John Sarah Jude Olive: August 2010

Wow. I can not believe that it has been a few months since I have updated the blog. I have a few excuses: been busy with the move, and getting settled into our new house in Kansas City, having way too much fun with new friends and being very pregnant.

So lets back track a little. . . before we left Buffalo, we took a nice road trip up through some new England states. We visited Sharon Vermont, went up to Maine, and then to Boston and Cape cod. It was a great trip, a little too much driving for Jude, but we had a great time. John's mom and best friend Loren joined us for the trip! Here are a few highlights:

We took a whale watching cruise from Cape cod, which was amazing. Like the coolest thing I have ever seen, these pictures are real, the whales were so close to us!!! Yes, that is the boat we are in, and the whale swam right up to it, and dove down!

Another highlight of the trip in Boston was this little splash park, we were enjoying the freedom trail, until Jude found some water and so we took a break! He had such a great time, we loved watching him splash around!!

Here we are with our POD, and all of our belongings loaded. I am glad packing is done! Just another 2 years before I have to do it again!

John made his way to Kansas city, and Jude and I went to Arizona. I finished my school clinical's, and John waited for our town home to be ready to be moved into. While we were apart, he also tackled a huge project! We have a 3 bedroom town home, with a basement, I asked John to finish the basement so we could use it as a playroom. Well, he did an awesome job! Jude and I were so excited to see it when we came home.

Here are a few pics to document the many hours of hard work:

before and during:

Wall up:

A few moments worth celebrating. John and his friend Ben worked together on the job, neither having any experience.

After: (behind the blue curtains, hides all the toys.)

Since arriving in Kansas City, we have enjoyed our family time. John is loving his new residency program, we love where we live, and are making great friends. We were able to attend a hospital family picnic day a few weeks back and had a great time. Jude is obsessed with bonce houses- he spent most of the day bouncing around. He loves to jump and go down the slides.

Jude loving the snow cone.