Okay so today is going to be a long grueling day of packing. Yes, most of our stuff is in the garage already in boxes. But the task at hand is to get everything we have unpacked and bought during the 5 months of living with my parents, packed back up. Sigh….

Ronan is being cute and hopefully can play by himself a lot today.

Well we have the majority of our stuff in the 26 ft. truck outside the house…the thing is huge! There is still a lot of packing to do (procastinators with babies don’t mix with moving!) and anything that needs to go into the truck is going to have to wait till morning. Arizona is known for the monsoon season, and it has decided to start tonight. You can hear the wind outside roaring, the sky is very dark, and it has already started raining. Now I could stay up all night packing, but that would be insane, since I’m driving tommrow. But really it won’t take me more than another hour of non interupted work. So later tonight I will get it done. Also, God has really showered us with blessings. Friends came over to help load the truck and gave us a sofa and loveseat, which I believe have a queen and twin size bed inside, by lazyboy. Another girl donated two coffee tables and a cd tower. My parents have graciously given us their dining room table, chairs, entertainment center, rockign chair, and daybed. So we went to having no furniture to having plenty! That will make our shopping trip to IKEA stretch farther for things to make our new home look amazing. Since we do not have to buy much more furniture……oh I can buy a washer and dryer now!!!! God has truly blessed us. Not sure if I will post more tonight. I need to burn a few roadtrip cds and then pack this baby up. Next time you hear from me I will be in Monterey! Please pray for Ronan, my dad, and I as we drive my car and a huge moving truck for 13 plus hours tommrow. We hope to do it in one day!

I get to see Ryan on Wednesday!!!! Wahooo!!!!! I cannot tell you how excited I am to be a family again in our own place, and not living out of a suitcase!

I turn to look at Ronan, and he has awaken from his very short nap. It took me forever to get him to sleep. The last time he did this was when we were trying to pack for our trip to Monterey. I think he knows something is up. I have just banished my son to his Nonna’s bedroom. Time to spend some quality to with her before we leave early, early, (hopefully) early tommrow! 

We went to church today at Mt. Avenue and said goodbye to everyone. Ronan was really good in church and enjoyed sitting up front with Grandpa during the childrens worship. We had lunch at one of my favourite places. It was nice, but since it is in the triple digits in Tucson…we were all melting by the time we got home. You really don’t want to be outside AT ALL in June/July in Tucson. We watched a lot of Lance today with Grandpa who is rooting for his victory! Go Lance, Go! As we were watching Lance Ronan learned how to clap! He has been clapping his thigh with his left hand a lot already. But I would clap and Ronan would mimic me. He didn’t make any noise with his clap, but was able to get both of his hands to hit eachother. I couldn’t believe my eyes! How fantastic! Ronan you are brilliant!

I don’t think we left the house today. Oh wait, we did. My daddy and I went to get Ronan’s new carseat put into the car by a proffessional. No sense in either of us melting in the heat to find out we can’t get it put in right. We went first to our firestation. They did not have anyone qualified to do it. They called another firestation and it was the same thing. Now my question is: If none of the firefighters can attend the week long training, how do they expect new parents to put them into the car? They sent us to a baby store where we paid a guy $20 to do it for us. He deserved the money though. He was a big guy and had to get in the backseat of my small car to figure it out. Poor guy. He was reallllllllllllllllllly sweaty when he was finished. But Ronan now has a new carseat that he can sit in. They say that they can be front facing when he is 1 year AND 20 lbs. But the guy who put it in suggested he should be at least 16 months old, because it would be like Ronan hitting the stearing wheel at 50 mph to his harness if we got in a wreck. So Ronan may be sitting rearfacing until he is 2!

Well I did a lot more scrapbooking today…it is really addicting. I need to get more photos developed from my digital selection and get some more paper. But that will have to wait till we are settled into our house in Monterey. Ryan asked me on the phone how much money I have spent on scrapbooking. I told him I couldn’t hear his question. Which was correct for the first two times he asked. He figured out I was pulling his leg though, when I changed the subject. I see my scrapbooking kit, as my mummys day gift. My daddy told me to tell Ryan that the scrapbook really looks great. I know Ryan will appreciate it compared to a shoebox of photos that never gets looked at.

Ronan plays around with Nonna’s Thai pillows…

So Ronan and I went to the base to get some last minute things taken care of for our move. Then we got Ronan a new carseat at Target because he is a the max weight limit for his infant one (not to mention his feet are hanging off of it!). Then we went to the scrapbooking party at Sandras. We had so much fun and Ronan got lots of attention from the ladies. I learned how to make pretty hawaiian flowers with my scrapbooking tools from Creative Memories.

Then it was time to meet Grandpa Chuckles at Barnes and Noble for the Harry Potter party. Ronan got his picture taken with the crew of people that dress up for the event. We remember seeing them from the last book release at Barders a few years ago. But we couldn’t last till Midnight and later, so we left early. We will pick up our books tommrow and we still get 40% off, so that rocks!

Oh Ronan was so cute…he went as Baby Harry Potter and had a scar on his forehead and everything! My favourite costumes that I saw were the children who dressed up as house elves! How cute!