I haven't blogged in such a long time. I wish I could say that I have incredible stories to share or pictures for that matter, but honestly, I have nothing. I have been soaking up the time with my parents in ND and jumping through all the hoops for my new job. It has been insane. My offer was delivered on Monday with 5 days to finish the binder of paperwork. The paperwork included a physical, official passport applications (yes, different from our tourist ones and yes, requiring birth certificates which I did not bring to ND), several documents requiring a notary, fingerprinting, and rewriting the same information 55 times that which included where I have gone to school, where I have lived and a witness from each place/situation. Give me a break! I was nearly in tears when I received it, thinking there wasn't a chance that I would be able to get this done 1800 miles from home, from my doctor, from everything, BUT I DID IT!!Thank goodness for great friends. I happened to send my friend Michelle the keys to our apartment "just in case." She overnighted the birth certificates and dug through my paperwork to find the kids' social security numbers. My BFF from childhood is a notary in ND, so she came to my rescue too. We ran to my Dad's work to fax and run copies, up to the local police station for fingerprinting and to the County Clerk of Courts for the passport stuff. I still cannot believe it is done. I am still keeping my fingers crossed that everything else falls into place. I received word today that everything was set to issue travel orders, but needed one custody paper from Chris (he needs to give consent for me to take our kids out of the country--even though we are married and are going to be with him). So, still holding my breath...
Claire is nine months old. She is such an active kid, always on the go. She no longer lays nicely when we change her diaper. It is quite the challenge. She is getting rather quick at crawling, so we have to move just as quickly to keep her out of where she doesn't belong--the fridge, cupboards, etc. Developmentally, she is right on track or maybe a bit advanced in our biased eyes. She crawls, pulls herself up, is beginning to move from one piece of furniture to another, mostly eats table food, and imitates us (both in the noises we make or actions--knocking on a door). When we hold her hands, she is beginning to take steps without much guidance. On Saturday, she made her first attempt to climb a step. Sadly, it ended with her sliding down. She has three teeth--two on the bottom, one on top with another coming in on top. Ten things we love about her: 1. her smile 2. her curiosity 3. the way she holds our hands or her own hands when she sleeps 4. her easy-goingness 5....
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Love ya tons,
J