Oh my...it's been a while

Where have the last couple of months gone?!  Oh right....I started a new job, Alan and I had several weeks of living apart in there, we moved, updated a number of rooms of our new house, started the kids in new daycare/pre-school, I had a few weeks of business trips, and there was all the usual household stuff (laundry, feeding and bathing children, etc)....and no time left over for updating the blog! Which is unfortunate because in all of that time Quorra has been growing growing growing.  She now rolls every which way, smiles constantly, jabbers loudly and often, makes desperate and focused efforts to scoot about.  And she may or may not say "hi".   Her caregivers say she does and she certainly says something that sounds like "hi" when she first sees someone after a while but--it's a bit unclear yet.  I'll post a video sometime soon of her greeting.

In the meantime, let me attempt to catch up on blogging by posting the photos taken between my last post and now.  Below are some pre-move photos.

 Sweet smiley gal hanging out in our old house in her bouncy seat.

 

 

There were many nights like this before the move....North and Quorra both sleeping in my bed somewhere around 3 AM.  While not an ideal sleeping scenario there were times when sanity had to prevail and we all needed to just get some ZZZs wherever it was most convenient.  I have to admit--while they were grueling at the time, I now miss them.

There were of course lots and lots of ridiculously cute outfits that she got to wear approximately 1 time before outgrowing them.

Sweet, smiley girl in one of her brother's old shirts.

 Hanging out in my bed. Snuggly, sweet kids.

 

 

  Before out move we did head back to Indiana for my first week at my new job (with Teach for America).  I had to travel to Kansas City for 2 days - while I was gone I needed to be around other adults who could watch the kiddos overnight in my absence.  We headed to my parents and Alan was able to get some time with them.  We also snapped some cute pictures with our camera one evening on grandma and grandpa's porch.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

After visiting with grandma and grandpa, it was back to Virginia for me and the kids for a few more weeks.  Almost everything we owned was packed up so we tended to hole up in my room, hanging out on the bed, playing, and watching tv.

 Sweet girl!

 

 Rolling around

Speaking of which....here's a video from one of her early rolls (July 8, 2012):

Last picture in Virginia - after all of our stuff was already packed up.  We'll miss the house that was our home for 2 years.  Where North changed from a toddler to a little kid and we brought Quorra home from the hospital.  And we'll miss the people we met, jobs we had, restaurants we enjoyed, and museums we loved.

But now we're having Indiana adventures.  And I'll post some pictures from those soon...