Anyone out there?

Here's our update:

Craziness.

That about sums up the last 2 months.

But it certainly could be worse. We're in a good place. Rob loves his job. We're still in a 2 room suite and that's driving us a little batty, but at least the weather has cooled down. Now we're playing outside more and watching TV less (hooray!). Two days in a row of no TV for Guy is a feat I'm proud of at the moment - it's significant progress, so I'll take it.

Poor Coop. His first 3 weeks of nursery were in 3 different wards - none of which he'd ever been in before. And every nursery has been split, so he's never in there with Guy. He's still growing teeth, too, so sometimes he's a little grumpy and clingy.

Guy and Coop have been forced to share a room for the last month, and it's working better than it could be. It's a good warm up for the house. We'll have the room there (for them to be split), but Guy REALLY wants to share a room with Cooper. He talked about bunk beds for a couple months, but now he says he wants both beds low. We're shopping for some that will be able to be stacked or separate.

I haven't taken out my camera for over a month. I'm hoping to tomorrow, because I've got a few shots in mind that I need to take.

We couldn't find a house we wanted to buy, so we're building. What a process - and ours is going super fast.

I've been running around Dover like a crazy woman - choosing brick or stone, gas or electric, extra fans?, paint colors?, counter tops, redesigning a floor plan to increase kitchen size and nixing a dining room, siding colors, floor choices. Holy cow. I hope it all comes together well. We're liking what we see so far. :)

We're enjoying our new ward. It's a change for me because a lot of people recognize Rob and talk to him. Seeing as he grew up less than 30 min away, it makes sense, but it's just different, because I'm the social one. Our bishop is Rob's parents' dentist. Random people recognize him that he doesn't even know. I know more people in every surrounding ward/branch, but none here. It's working fine, though. People are incredibly friendly and nice. We spoke on Sunday (that was quite the juggling act with the kiddos), and it went well. I'll be excited to make some real friends in the ward. I haven't gotten that far yet, but I know I will.

Filling our home is going to be quite the process. It's too many choices/options to start with, though. My goal is to get one "statement piece" a month - slowly but surely it'll be our home. I'm finding lots of ideas for ways to put my silhouette to good use.

The craziest thought in all of this is that this house (this ward) is the first place I will be in the same place for 3 years in a row for the first time since I was in junior high. True story. The Air Force is bringing me stability. Is that ironic, or what?