Greetings all!
I realize it has been a while since I last posted, but things have been a little crazy around here!
We are all settled in Newberg now, so things are starting to die down.
Since my last post, Wyatt has celebrated his 1st birthday! We had a great time with family and friends. He was a little overwhelmed by all the people and attention and shy about the cupcake, but he ended up devouring it and loves all his gifts! The kid has so many toys! And clothes!
He is now running, climbing up and down stairs, pushing all the buttons he can find, and learning how to listen! Yes, listen! When you ask him to come here, put that back, sit down, etc. It glorious! Of course, sometimes he chooses not to listen but the way he understands is exciting. He is also learning new words, like he's said puppy and said cookie yesterday. He mostly just babbles, but when he repeats something you say it is still exciting!
He is still home during the day with Stuart, and they have been able to bond so much through that time together. We are so grateful that we've gotten to spend so much time with him in his first year. He'll head to daycare here at the end of September, which we think will be great for him and help him learn how to play with other kids, share, be on a schedule, interact with people he's not familiar with, etc. It will be a great experience! It's tough to be away from him, but the separation is part of life!
Stuart is currently working early mornings at Target until the wedding and looking for a part time position in a field relevant to his field of study -- civil engineering. He'll go back to school at the end of September to go to work on a Bachelor's degree in engineering. We are very excited to be able to get Stuart back in school and look forward to all his hard work paying off!
I've finished my time at PacificSource Health Plans and officially graduated from Oregon State. IT FEELS GREAT!! I am leaving PacificSource a big early on account of a job offer from ODS! PacificSource was very understanding and encouraging with no hard feelings on my desire to leave early. I will be starting at ODS Health Inc. on Monday, working at their downtown Portland office as a Health Promotion and Quality Improvement Specialist. Yes -- a REAL job with no affixed end date! I am feeling so very blessed and can't express how great it feels to have the hard work pay off. College is worth it!! (And we knew it would be!!)
On account of the new job, we'll begin apartment-hunting when we return from the honeymoon. We are looking to move to Tigard or SW Portland, which will be the easiest commute to work and still allow us to be close to 99W so we can get to family in McMinnville (& Dundee) and close to I5 to reach family in Woodburn and Canby. It's a great area, and we are excited to start the search and find a new home to get settled in.
Speaking of honeymooning -- the wedding is in two weeks! Everything is pretty much done with just a few little details left to tend to. It is great to have everything finished so far in advance, which was my goal! Keeping stress low and leaving lots of time to spend as a family. We're honeymooning on a cruise to the Eastern Caribbean, which we'll leave for late Saturday night and return the following Sunday -- then that Monday is Labor Day so we get an extra day of vacation for free! Woohoo!
We are so excited for how far we've come and what lies ahead :)
I promise to give photos soon, but here is a link to the online album of the photos we had done for Wyatt's first birthday!
http://albums.phanfare.com/isolated/p1vBO7sM/1/5195754
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