About time!

Moving to Charlotte, we decided that we were going to use a moving company. It was supposed to be about the same price as getting a moving truck and doing it ourselves. They would pack it up, ship it, and unload. It sounded ideal! You know when something seems too good to be true? Well in this case.. it was.

I flew out to Arizona the day they came to get the stuff. Ethan was there to direct. We had got a quote for moving our stuff for about $1,200. By the time they got all of the stuff loaded and on the truck, they raised the price $700! We bit the bullet, because we weren't about to take it all off and try and get a U-haul the day before they were getting ready to drive out. This was the 31st of December.

Fast forward to today. We have been patiently and anxiously waiting for our stuff to be delivered. We got a call yesterday (after we had called and inquired about where in the country our stuff was) saying that it was finally going to be delivered. Of course it was on the only day that Ethan has school ALL day. Luckily, we were able to work with the driver (who has nothing to do with the company) to get it delivered this morning at 7:30 (paying the rest of the cost in cash..sketchy). It was a huge relief to finally see our stuff again.

Nixon came outside and hung out with me while I got some of the boxes that would be staying here at the house out of the trucks.

*Side note-because we were making such a fast decision, we basically went with the cheapest place we could find. When it had been three weeks without hearing anything about where our stuff was, we started reading some reviews about the company we used. I read horror story after horror story! Never again will I use a company without doing a bit more research, and we will NEVER use Oasis Moving Company again. Lesson learned.

Bye, bye Woombie

We did it. We had our first night without the Woombie...

And it was a success!! We'll see if it continues, but I have high hopes. 

Well traveled

During the holidays, we all spent way too much time on a plane, but it was well worth it to get to see all of our family!

We traveled 6,278 miles and about 18.5 hours. We had no missed flights, but had about 5 minutes to get to our next flight before it took off. We only had 1 piece of lost luggage and 1 tantrum through all of our travels, so we feel like it was a huge success! Nixon was an absolutely champ and I couldn't have been more grateful for it. 

38 Weeks

This boy has officially crawled!! In my mind I kept wondering why he wasn't crawling, but I just have to remind myself every child is different and no two kids will ever be the same. And although he's not crawling all the time, he is climbing over everything! He'll climb over me and the other day I saw him climbing up the steps.

He still has no teeth, but he gums things that would, in theory, require teeth to chew. He had a little reaction to mangos, so we're staying away from those for a while. He's obnoxiously loud, but it's not a crying loud.. just loud. His sleeping schedule is still a little wonky, and he's waking up about an hours after he goes down for the night, but I just leave him in his room. I don't want him to get used to crying and having me come get him. Not gonna happen! Overall, he's still pretty happy, staring to get some chunk on his legs, and we still love him more than anything!