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Mateo and I have made the trek out west, and all I can say for the moment is thank God for my sister and brother-in-law. They have been crazy helpful and I could not have done half of what I have accomplished without them. We have been staying at their house while waiting for the heat to turn on in our new home -- keep your fingers crossed that everything is taken care of today. This week has been insane, just absolutely exhausting, and I do believe I will be needing a vacation after everything is good to go. Of course, instead of a vacation, I will be leaping head first into a new job, but that might honestly seem like small potatoes compared to the chaos of moving.

As I type, I am sitting in my sister's living room with Mateo asleep in the study. All of the boxes my parents shipped from Michigan are here, and I will soon load them into the car to take them to our new apartment. It is a beautiful place -- I am so happy with it and can't wait to make it ours. We have already done two necessary (and spendy!) trips to Ikea and a few stops at vintage/used furniture joints. The basics are taken care of, and I suspect I will find some other goodies to put into place in the coming months. In the the meantime, Teo and I have a little house to set up this weekend, and probably another Target run to make in the process. I promise pictures will come soon.

I have also found a day care for Teo, which was no easy matter. He spent the morning there today while I hung around to help with the adjustment. I honestly think he looked over at me twice the whole time. He would smile as if to say, "Oh, hey mama! Check out the block I have in my hand!" but nothing much more than that. I took that as a good sign. Hopefully, his transition will go well. This day care is nice -- the people are sweet and the environment is pleasant. They cook all vegetarian, homemade natural food for the babies, and they are happy to do the cloth diapering thing as well. I am so grateful to have found somewhere... it is a little pricey but I am finding that all day cares are.

I also had to get Mateo to a doctor while out here, as his ear infection still has not completely cleared. Poor dude has six zillion new teeth coming in, and still-infected left ear, hasn't slept in a real be in days, has had no sleep or eating schedule in any way shape or form, and he is still a smiliey guy most of the time. I am so happy that he is such an easy baby, even if we can't seem to get him away from the electronics. I stumbled upon his pediatrician by calling my insurer and finding someone -- anyone -- in the network who could see him. Turns out his doctor was absolutely awesome and very much on the same page as me, so I am happy to have found her.

So yeah -- I still have to buy a car and assemble many a piece of Ikea furniture, but things are actually coming together. I promised myself a massage if I managed to get everything accomplished by Friday (today) that I would buy myself a massage, and it might just happen. If not, I will come very, very close.

Now I have to go gather my things to "move out" of my sister's house and into my own. Tonight will be our first night in our new home and I can't wait to open this chapter of our lives.

Oh, also: Mateo learned to clap. Came in handy during "Wheel of Fortune."

Kari has an awesome camera and has gone picture crazy. In a good way.