Settling

Reasons why last weekend was awesome:

[Most of these things hinged on #1.]
1. We moved into our new apartment.  The last time in awhile that we will go to a new place (besides our trip home in September for my baby brother's wedding.  "Baby" because he technically is the baby of the family even as a twin, yet the tallest of all.
2.   Ikea delivered and assembled 90% of all of our furniture that we bought for the whole place.
3. We have 3 bedrooms, so Carter can sleep in his own room instead of our bathroom and we can use our bathroom at night.
4. We bought a microwave.  A MICROWAVE!  We haven't used one of those gems in 7 weeks.  We had to reheat (if at all) everything on the stovetop.  Please think about this a second.  Now go into your kitchen and thank God for this cube machine that cooks or reheats anything in a matter of minutes.
5. We bought a hair dryer.  We also have lived without one of these for 7 weeks.  This means I fell asleep with dry hair for the first time in weeks.  I take showers at night and hate going to bed with wet hair.  That makes things a little complicated without a hair dryer. I actually was falling asleep with a towel on my pillow most nights.
6. We have area rugs.  I can sit on the floor with the kids and play, which I do for quite awhile each day.  So this just means I am more comfortable doing it.
7. We are on the ground floor which makes it feel like we have a yard again.

Out on the patio.

8.  Our entire place is more child friendly and comfortable for us overall.  Maybe because it is ours instead of another place that we'll be leaving soon.

9. We have SCREENS in our windows (thanks to Bryce buying screen and tape and spending an hour putting them up).
10. We have dressers to put our things in so we can see where things are and what we have.
11. We have a few pictures frames of friends and family.  It's starting to feel more like home.
12.  Maddie would add: I got some fun new toys - early birthday presents - which I am loving.  A new kitchen, table and chairs, and a glider bike with a helmet.

Cooking up something yummy for me.

Little big man lounging in a chair I just bought him to use in the bathtub.  Check out those thighs.

We are still getting things organized and running to the store to pick up random things that we forgot, but things are good here.

Can't wait to show you the new place.