Washington: Week 1.5

Well, we've officially lived in Washington a little over a week. So far it has been great! Luckily with a baby on the way and unpacking and having a two year old life has been too busy to really get home sick. I'm grateful for that every single day.

Anyway, we are renting a cute little house in a great neighborhood. We are close to church, schools, parks, shopping, the temple and pretty much anything else you could possibly need. Carter loves it here too! Sometimes when we drive away he whines and says, "No, I wanna go back to Washington!" I don't know if he fully understands that even when we leave the house we are STILL in Washington...

We attended our ward for the first time on Sunday and everybody was really nice. Our church building is basically in the same parking lot as the temple and I LOVE that. The temple here is small but beautiful. I can't wait to be able to go inside and attend a session.

Baby Connor is scheduled to be here next Tuesday October 23rd. I'm a little scared for the labor and delivery but I think that's natural. Being induced is ALWAYS risky but I'd rather risk it again than have to deal with the same kind of tearing that happened with my big boy Carter... (I just have to keep reminding myself of that.) My new doctor's name is Michele Johnson. I've met with her two times and really like her. She's very personable and was REALLY patient with me on the first visit. I went alone because it was Blake's first day of work and had to take Carter with me. He was really good... for a two year old but still, I'm sure patience was practiced and I appreciated it.

Carter's been expressing interest in potty training! I'm excited for him to be potty trained so we don't have two munchkins in diapers. Plus, he's almost 2.5 years old, it's about time. I think it will be a good activity for us to focus on once Connor is born since we probably won't be leaving the house much. Carter also has a new found fascination with Spider Man. He LOVES him. Luckily Netflix has a wide variety of Spider Man shows from the 60's that aren't too scary for my little super hero. Today he even went up to the wall and tried to climb it. He turned to me and said, "Mom, I wanna climb the house like Spider Man! Mom, I can't do it! Why can't I do it?" So I told him he needed sticky hands... Hopefully that doesn't come back to bite me!

Blake has been enjoying his new job. It has a lot of similarities to what he had been doing as far as managing goes but he's had to do a lot of learning about the healthcare field too. Luckily, he's very smart and remembers stuff like that really well. I'm lucky to be married to someone like him. He works so hard at work and then still actively participates in our family life when he gets home. I'm grateful for his sacrifices everyday. His children will grow up knowing that they were a priority in his life!

Anyway, life is good. It's better than I expected it to be. I'm actually kind of enjoying my time in Washington so far. I'm a little afraid to admit that and I'm not sure why. Rest assured, however, that my "home" will always be South East Idaho and I will always yearn to be back there again. I will update again once baby Connor is here and by then I will have some pictures ready as well.