My excuse this time is that we don't have internet at the new house yet and we won't until the 28th. Even if there was time to write I had no way to post (let's see what excuse I can come up with next time).
The noteworthy update? We moved. We have a week in at the new house in Kenmore.
There have already been a few times Jette's little noises fill the space while Erin and I are sorting through our things deciding where they should go and I just cry. My heart could burst. Being with my little family in this house is more than anything I've ever imagined and it makes me feel like the luckiest person on the planet AND forces me to find ways to try and bless the lives of other people in ways that I can.
I love being Kenmore AND I miss Ballard. Erin does too - probably more than I do. Erin loved living in the city and took quite the leap agreeing to move forward with this house. All of the things I love about the new place are so different about the old place - and that's what I miss. I miss being in a busy neighborhood, the walkability, the small and crammed rooms and rusted bathroom. That little house was our first house together - and it was Jette's first home too. I have a lot of good memories of Harley there. It was close to our favorite coffee shops and a lot of good restaurants - and the Ballard Market! We loved walking to the Ballard Market - and of course we'll still go - we just won't be able to walk there.
We are still getting situated in the new place. I suspect we will be for awhile. There is a lot of space in this house - it is more than double the size of the house we came from - we don't feel like we need to fill it all up - but we surprisingly have stuff for nearly every room. It's incredible how much stuff we crammed into the old place. We are wrapping our heads around the yard and what it will take to keep up with it. I imagine Lowes will be a frequent retailer.
Erin and I both feel like we are doing a lot of adulting (as they say). A baby, a house, things that come with a house. We recently got life insurance. We spend our time talking to arborists and plumbers and window people. We are in bed by 9:30pm (at the latest) and are often up at 5. We talk about what to do in the yard - which feels a bit intimating. Neither Erin or I have much of a green thumb but we're eager to learn. We have ideas that it will be a fun learning experience and something we can do together.
We are being intentional about leaving time for fun and even more intentional about building strong community - which will lead to fun and a lot of balance. We laugh every day - it seems a lot of our laughter is because of Jette. Goodness, she is magic - the amount of joy she brings into our home and into our hearts is remarkable. She doesn't have to do much and we just beam over her. Her little personality isn't little at all. She is a happy baby and smiles easy. She is very curious and loves being outside. She steamrolls all her toys and gets around by rolling around. She scoots a little - mostly rolls. She takes a couple naps a day and is getting up twice (usually) at night. She loves avocado - just likes her moms and isn't into bananas. She makes the cutest noises all day and night. She still loves the bath but is nearly too big for her baby bathtub yet too small to be in the bath without it (she's probably just fine without it - I realize baby bathtubs haven't been a thing forever). I am obviously biased but Jette seems to be such a cool person. She has a great temperament. I love watching her learn and grow and I appreciate the differences I am noticing in myself.
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