Summer starts

So it looks like summer is just around the corner. It was pretty warm here today, upper 90's, and it hit 100 yesterday. Oh well, you can't have everything can you? This is a picture of our back yard. We still haven't had a chance to mess with the fountain to see if it actually works though. Yes, I am dragging out sending out pictures of the new place.

Things have been pretty good recently. Shawn had a bit of a cold the last few days, but nothing too major. Ezra has cut a tooth, though it hasn't really pushed out completely so we can't really get a picture of it. He's been eating more and more. He has decided that he LOVES apple juice, and can't get enough of it. He's fun to play with, and he smiles quite a bit.


We put up our tent for the first time tonight; we figured that we should have at least set it up once before we go on vacation this summer. This year has gone so quickly, its already the end of April almost!




Ezra started playing with some cloth boxes that we put some of his toys in. He managed to get kind of stuck in one of them today.


He likes to stick his tongue out and play with it. He makes a "la la la la"sort of sound as he wags his tongue back and forth, its cute.

Happy Easter

Happy Easter everyone. Hope you had a good one.


So this is the face that Ezra gave Susan on Saturday when she asked him if he wanted to go shopping. Already decided that he doesn't care for it I guess. Either that, or its just because we've been out a lot, getting little things and whatnot.

Ezra has started climbing on EVERYTHING. I'm surprised he hasn't taken any worse spills than he has.

We've gotten quite a bit more settled. We got some new couches for our living room (kind of long over-due, we've been talking about it for months and months). That was a long day. We went to 5 stores and despite everything, most of the salespeople were less than helpful, the same "well that's the price it is" story. The last place that we went, the couches were on sale and then the salesman got us another $100 off without us even really asking too much. It was nice. (The couches are in the last picture of this post).

Ezra got a new shirt for Easter, and Susan got a new dress. She was happy because it was one that she had seen earlier, but hadn't bought, and it was on sale for 1/2 off.


Yay for new Easter clothes!

Ezra got some toys in his Easter basket (the bunny is the basket). He was happy. Who doesn't like new toys?


Ezra also got a hat from grandma, which he didn't leave on for very long. He doesn't seem to like having things on his head for whatever reason. Guess some people just aren't hat people.

We went to both our new ward's sacrament meeting and the one at our old ward. The new ward will be quite a change for us it looks like , but it should be good. Ezra missed his morning nap though, which made things interesting. It was kind of bitter-sweet going to our old ward. We're going to miss all of the friends that we've made. We both had gotten to the point where we knew a decent amount of people fairly well. Oh well, the new place makes up for it, and this gives us the chance to meet more people.

After we got home and had lunch we all just took a nap for a while. It was nice just to rest. Ezra slept for like 3 hours.


We had a nice dinner. Breaking from tradition, we didn't have ham. The main reason was that we couldn't see what we'd do with that much ham between just the two of us. We had a roasted chicken instead. It was a really good meal though, and worth all of the dishes.

Not me, I'm not teething!!!

So we got everything moved. It was quite the week of moving everything. We were all so tired by the time that evening came, but it has all worked out. A big thanks to our friend Garrin for coming over and helping us move the furniture. We're still in the unpacking stage of things, but almost done with that. We'll put up pictures of the house when we've got it to a respectable condition, which should be soon.

It has been a bit of an adjustment having stairs, but all in all, it has been really nice to be in a house instead of an apartment. It's a lot quieter, and the neighborhood is nice. The house is a lot nicer than our apartment ever could have been. It's still weird to think that we're paying less each month in rent than we were for our apartment.


Ezra has adjusted pretty well. He likes having all the extra room to play in. He's been chewing on everything recently. See!


He's been pulling himself up onto everything, and has figured out how to get down without just flinging himself off of whatever he is holding on to or just letting go. He should probably start walking soon. Every now and then when he is holding on to you, you'll notice that he isn't using you to hold any weight at all, and is in fact standing by himself, but just doesn't realize it.


He has learned how to wave his hand at people; sometimes to say hi, sometimes to tell you that he wants something. He's been growling a lot too. Its really cute.

He's our good little eater. He eats anything you put in front of him. He always has to eat when he sees us eating.


He's figured out how to play peek-a-boo with a blanket, and seems to like to cover himself up and then pull the blanket away and laugh.

We've noticed that whenever it gets really quiet, you start to worry. (you can normally hear Ezra banging around on the tile floor) Today, Susan went after him when it got quiet, and this is what she found:

Moving

Ezra has been crawling and climbing around a lot recently. It sure makes it a bit more interesting, especially since he is so curious.

Susan is feeling somewhat better, but still a bit sore.

We did end up finding a place to move, and it just so happens that it is nicer than the one that we were going to move in to. With all of that, we may not post for a week or so; but that's not too much different than normal, now is it?

Funny story. We were at a store looking at rugs for the new place. Ezra was in the shopping cart and we both had turned our backs to look at the rugs. There was a slight rustling sound and a 7-foot fake plant came tumbling down onto us, he had apparently just pulled it down. Ezra just looked around, it didn't even phase him. Needless to say we kept a closer watch on him after that.

When it rains, it pours...

This last month has just been so crazy. So as Ezra was getting better last weekend, both of us got sick. It was a cold, and we both had a kind of cruddy weekend. Shawn got better fairly quickly, but Susan's congestion wouldn't go away on one side, and her jaw started hurting. Apparently she got a bit of an infection around her wisdom tooth. The dentist that she saw on Friday morning sent us to an oral surgeon, and Susan gets her wisdom teeth out tomorrow afternoon. Not quite what we were planning, but it gives Shawn's family an excuse to come visit. Thanks a million for coming to see us Mom!!!

We were going to start moving this weekend. Friday morning Shawn went and dropped off our deposit check for the house that we were going to rent and got the keys. A few hours later our realtor called us and let us know that the landlord had backed out and decided that they didn't want to rent their house after all. That would have been nice to know 3 or 4 weeks ago when we started this process, but whatever. We went and saw another place on Saturday and are waiting to hear back on it. Needless to say, its been a bit much.

Otherwise, Ezra is doing great. He's pulling up on EVERYTHING. He's taken a couple of small spills, but nothing too major. He's 9 months old today. Its been going so fast. Enough rambling, on to the pictures:

Such a happy kid!!!


The tent was added to the barrier in the hallway because he just about climbed over the plastic bins.

Playing with his toy box. He loves standing up.

Feeling Better & Nice Things

Ezra has started feeling quite a bit better. He's still not 100%, but he's getting into everything again, which is a good sign. He's been talking a lot, and using new sounds. He says mama and dada a lot, though a lot of times he's just making noise.

He's started pulling him self onto things more. Earlier today he crawled over our barricade to keep him from going behind the couch ( aka our tent). He's been really pulling him self up on some bins that we had blocking the hallway. He's been trying to climb over them but has a tendency to loose his grip.

At one point he realized that he could almost fit between them. Trying to make a break for it.


We got the house we were looking at, so we sign our lease tomorrow. It will be so nice to be out of apartments. We got a new bed set, since in our new place our bedroom is right at the top of the stairs. Isn't it pretty?


And then for the escapades in food. Here's some pita bread pizzas we made last night. They were so good!

Our Sick Baby

So the last day or so has been a bit exhausting for all three of us. Ezra got sick. He started coughing pretty bad and whatnot. We took him in, but he didn't seem to have too many other symptoms. He ended up with an appointment with the other doctor, since his doctor didn't have any open appointments. They attributed it all to him teething (his gums have been pretty swollen), and sent us home. Last night none of us really slept. He was coughing a lot, that real chesty cough that just wrenches at your heartstrings. We have been doing the best we could with him, and decided it would be best if we took him back in, since he'd obviously gotten worse. His cough had seemed to move in more, it was hard for him to eat anything, he was really congested, and he seemed to have started running a fever. We went in, and he has an ear infection in one ear, and also a slight case of RSV. They put him on some antibiotics and some breathing treatments, and that seems to be helping. He's been able to sleep some this evening, and his fever seems to be going down at least a bit. The congestion has broken up a bit as well, so he can kind of breathe through his nose again. The next couple of days should be telling, but things seem to be looking up.