We're going to need a new name for this blog. Something about rain, or hippies, or coffee, maybe.
That's right, we're making our return to the great northwest. It's been in the works for some time now. Back in July, when we were in Mukilteo, Daniel applied for a few jobs, just for kicks. Never heard anything until a few months ago, and then within weeks he interviewed for, and accepted, a great job! Start date is mid-March.
So now we're in the midst of planning our move. Just put in an offer on a house, and in a few weeks we taking a quick weekend trip up so we can see it. That's the order we're supposed to that in, right?
Hollie's very excited about it, and often asks, "Are we going to Mukilteo today?" [We're not actually going to be living in Mukilteo (that's mucho $$$), but Hollie isn't much interested in saying "Lake Stevens" yet. She will be when we get there, I think.] Sometimes she gets a little nervous - usually whenever we leave the house after dark - asking where we're going, if we're going to a hotel, or where her bed is. Breaks my heart. Believe me though, she is excited to go back.
Real quick...Blake had her 6-month check up...ummm...about a month ago.
18 lbs (85th percentile)
25.5 inches (40th percentile)
She can go from sitting to hands-and-knees, and back to sitting. Still no crawl. It's coming soon, though. The strength is there, no doubt about that, but the coordination? Not so much. Exhibit A:
I took that video about a week and a half ago. She's progressed now to a beginning "army" crawl, with enormous effort. It goes like this: move one arm, move other arm, drag legs, collapse, rest, regroup, one arm, other arm, drag legs...for about four more cycles before she's had enough.
Also, I love her babbling. She's recently started saying something like habla-habla-habla...she's already working on her Spanish! She's also started saying dadadada. So cute. Also schreeching, but happy screeching.
Anyways, strong baby! Exhibit B (dog wrestling):
Blake is laughing at Hollie here. Not Mommy. Mommy can get a chuckle, sometimes. Hollie gets the belly laughs, regularly.
Yesterday, we had our first of, I foresee, many similar incidents. We occasionally clip coupons, and Hollie loves to look at them with me, so when they expire I let her keep them. She had left one out on the floor, and Blake wormed her way over to it and started to chew it. Hollie hadn't seen it yet but was headed in her direction, so I just waited to see how the scene would play out. Two seconds later when Hollie saw Little Sister making goopy shreds of the coupon, she threw herself on the floor and wailed. I swooped in to calm her down and deliver The Lesson: She can move now, so we're going to have to be careful not to leave things on the floor. She understood, but I know it will be a while before she really remembers. In any case I was really really really glad to see that she didn't react violently toward Blake.
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We have been thoroughly enjoying our unseasonably warm winter (well, most of us). As you can see:
I didn't realize until later what she was saying...
"...a different name of Grandma..." - Mom, I have no idea what that means!
"...Lizzy Bruin's face..." - This is a relatively minor character character in Hollie's most favorite series of books: The Berenstain Bears. Lizzy Bruin is also Hollie's "best friend" - Hollie's calls her on the phone, looks for her outside, and wonders where she lives and when we're going to visit her. No joke.
"...Jewel's face..." - Another book character. We need more friends.
I think she makes herself perfectly clear in that one. :)
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More later!
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