Crazy Month

Our last month has probably been one of our busiest months ever. A couple weeks before school ended Derik accepted a job offer from Ares Corporation so along with that came moving. We decided to start packing little by little so that we wouldn't be super busy the week we left. At the end of July Deriks parents came to Idaho to watch Derik graduate and help us move. After two days of packing and cleaning we were more then ready to head out. So after five years in Rexburg we are officially done. We spent the next two days driving to Los Alamos. We were really worried about how Mikaela would handle the trip but she did great she basically just slept the whole time. Sure beats her normal half and hour naps. I'm thinking about driving her cross country daily. We spent one day unloading the trailer before we headed to California to visit my parent before Derik had to start working. We had a great trip. Mikaela loved swimming in Grandpa and Grandma's swimming pool. We put her in a little floaty and she just kicked and kicked she was pretty impressed with herself, and I'm not going to lie we kind of were too. While we were there we also took her to the zoo for the first time. Turns out shes a little too young for the zoo. The one and only animal she did get really exited for was the flamingos. She thought they were pretty neat standing on there one leg. After a fun week we flew back to New Mexico and started moving in. We are settled in now and loving are new place all 33 stairs and all, not that I've counted. It actually works out great for us its like the perfect solution for lazy peoples workout. Derik started his new job the 10th of August and is really liking it. He is the youngest employee to ever be hired by Ares so we feel really lucky. In the last few weeks Mikaela has gone from scooting to army crawl to speed crawler. Needles to say we've been very busy chasing her all over. I always though life was going to be so much easier once she learned how to crawl because then she could get to whatever she wanted, but i guess what i didn't realize was that everything she wants is in fact everything I don't want her to have. It really is amazing how fast she how gotten in just a couple weeks. We were getting worried that she would fall down the stairs so we bought her a gate, but it hasn't really worked out because she has now learned how to pull her self up on everything. So now she's always trying to climb out of her crib and over her gate. To be honest though i am loving this month six stage. It seems like she is learning new things everyday and is always making us laugh. I can't imagine our lives with out her. Two weekends ago we went camping with Deriks family. We spent the weekend dirt bike riding, eating and playing games and had a really fun time. After a very busy month it is nice to be able to slow down and get into the swing of things here in Los Alamos. We have had a lot of exciting changes things year and are so happy with how everything has turned out. Life couldn't be better for us :)