoyment. One note on the bath one....the bubbles were perfectly covering all the needed areas so we won't be able to embarrass Isaac and Audrey too bad in 10 years.