The Apartment

I have been the worst friend/relative to everyone ever since we moved. I hardly have my phone on me all day-in fact, I don't even know where it is half the time, and I rarely even check Facebook. I have so many people I need to catch up with, it's ridiculous. Life has been ever-going. We have an apartment! I hope for our next station we look to buy because trying to rent with three dogs is nearly impossible. I think the hardest part about looking for somewhere to live was that people would post, and when we'd call, they'd say the place was already taken. Hello! Take your post down!! Is it really that hard?

We ended up getting the apartment we wanted! It's in a gated community and it's the same company that we rented with in Columbus, GA. It has a pool, fitness room, free coffee and snacks in the main office, and a dog park. Our apartment itself is 3 bedroom, 2 full bath, granite counter tops, and we have a garage (not attached to the unit, used for storage) and a porch. Leave it up to us to find a way to complicate our lives. Obviously, we don't have a yard, so the dogs do have to go out one-by-one, down the stairs on a leash. So far, it's really not bad. They've been trained during the road trip to do that, so they have been extremely good at adjusting. 

We still have boxes everywhere. We have so much stuff. It's refreshing to go through everything, though, to purge. We have two boxes of stuff to get rid of and we've thrown things away. The hard part is the baby! Ry has sooo much stuff. And I don't want to get rid of things in case we have a second boy in the next couple years. We're still undecided. I feel like I hardly have enough time to take care of everyone at this point-I'd need a nanny or a live-in dog sitter if we have a second. I barely have time to cook, take off my chipping nail polish, shave my legs, and working out? It's an effort getting in a hour everyday. In fact, the only way I was able to blog this morning was because I've been up since 3:30.  I'm so grateful G got work off this week to help unpack. He's helped out so much with Ry that I think I'd have had a meltdown trying to put this whole house together by myself. 

As for Ryan, he's moving everywhere!! This kid rolls all over the joint and is on the edge of crawling. He already army crawls if he sees something he wants, and he can go in circles to no end, he goes backwards, and he gets into plank position, downward dog, and a few other yoga poses. He's so strong! I swear, he's going to stand up before I even know what hit me. Another problem with unpacking is trying to baby proof the house as I put things away. We have lots of nice things and lots of low shelves. Right now, it's like a giant game of tetris-perfectly fitting the pieces together. 

He's also in a process of sleep regression (which explains my 3:30 wake up). He wakes at about 4 every morning. Poor kiddo. He's skipping on afternoon naps and trying to get him down at night is impossible. It's a phase that I know he'll grow out of. Right now, he's learning so many exciting new things that sleep must seem miserable. He's also babbling up a storm. This kid just talks to his toys all day. It's so precious. We've heard a few words come out of him-but of course he has no idea what he's saying. Just sweet little conversations. 

Breast feeding is still a struggle. I feel like if I have one off day where I'm not consistently pumping, feeding, or stuffing my face with flaxseed and gatorade, my supply drops. Good thing Ryan's been eating more food. I feed him solids about 3 times a day now on top of breast feeding. I'm hoping to make it 3 1/2 more months so we don't have to switch to formula. 

This has just been a quick update because I haven't had time to talk to anyone. I don't even have time to sit and finish this post. I do have an address for anyone that needs it. And I'm ready for people to come visit :) Time to brew some coffee and continue unpacking. Ready, break.