The Dust Has FINALLY Settled

It’s June 26, 2014 and yes, ladies and gentlemen, we’re in Minnesota. Of course, absolutely NOTHING went according to plan.

THE PLAN: Wendy, Chad and I fly from DIA at 7:50pm on Wednesday, June 18, and wait for Kurt and Michael to get the rest of the house in Fort Collins packed and merrily drive back on Saturday, the 21st.

WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED: Before making our way to the airport, Wendy gets an update that our flight has been delayed to 8:35pm.  We thought it would give us time to actually eat and enjoy a form of dinner without rushing to make it to our gate.  Towards the end of our awesome airport dinner, we look out of the window and it’s pouring rain outside! We finally go sit at the gate, put our stuff down and get Chad situated and while we’re waiting…our flight gets delayed to 10pm.  The person on the intercom announced there were no planes coming in or leaving the airport for a while. At this point, we’ve been at the airport for about…3 and a half hours. (Please, keep in mind that the time frame is just a guess, I was beat and time got away from me.) Anyway, planes started coming and going, but our flight got pushed back to 11:10pm. And, eventually…CANCELLED. No flights into MSP until Friday. We had to call my step-dad to pick us up for the night.  We decided that it would just be better to drive back with the boys if we would have had to stay until Friday anyway. So drive we did.

Was it stressful? YES! I was already an emotional wreck from saying goodbye to my parents and little sister and I had to do it twice. I was running on emotional fumes and I probably wouldn’t have known what to do with myself if something else had gone awry. The drive went smoothly, even with an 8-month-old, but the boy was a champion!! He had one little meltdown right before we even hit Cheyenne, but was amazing for the rest of the drive.

He got restless when he was hungry or needed a change of diaper. Seriously, rock star Chad. BUT we’re here!! We’re safe! We’re together!! I’m pretty excited to start this new adventure for our family. 🙂

You’ll Move Mountains, Kid.

In high school, I wrote an essay about my little sister for my expository writing class and was asked to read it aloud. I remember at the end of the reading, my teacher opened the floor to my classmates for comments or questions. One guy raised his hand and all he said was, “I wish my big sister loves me as much as you love your little sister.”  I feel like that’s one of those things that stays with a person forever. I didn’t even think much of the essay, I just  needed the extra credit and Wiessman was a tough cookie.  He wasn’t satisfied with the superficial stuff…either you dug deep or he forced you to. That was four years ago, my little sister was three and would come knocking on my door from time to time when I’d be locked in my room with gobs amount of homework.

Now, she’s six, kindergarten is in the rear view and SHE CAN READ!! She’s taken the role of an aunt to Chad very seriously and she’s an absolute joy to be around. Look, I’m not saying she’s a saint or anything, she’s six and she’s bound to get into her moods…but overall, I think Isabel is a terrific little girl. (Not that I’m biased or anything.)  At her continuation earlier this week, I did really well in keeping my tears to myself, otherwise, I would have been a sobbing mess…and no one really wanted that. I was just beaming with pride to be able to be there to celebrate such a milestone.

She wants to be a teacher. Seeing how patient she is with a seven month old baby at six years old, I don’t doubt she’ll make an awesome one. I am so proud of this little peanut. I can’t wait to see what her future holds. I just don’t want it to come so fast. So, future, if you could slow down a little, that’d be great 😉

-Inah

 

 

We’re Making BIG Moves!

As much as I like blowing up my Facebook about what our little family is up to, I can’t bring myself to writing a super long status to update everyone. I’ve decided to just start a blog to keep you guys updated!  I’m also WAY too lazy to start a private group and invite people for updates.  Ugh, can you imagine combing through our Facebook friends list for that?!  This way, I can just post on Facebook when I publish something and whoever really cares (or feeling nosy) can just read!

SO ANYWAY…
As most of you know (or should know) we are moving to Minneapolis this summer and we’re getting ourselves ready!!  We’ve even got a few boxes packed and stuff ready to donate!  Chad and I will be flying out on the 18th of June and Michael will follow on the 21st.

We’re also on milestone watch with Chad.  He’s started scooting around, trying REALLY hard to crawl…but he uses his face to get ahead then gets frustrated and just rolls over.  He’s also started standing with help of chairs, couches, and the laundry basket for balance.  He can’t get himself up, so he only stands with help.

Yeah, check that guy out…finally putting those thunder thighs to work!!  He’s getting rather large but it doesn’t look like he’s graduating from his 9-month clothes just yet.

I’ll try very hard to keep this up but, of course, with the move in three(ish) weeks, I’ll probably put more effort once we’re there.