So, we've officially been at the new house for 7 days now. Owen hasn't slept more than 2 hours in a row since we moved. He's incredibly clingy, day and night. He wakes up about every hour to nurse, and has a really hard time falling back asleep. He wants to sleep ON me, as opposed to next to me. This is so different for my little guy, and I know the new house, new city, new surroundings are really throwing him off. I just wish I could make this transition easier for him.
Sean and I have enrolled Owen in Gymboree classes in Concord. It is so much fun to see all those 16-22 month olds running around. It's interesting to see the other 18 month olds, and see that they all have/are missing the same teeth Owen is. Owen LOVES the balls, and walked around the entire time holding a wiffle ball. He didn't quite know what to think of the big parachute at the end, but he enjoyed the bubble blowing. Most kids would run around and chase the bubbles. Owen would try to get the ones before they hit the floor. He spent a lot of time pointing at the bubbles and saying AHHH!!! His classes are on Saturday mornings with both Sean and I, and there is an "open- gym" on Thursday nights, which Sean will take him to. I'm so thankful that Sean is so involved in Owen's life. How lucky for Owen to have a dad that chooses to be involved.
And, in the "official" news section, our house has SOLD! Close of Escrow is December 11, and we are so thankful and grateful that this isn't a burden we have to shoulder any more. Even though we wouldn't admit it, the house was a huge stressor for Sean and I. It's almost like now that it has sold, and we're in a new house, our marriage is so strong...the way it USED to be. For this, I am so happy. I feel like my old self, and I'm loving every minute of my family life.
Well, this is also a sad day, because my youngest sister, Kat, is moving to Germany tomorrow. Her husband, Richard, is stationed there in the Army for a year, so Kat is going to be with her hubby. I'll miss her like crazy, but know she is so happy to be seeing her husband again after 2 months apart.
I'll try to keep this updated more often. Oh, Owen can now say "I Don't Know." Where does he learn these things?!?!
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Moving/ Baby Signs/ Sleeping through the Night!
We're moving to a new house this weekend. Actually, we begin our move tomorrow and will finish up this weekend. Moving makes me crazy. Packing, unpacking, organizing, sorting, throwing away. I don't do well with change. Like, at all. I love to be comfortable in my surroundings. I feel calm when things are predictable. So, this is big for me.
We lost our house in this huge mortgage/economy crisis we're all in. We weren't able to refinance our home loan, because our home appraised for barely $200,000. We owe $318,000 on it. Fantastic. So, we're moving. I'm sad to lose our house...our first house we owned. At the same time, I know change is good and prevents you from becoming stagnant. I'll keep everyone informed how it goes.
On to Baby Signs. Owen has started signing to us some basic words: More, All Done, Eat and No. Funny this is, Sean and I don't sign to him. He's picked it up at Daycare from another child. You can imagine the look on our faces last night when Owen was frantically trying to sign something to us, and Sean and I were just staring at this child, no idea what he was trying to say to us. So, this morning as soon as we got to work, Sean and I did a Google Search on baby signs, and we've been cramming all morning like it's finals week in college. I've got Bird and Banana down perfectly!
And, on a GREAT note, last night, Owen slept through the night for the FIRST TIME. Yep, I said first time. He is now 18.5 months old. He is still cosleeping with us, and I'm still nursing him, so I was shocked when I woke up at 3:30 this morning to discover he was still asleep next to me. I thought for sure he was dead. (Scary, but true.) This is the child who nurses every 2 hours, and here he is in dream land next to me. Yeah!!
Thanksgiving is coming up, and I want to really take time to be grateful and thankful this year for all that we have. Even though we are losing our home, we are moving into a wonderful, family-oriented neighborhood with a good elementary school. We have each other and our health. We have a great, loving, supportive family. And we have a great, smart, wise-beyond-his-years son. Life is great. We are truly blessed.
We lost our house in this huge mortgage/economy crisis we're all in. We weren't able to refinance our home loan, because our home appraised for barely $200,000. We owe $318,000 on it. Fantastic. So, we're moving. I'm sad to lose our house...our first house we owned. At the same time, I know change is good and prevents you from becoming stagnant. I'll keep everyone informed how it goes.
On to Baby Signs. Owen has started signing to us some basic words: More, All Done, Eat and No. Funny this is, Sean and I don't sign to him. He's picked it up at Daycare from another child. You can imagine the look on our faces last night when Owen was frantically trying to sign something to us, and Sean and I were just staring at this child, no idea what he was trying to say to us. So, this morning as soon as we got to work, Sean and I did a Google Search on baby signs, and we've been cramming all morning like it's finals week in college. I've got Bird and Banana down perfectly!
And, on a GREAT note, last night, Owen slept through the night for the FIRST TIME. Yep, I said first time. He is now 18.5 months old. He is still cosleeping with us, and I'm still nursing him, so I was shocked when I woke up at 3:30 this morning to discover he was still asleep next to me. I thought for sure he was dead. (Scary, but true.) This is the child who nurses every 2 hours, and here he is in dream land next to me. Yeah!!
Thanksgiving is coming up, and I want to really take time to be grateful and thankful this year for all that we have. Even though we are losing our home, we are moving into a wonderful, family-oriented neighborhood with a good elementary school. We have each other and our health. We have a great, loving, supportive family. And we have a great, smart, wise-beyond-his-years son. Life is great. We are truly blessed.
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