Ben & Brandi Are Moving!

Because Ben's job is in Denver, we are finally making the move from colorado Springs to Denver. We're not going to be able to get out of our lease (which isn't up until the end of January), so rather than make a 5 day a week commute to work, we're going to move the majority of our belongings (what we need to live for the next 6-9 months) to my parents' house in Littleton, and then I'll come down to Colorado Springs twice a week to get the rest of our stuff packed and ready to put into storage until we get our debt paid off and find a house of our own. We'll be making the temporary move at the end of September (which will save us about $150 a month), and then make the move permanent at the end of January when our lease is up (which will save us about $300 a month!!!!). We'll post our new address in January when our current one is no longer...uh...current ;-)

Her First Cold

Well, Adriana is on the tail end of her first cold. Por thing—a 100.8 degree temperature in the middle of summer!! I can't believe how good she was, though! There was only one night that she didn't sleep well, and that was the night her first tooth broke through too. The Ora-gel helped her tooth, but it didn't help her stuffy nose and cough. So after a few days on Dimeatapp and benedryl, she seems to be a much happier baby. Her appetite still has much to be desired, but she's at least taking more than five ounces twice a day.... And now we know officially that benedryl makes her sleepy, so we will be able to use it on our trip to the UK in October.

I was hoping to head home tomorrow. I still might, but I'll be coming back down toward the end of the week for a funeral. We got word Sunday morning that my cousin, Doug Moseley, died of a massive heart attack Saturday. No one knew that he even had heart trouble, so it was even more of a shock. Though when we do head home, it will be to start packing up the house to get ready to move. My parents both said they were okay with us moving in toward the end up September. We won't be able to get out of our lease, but even so, we'll still be able to save $400 a month by moving in September. Then I'll just go down to the Springs a day or two a week and work on packing until our lease is up at the end of January. By then, I should have everything packed and cleanded and ready to move to the storage unit.

Of Teeth and Passports

Adri has her first tooth, ladies and gentlemen! It's just barely peeking above her gum, but it's definitely there! I wish I could get a picture of it, but she still won't let me in. She's been doing remarkably well through it all. I think over the past few weeks that she's been teething, she's only gotten really fussy twice. In fact, yesterday, she spent about 5 hours in a shopping cart at Walmart and only had a 30 minute nap between 8am and 4:30pm. Her eating is back on "normal" schedule--it really freaks me out when she doesn't eat!

We also went down to apply for her passport today. Wow...I can't believe she's less than a year old and is already getting a passport! We're praying that all the hullabaloo in the UK won't mess up our trip. Actually, from what I can tell, it's not a matter of getting there, but getting back!

We're spending the week at my parents' house in Denver. They're on vacation in Oregon with my sister and her family. My aunt and uncle live a few blocks from them, and their house was robbed recently. I'm enjoying being in town, though. I was able to meet up with a friend that I've known since I was 12 years old! That was fun :-) And I've been able to spend time with my sister and my other two nieces too. We're enjoying the savings in gas/mileage too for the week! We've all but made the decision final to go ahead and move up here at the end of September. We still have to work out the legistics, but I think what we might do is move up the things we will need to live at my parents' house--clothing, bedding, Adriana's crib.... We'll end up saving about $400 a month until our lease is up doing it this way. Then in the mean time, I'll go down once or twice a week and work on getting stuff cleaned, packed and ready for storage. And then when our lease is up in January, we'll just get a truck, load up our stuff and bring the rest of it up here and rent a storage unit. Like I said, we have to work out the legistics, but I think it might work.

Brandi's Kitchen Back Up!

Well, at least my "online" kitchen. My REAL kitchen is a bit of a mess at the moment. I just finished reposting the few entries I had originally posted with iWeb. Keep checking back for my favorit recipes! Click here to visit my kitchen.