Golly

Here is a super duper quick update because it has been nearly a month since my last post. Things are pretty hectic around here but very exciting. I've had an incredible month, kicking off with a much-needed trip to NY where the fam held a successful 2-day garage sale extravaganza then a SURPRISE BABY SHOWER which was incredible to say the least. I couldn't believe all the people that came out- it was the perfect way to see everyone in a short period of time (and of course get supplies for baby Aria). I had so much fun! Aunt Michele orchestrated the whole affair and Sandra was the perfect hostess. The food was delish, I loved being around all the kids and the weather was warm and lovely. PERFECT DAY! I can't thank everyone enough, seriously.

The rest of the week was spent clearing out the room, packing stuff up to ship to the west coast and thinking about where John's job prospects were going to land us. As it turns out, he got a phone call when we landed in Seattle with a job offer in Cali. We both let out a big sigh of relief after he accepted the offer and finally had something concrete to grasp to. Since then he has been taking care of logistics with his company as far as the move to San Francisco and we've started packing out both of our apartments (his first, since we haven't lived there in well over 5 months). We've made A LOT of progress in the past week and it feels really awesome to be productive.

This weekend was amazing too. Saturday we went to about 25 garage sales in West Seattle and got a ton of quality baby things for cheap cheap cheap. The whole backseat of the car was full of toys, gear and miscellaneous stuff. John got himself an electric shaver which has been put to good use everyday since the purchase making him super smooth and super happy.

Next up Sunday, the day I've been looking forward to for a LONG time- my Seattle Family baby shower, coordinated by Aja and Alie. First though, we went to breakfast with Debbie & Dave (John's parents who came up for the shower from CA) and Nancy & Rod (John's aunt and uncle from Portland) then headed over to Clanci's house for the big event. Aja did such an incredible job of decorating, using my unofficial but apparently undeniable favorite color of orange. There were mini sandwiches (one of which I privately stuffed in its entirety into my mouth), veggies, nuts, fruit salad and SWEDISH MEATBALLS compliments of Alie!! Aja had a candy shoppe spread that was BEAUTIFUL. I'm not even going to attempt to describe, I need to get a hold of a photo. I will say that I am impressed to see her glassware obsession be put to such good use.

We played shower games including trivia and name this baby animal. Lillie and Yontz cheated the whole time. There was also onesie decorating and an album for people to write letters to baby Aria. It was wonderful, every last bit of it.

I was totally exhausted afterwards and immediately went to sleep. The past few days have been packing and planning and more packing and planning- all which has been made a hell of a lot easier with Debbie & Dave in town.

Right now I'm sitting out in the sun in our front yard soaking up some vit. D and finishing up some work tasks. I'll be glad when I don't have to worry about work anymore.

So finally- John starts work on Monday and we are headed to SF on Friday to look at apartments. I'll be back in Seattle by Monday to continue the packing process and get work done. I'm so excited for all of these changes and I'm not really phased by the timing of it (I'm 35 weeks preggers as of yesterday). Maybe in the next 5 weeks I'm going to suddenly be physically miserable or totally overwhelmed by all the work, but for right now we're just happily truckin along.

I guess my quick update turned into a long one, haha. Until next time (which will be sooner, scout's honor)!