So behind...

So this post might be a little long, but it's been 2 weeks since I've posted and we've been busy! Where do I even start? I guess with our trip to CA. We left as a family on Friday the 13th and had the worst trip ever possible (fitting for the date I guess)! Our flight was delayed, we missed our connection, our luggage was left behind, John wouldn't sleep, and a myriad of other things just piled up until we were laughing in the rental car at 2am on the way to my parents because of what an aweful day we'd had. It was so nice to finally get there and crawl in bed, though John didn't want to sleep and we only totalled 3 hours that night! John did surprisingly well adjusting to being away from home despite the pack 'n play crib and no door to our room. It was a full house because Jen and Ryan and the boys live with my parents this summer. The boys mostly got along great and there were no major hitches in behavior with any of them. John absolutely LOVED his cousins, especially Jake (2 1/2) because he's the cool 'older cousin'. He watched him intently most of the days. John also had fun playing side by side with Warren (12 mo.), with the occasional wrestling match!

Watching Veggie Tales on the portable DVD player Cute Warren

Well on Sunday the 15th we had a joint birthday party at my parents house for our whole family. John and Warren turned 1, and my 2 cousins Josh and Trent turned 11 and 14 respectively. It was so much fun seeing everyone; all in all there were 14 adults and 6 kids! The weather was great and we got to spend a lot of time outside, not just at the birthday party but during the whole trip. The weather was amazingly cool and comfortable, not anything like Georgia!! We were so glad to be able to be outside during the days and evenings.

Jake and his horse

From Tuesday through Friday morning, Jen and Ryan's friends Glen and Shilo came to visit as well. They had a good time with the Trzeciaks and the boys and going to San Francisco. It was nice getting to meet some of my sister's friends. The rest of the trip we pretty much just relaxed at home and tried to maintain some semblance of normalcy for John schedule-wise. The flight home was hectic and interesting because John had had enough at that point in our week and was tired and cranky; I was also travelling alone this time because Isaac was already in Jacksonville, FL for a conference.

As of right now, we've all been home for a couple of days and John is getting back to normal slowly but surely. I got a chance to go to my friend Lauren's new house and check out all the cool stuff they've done with the place since the last time I was there. We let the kids play for a while and then went our own ways since John needs his sleep. I can't wait until I have my sweet boy back (once he's sleeping well again) and we are back on track. I am working at getting the house all cleaned up again to continue showing it for sale. We've gotten some interest like before, but still no offers. We just know God is going to bring us the right buyer in the right time but it's so hard to wait! We're pretty anxious to have a time nailed down, since we've already decided to move back to WA the first week of October. That's all for now, here's a bunch of pictures from our trip, and I'll post more when I get some from my mom and sister. Seems like they got a lot of the good ones!

Oh yeah, we cut John's hair too! It was getting pretty shaggy (as you can see really well in those pictures above) so my mom and I buzzed it. John did great, and just got a little nervous at the end so we stopped. It was uneven for a few days but I fixed it the rest of the way today and it's so cute! I'll add more pics of his short hair tomorrow sometime!