Update on Our Familie's Move

We thought we would get the keys to our new apartment on Friday and be moving in on Saturday, but there was some confusion with Christians work papers that were filled out by his boss, so it took a little bit longer and we didn't get to sign the lease on Friday and move in. The original plan didn't work out, so now were on plan b, sign the lease on Wednesday, move in on the following weekend. Hopefully it doesn't take any longer than that, because I don't think I can wait any longer!! Here's a few more pictures of the Broadway Building, inside the lobby, by the elevator, in the parking lot, and in the stair well.

This is the lobby, when you walk in the front doors. I love these chairs, you could put them in a row, like a couch, or two next to each other with a coffee table in the middle, then the other two on the opposite side of the coffee table. There are so many ways you could set them up! I think we might look at Ikea, and see if we can't find some cheap ones for our living room. This is such a great view, it was taken in the stair well, and its very scary to look over the side, and see just how far down it is to the ground!

This is the same area as the last picture, just a different angle. I love how much natural light this building has in it. It makes me happy!

This is the elevator, and this sucks because there is no service elevator that you can use to take furniture up to the top floors, so you'd have to lug it up the stairs, or try to cram it in the elevator. But I guess there's a way, because people live in the building, or maybe they just don't have any furniture.

This is another picture taken in the lobby, when you come in the front doors, I love the fireplace, and the decorations, It's definitely my style, and it looks very comfy and welcoming! I love love love this picture! I love the colors, the style, and the little dog laying on her shoulder. I wonder who the artist is? I would like to have some art made by this artist! I really like this art too, I've never seen a painting like this before, and I don't even know how to explain what they've done? I think it's like, tiles, put together, to make a picture, but I wonder if they painted it before or after they put it together?

Here's another picture of their awesome chairs! I also like the way the floors done. It's very similar to the floors at the Weather Vain Coffee House in Oregon City, that I use to work at.

This is the woman at the door when you walk in, she was very embarrassed, and it was hard to get her to stop hiding when I'd try to take a picture of her. I like the brick that makes up the outside of her desk, and wall behind her.

This is a picture of just a little part of the parking lot, right behind the Broadway Building. Also, in the picture is my Mommy!! Oh, and Dad and Christian are back there in the back ground and so is Dylan, but shes hiding behind mom in her stroller (Christians pushing her).

A couple pictures for your viewing pleasure!

Mom came in and took these pictures while I was sleeping. I love them, I love holding Dylan while she's sleeping. She's the sweetest little angel. Until she wakes up, then she's the sweetest, busiest little angel! :) I always think, I should be getting stuff done while she's sleeping, but I just can't pass up a chance to lay with her while she's so peacful! Is that a phone in my hand? Wow, thats a couple of sleepy heads!

We're Moving Out!!!

Yay!!! We got the answer today, we were accepted!!! I am so excited! Christian and I went down to Salem on Friday to check out some aapartments we saw on the internet. They were awesome! Better than I had imagined, and very cheap on rent. They are brand new, built in January this year, and the whole building is beautiful! If these apartments were built in a different area, they could probebly charge atleast $800.00 for rent. But thank goodness there not, because we need them in Salem! Christian's boss had made him a nice offer about a month ago, if we'd move to Salem, He'd give him a $3.00/hr raise and $1,000.00 bonus to get into an apartment! We were looking to move out soon, so it worked out nicely for us. Christian and I made an appointment for friday to go look at them and we had his parents come with us. I think we were all impressed at how nice they are! We filled out applications and they told us they would call us wednesday and let us know if we were excepted. The weekend was very hard to wait thru since Christian and I had never applied for an apartment, and we wanted this apartment so bad! I made an appointment for monday to take my parents to see them, and Christian met us there, (he was at work). I took pictures for my blog, and then we went to give them the key back, I walked in and a lady I had never seen before said the manager told her to tell us we were excepted!! I couldnt believe my ears! We are so happy, and so ready to take the next step in our relationship, and family, so heres the pictures!

Our trip to Marryhill Winery with Steph and Rich

OMG! This trip was so fun, and relaxing, and the wine didn't hurt either!! It was such a beautiful place. The winery overlooked the vineyard, It was such an awesome view! Its was just perfect! Christian's parents (and my future parents in law) invited us. It was so fun to hang out with them all day, doing something that they truly enjoy, and being able to share that with them! It was seriously perfect! (Rich and Steff- when we going back?) :) I love this picture of Christian and I! I was sad that Dylan couldn't be with us, but at the same time, it was nice to relax!!! This picture is so funny of Christian! You can tell he was having a good time! The funniest part of this picture though is that Christian was drinking water all day! (He doesn't like wine!) Ohhh... look at this one... He actually looks like he likes me! This fire was so nice, it was a great day outside, it was just windy and a little chilly, so the fire was awesome to sit by and drink some wine! Wow... He really looks like he likes me here! I guess he must! I love this picture too! It shows what a great time we were having! And you can REALLY tell I was toasted because I don't even have my eyes open! He He He! The only thing I wished about this picture was that Stephanie could have been in it with us! I guess its obvious who's camera it was that took all the pictures! That's a lot of wine in there! I was thinking about just putting my lips around the faucet and turning the handle! That would have been a lot of fun! I'm sure Rich and Steff would have helped me finish it off, although we may have been there a while!!! Ahhh... Hes so cute, his mom told him to give me a hug, so he tried to give me a long distance hug, he was trying to act like he liked me, but it was just to hard for him! :) I saved the best picture for last! I love him so much! He's my first baby, Lily's my second, and Dylan's my third! Hope you enjoy the pictures! Also, I know I took a few pictures with Stephanie in them, but she didn't email me any with her, so I'm gonna have to get a couple from her to add to the blog. At least just to prove she actually was with us! And so you can see what a great time she was having to. These pictures were taken with amy camera phone, so there not that great, but this was inside the barrel room, where they keep all the barrels of wine, and they had twinkle lights up everywhere, and the best part was the winery mascot, Potter. He was huge! I cant remember what breed of dog he is, but he was very soft and sweet! (I was bad and fed him some of my desert so he would stay with me long enough to get a picture!)

Playing Catch Up

So... I feel like I should put some stuff on here about Dylan's first year of life, just to catch you up, in case you don't see us very much!

Oh and by the way, Dylan took a total of 35 steps in one walk, and never fell down until the last step! She was so proud of herself!

Dylan gets chubby-

May 21st 2007- Dylan starts gaining serious weight around 2 and 1/2 months.

Dylan gets hair-

Dylan started getting hair on top of her head at about 2 months. It was growing the whole time, but it really started looking like hair that covered her head at about 2 months.

Dylan gives 5-

Dylan just started giving 5! Every time I put my hand out, palm up, and say "give me 5", she does! She thinks its very funny, and when she gives you 5 she actually gives you about 50, because she slaps your hand over and over, Its so cute!

Dylan grabs her toes-

June 17th 2007- Dylan has just recently started grabbing her left foot with her left hand. We think she is going to be left handed because she uses her left hand a lot more than her right to hold toys, grab her foot, and chew on her fingers.

Dylan grabs both feet at once-

July 11th 2007- Dylan was laying at the end of the bed and she put both of her feet up and grabbed them at the same time with her hands and held on! I said "Yay" and clapped, and she smiled very big like she was so proud of herself!

Dylan has a growth spurt-

July 27th 2007- Wow! I have just noticed in the last couple days Dylan has grown ALOT! Just since last week she is about 2 inches to long for her clothes, mainly her sleepers.

Dylan holds her own bottle-

Dylan has helped me hold her own bottle this morning and she has done this before on accident, but now I cant make her stop! She cant control it very well, so she pulls the bottle out of her mouth every now and then. If I take her hands off, she puts them right back. Little Stinker!

Dylan kicks Mommy-

Dylan loves to kick her feet around, and I just happen to be near her, so she kicks me, over and over and over! Its actually pretty cute, she looks like shes riding a bike or running!

Dylan learns to clap-

October 4th 2007- Christian and I were clapping and Dylan was watching and she tried to clap a couple times but she misjudged how far her hands were in front of her face, and she slapped herself a couple times! Then she started clapping, without hitting herself in the face! Of course there was no clapping sound coming from her clap because she wasn't doing it hard enough, but she got the motion down!

Dylan loves to play-

Dylan loves to play with the bag of Huggies wipes while I change her diaper, and if the wipes are out of her reach, she stares at them and moves her hands like shes trying to reach them. Then after she plays for a couple mins. she gets mad and yells because she cant get the bag in her mouth.

Dylan pulls Mommy's hair-

About 3 months old- Dylan grabbed a hand full of my hair and would not let go for about 30 secs. It was funny, but at the same time it hurt!

Dylan reaches 16 lbs.-

Just about 6 months old- At Dylan's 6 month check up with Dr. Schultz, she weighed in at 15 lbs 15 ozs. So we figured she would be right about 16 lbs. at 6 months.

Dylan rolls over for Dad (1st time)-

July 2007- I was gone and Christian and Dylan were on the bed and she rolled over from her back to her tummy! Then at her Dr.'s office she was on the examining table and the Dr. put her on her tummy and she tried to roll to her back but the Dr. stopped her so she wouldn't fall off the table.

Dylan rolls over for Mom (2nd time)-

May 1st 2007-Dylan was on the bed and she rolled from her back to her tummy. It took her a couple tries, but she did it! She rolled to her left and if I wasn't there she would have rolled right off the bed! Good thing I was there!

Dylan rolls, and rolls, and rolls-

August 9th 2007- I was getting ready to go to bed, and Christian was already in bed, and I layed Dylan down next to him and she rolled on to her tummy from her back, then from her back to her tummy, then back to her back! All in one motion, where I caught her from rolling right off the bed. I said, "Oh my gosh, where do you think you're going?" And then she smiled really big!

Dylan says "Da Da"-

August 30th 2007- Dylan has been saying Da Da alot lately! But it doesn't sound like its on purpose, except last night! Dylan got her immunizations a couple days ago, and shes been very cranky, and she was laying on the bed and Christian went out of the room, and she started fussing and put one hand out like she was reaching for him and said "Da Da" one time! It was so cute, But I have a feeling it was just a coincidence, because I know her first words (that shes trying to say) are going to be "Ma Ma" haha... Just kidding!

Dylan says "Ma Ma"-

September 25th 2007- Dylan said Ma Ma for the first time the other night! We were in our room and I had just got done changing her diaper, and she had her binky in her mouth, and she said "Ma Ma" about 5 times! It was so cute and it made me so happy to hear her say "Ma Ma" after only saying "Da Da" for so long!

Dylan sees stars-

July 27th 2007- Today Dylan noticed for the first time, the stars on my shoulders! She was looking at them, then she started 'petting' them with her hand, then she was trying to scratch them! But it was obvious she was focusing on each star.

Dylan sits without help-

August 5th 2007- Christian and Dylan and I were in bed, and I sat Dylan up and she stayed sitting up for 15 secs. then layed back right on to my thigh with her head! (My thigh is cushiony, so no one got hurt!)

Dylan sleeps on her tummy-

I was sleeping and I woke up to find Dylan asleep on her tummy. Now I know they say if she can roll to her tummy, its OK for her to sleep like that, but the night before I had a dream that she had died, so I was way to scared to let her sleep like that even though I know she would have been just fine!

Dylan smiling-

Dylan has smiled since the day she was born, but mostly in her sleep, now she smiles at her dad, strangers, family, and I! And pretty much everyone i left out! She started smiling at us at about 2 months, maybe a little earlier.