Still here... Still Pregnant.

Sorry for the lack of posts. I'm sure you can all imagine that packing, moving most stuff to a new city, moving some stuff to an interim location, getting a house ready for renters and getting settled at said interim location can take a toll on anyone, let alone someone who is pregnant and due in a few weeks. This is going to be a long one... hang on!

Let's see, where to start. Well on June 5th we officially got the keys to the new apartment. It was very clean and had been completely repainted so that was nice. The appliances are all pretty new, with the dishwasher bring brand new so that's also nice. But, I will say, it was rough getting in there knowing it was ours for the first time because it is just so, so small. It didn't help that Connor was having a rough day and I literally felt like there was nowhere to hide. It was the first time I had doubts about giving up our house and moving to the city. It didn't help either that we had met the day before with a financial aid advisor and he basically informed us that private school loans no longer existed and that our financial aid living expense budget would be $100 more than our rent is. Yeah. So the combination of those two things and a difficult little boy (who could blame him, his life was being completely turned upside down) made for a difficult day. The highlight of the trip to SF was visiting Connor's new preschool. This place is just a total mecca for little kids. There is a huge playground with more toys than you can imagine, there are easels and art project stuff everywhere and it just basically looks like a kid's total dream. Since that was our last stop before heading home I felt a little better and am SO thankful Connor will have that fun place to look forward to. Here are a few apartment pictures. They are fairly nondescript because honestly, the apartment is nondescript:)

Living/Dining Room

Kitchen

Luxurious Bathroom

So anyway, we had the keys and we headed back to Sac because that night also happened to be the rehearsal and rehearsal dinner for Steve and Matt's wedding, which meant the next day was... Steve and Matt's wedding!!! The wedding was a total blast. I had so much fun with the other grooms maids and it was a total honor to be a part of such a beautiful day. It was by far the most laid-back wedding party experience I had ever had (I think when you take the bride out of the picture you relieve a lot of the stress:)) and it was a really fun experience. Steve and Matt were legally married last summer (during the period of time before Prop 8 passed) so they are, in fact, legally married as the courts upheld the marriages that took place during that time. So it was a great day to celebrate their nuptials. Here are a few pics from the big day.

Aren't they so freaking cute!

Me walking down the aisle. As far as attendant dresses go, this one was really pretty,

Steve all dressed up waiting for the big moment.

So we left the wedding and headed straight back to the Hickory house to load the moving van (because we like to make life interesting and do everything at once). We got the van loaded up (no, I really didn't carry anything. Well anything heavy at least) and went to my parent's house for the night. The next day we got up and moved almost all of our possessions to SF. It actually went very smoothly and once we got some of our stuff in the apartment I felt a lot better. It seemed much more livable once I could see our couch, entertainment center, dining room table, etc in there. I left that day feeling good about the move again and positive about living in that space.

We then had five days to get the Hickory house completely moved out (the worst part of moving is all the little crap left over that you really don't know what to do with) and this is where I just have to hand it to my husband because he worked his butt off for those five days getting that house cleaned out and ready for the renters. Really, he did and he was amazing. Thanks babe. No pics for this stage, just imagine a lot of touch up painting, lots of trips to the dumpster and Dan, working endlessly over there.

So here we are now, living at Hotel Art and Geni. I must say, of all the hotels I've stayed at, this is the nicest. The owners of this hotel do grocery shopping for us, make us dinners, entertain our child, etc, etc. We have two bedrooms and a bathroom here and we figure after living mostly out of those spaces, our apartment in SF will feel like a mansion:) Connor is really adjusting to this living situation well (let's be honest, he would probably rather live here with his Grammy and Pa than at any other place with just his parents) and hasn't asked to go "home" once. I think he is still a little confused about when we are moving to SF and why we are living here, but so far he is just enjoying it.

Since June 12th was my last day of work, I have since mostly been organizing our spaces here and trying to get ready for this baby. Poor dude, up until about 3 days ago we had not done one single thing to get ready for him. I'm happy to say we do now have a few loads of his laundry done, his car seat in the car (just in the way back, not attached or anything. Let's not get ahead of ourselves) and diapers that will fit him. I'm feeling a little bit better about him coming now and anticipate being totally ready for him this time next week (well, don't get me wrong, I'm physically 100% ready for him to come now, just not quite logistically). If only I could get a decent night's sleep, I might be more content to keep him safely tucked inside my belly.

The big news in Connor's world is that he has been taking swim lessons and is now swimming totally on his own without floaties. We've been swimming in grammy and pa's "pond" every evening and he is a champ at this swimming thing. Swim lessons are his very favorite part of the day so we actually signed him up for another session for the next two weeks for the next level. Here are a few pics from swim lessons.


Practicing kicking. I love their little bums.

He loves jumping in.

Let me at that water, I'm totally ready!!!

Okay, sorry that was so long, but I think you're all up to speed on our life thus far. I just wanted to say thank you so much to all of our friends and family who helped us pack, move furniture, watch Connor, etc, etc. We're really grateful for all of the love and support we have received this last month or so.

I promise as soon as Liam gets here I will post a blog with cute pics of the little guy. We can't wait to meet him.

Loves to all.