Our new house

Thursday was my last day of work and Analise and I moved to klamath Falls to join Jesse. Our new apt is very small around 700 square feet so not a whole lot of room for our things. Analise is loving the stairs to climb up and down, having her crib and toys back and most of all being with her Daddy. I have spent the last few days unpacking and trying to find room for some things most will just stay in boxes as there is no closets here. Jesse got off work this morning and we went exploring around town, to the library, and of course Walmart for the odds and ends things. Here are some before and after pictures of the apt. I would say come and visit us but I have no idea where we would put another person :o)

Beach Trip

Also during our week in Salem we took advantage of my parents new beach house and went to Lincoln city for a few days. Our time there was so relaxing and we walked the beach a few times, went to the outlet mall for some shopping, and our to lunch for Jesse's birthday. Analise did not like the sand at all. She was fine sitting in it until she went to crawl and her hands touched the sand then the screaming began.

Analise turns 1

While we have had many parties now for Analise's first birthday since Jesse was working on the actual birthday. She had an early party with Great Grandparents Ray and Shirley, and Grandma Dana since Jesse was actually home so the cupcake pictures are from that. Then in October we went to Salem and had a big family party. Analise had so much fun just watching everyone and climbing the stairs a new skill. She did not want to attempt to open present yet so Daddy took over for her. She got so many cool things that we are enjoying daily. This year has been certainly very full and we love every minute of it. We are also able to celebrate Jesse's 29th birthday and meet our new cousin and nephew Logan Gabriel.

More pictures July/August

We also have a picnic picture from a field trip Analise took with Grandma Dana to visit Great Grandparents Jean and Bud.

July/ August pictures

This will be mainly pictures as someone is having problems staying asleep for her nap and my computer time.. These pictures are our trip to the Lincoln city beach, Jesse's graduation from fire training at Kingsley Air base were he now works, Analise having her usual bedhead, our first attempt at letting Analise feed herself out of a bowl, and riding her horse that BaPa (grandpa hunt) made her. Hope everyone is having a great week.

Early 10 month anniversery

So this is a little early but gotta get blogging while I have the time since Jesse is here entertaining Analise from helping me type on the computer. Lets see in the last two months Analise has gotten 3 teeth, starting crawling and eating everything in sight. She has such a personality and really knows what she wants. So far the words we know or recognize is mama, dada, and grandpa (bapa).

Due to being short on time when finally get Analise picked up and home from work we usually do a combo dinner and bath in the kitchen sink that way while she is playing I get to unpack and repack all the bags for the next day. Thus the pictures with spinach (which she loves) all over the face. We picked up a little pool at walmart for some kitchen swimming time for our afternoon cool off when it is 90+ outside and no A/C.

Since Jesse has moved out we have hit a rough patch with sleeping. Analise goes to bed great but ends up waking up every 1-2 hours all night long screaming. So I take full advantage on the every other weekend that Jesse comes home to catch up on my sleep. Hopefully this is just a stage and will pass soon.

Jesse has settled into Klamath Falls and still loves his new job, even the required gym time each day and is getting in great shape. He has 3 more weeks of training then goes onto a shift schedule. On July 26th will be our two year anniversary (maybe something fun will be planned hint hint Jesse). It is hard to believe all that has happened in the last two years but I would not change a thing.

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K-falls and 7 months

Analise has turned 7.5 months old and still has no teeth or shows any signs of crawling but is cute as can be :o) She "talks" all the time I guess taking after her mommy, and shows lots of facial expressions while talking to really make her point. We are enjoying early spring with some yard work and getting some spring cleaning done. Jesse finished making Analise a toy shelf which she has tried out and loved. And her dress collection is growing thanks to grandma hunt and her sewing skills.

Jesse has gotten a new job in Klamath Falls and will be moving there by June 1st to start work for the Kingsley air field fire department. We are actually in K-falls right now spending the day looking for apartments to rent for the next year for Jesse to live in while Analise and I stay in Culver and try to sell our current house. Noah and Javan made Jesse a fire truck cake to celebrate his new job.

6 months +

Well this is a little late but we have had some exciting events of late. Analise ended up getting RSV which meant a long week of trying to keep her medicated, nebulized, and eating well enough to stay out of the hospital and we made it!!! She is on the mend now and doing so much better we just need to chunk up again as she lost most of her extra fat stores during this time. Throughout the whole time of looking so sad she was still the happy baby.

Another accomplishment is Analise is sitting up alone and can go to rolling both ways then sitting again. I think we need to get on with baby proofing the house here soon before she surprises us with crawling one day. We had her 6 month birthday complete with a cake from Grandma Dana, a short vacation to Salem for Jesse's fire conference week where we intended on visiting all the family but ended up with all getting sick instead. My friend Stephanie and I took Analise, Javan, and her two boys to the Portland zoo one day, which was cold but a lot of fun.

Jesse has gone back to school this week at COCC as the fire station decided to send him back to school to get his paramedic degree. This means over the next 1.5 years he will be extra busy with school and still working full time so us girls will just have to stick together. I am sure a lot more has happened I will try to update more often.

Lots of firsts

Well so far we have started eating rice cereal and attempted green beans which got a horrible face and spit out everywhere, went on our first train trip to visit Aunt Margaret and Uncle David in Olympia Washington, try to sit up on our own, roll and turn circles when on the floor and had our first cold that turned into a lung infection which Analise nicely shared with mom and dad too, gone up a size in diapers, up two sizes in clothes (12 month now), grown 3 more inches, and laugh so many times a day at nothing :o) Wow I guess a lot has happened in the last few months, maybe I should update this more often.