I haven 't blogged in forever , and for good reason . I am carrying our little baby Rosen # 2 ! I 'm about 11 weeks along now . In many ways this pregnancy has been remarkably similar to the last one , and in many ways it 's been different . I started feeling sick around the same time - about 6 weeks . But this time it has lasted much longer . The intensity was about the same during weeks 6 - 9 , thought I actually did vomit this time , but now it 's decreased to almost nothing and it 's just hanging on . For the past 3 or 4 weeks I 've thought it was finally gone , and then it 'll come back . The fatigue has been very similar to last time , thought with the added complication of having a toddler to care for . For 3 or 4 weeks I could barely get through each work day . Picking up Elijah after work felt like climbing a mountain . By the time I got home , I was just barely getting through until Elijah 's bedtime around 7pm . The last few weeks my energy has slowly returned . I am able to get through my day and all the way to Elijah 's bedtime without too much difficulty . But pretty much every night I 'm in bed by 8 and asleep by 8 : 30pm . Then I 'm up again at 6am to start all over again . Daniel has been absolutely amazing through this pregnancy . He has really taken on a lot while I 've been too exhausted and sick to do much of anything . For a few weeks he took care of Elijah and did most of my usual house cleaning and laundry chores . He has also cooked dinner nearly every night even though I am always too nauseated to eat it . A few times he has even satisfied my cravings and gone out to get something specific ( usually ice cream related ) . He hasn 't seemed as excited about the new baby this time . I think he 's been too overwhelmed caring for Elijah and taking over all of my chores . But when we had our ultrasound last week ( we had the 12 week ultrasound a little early ) , I could see his excitement for the first time . He had the biggest smile on his face when we saw our little jumping bean on the screen . Elijah was there too , and he pointed to the screen and said " baby ! " It was such a great family moment . He told me after that appointment that he was really getting excited . It has been easy for me to be excited . I have loved literally every stage of Elijah 's life . So how could I not be excited ? I get to do it all over again ! I think I am just starting to show this week too . Many of my clothes are getting just a little bit tight . Which is perfect , because it 's just starting to warm up now . I 'm back to my habit of having a big bowl of fruit each day . My cravings have been exactly the same as my last pregnancy . So far , Elijah hasn 't shown any understanding of what 's going on . We point to my belly and say " baby " a lot , and this morning he finally did it himself , completely unprompted . I think as my belly starts to get bigger he might understand a little better . His teacher is doing a lot to prepare him as well . I am so grateful to have her and his whole school as a resource during transitions like this . They 've been through this a hundred times with other kids , so they know exactly what to do . We are exactly two years and one month behind my last pregnancy . The baby is due October 9 , 2014 . We have our gender ultrasound in early May . I truly would be happy with either a boy or a girl . If it 's a boy , Elijah will have a little brother as a playmate , and we will get to reuse all of his clothes . But I would also be very happy to have a little girl to do girly things with . I think I 'm hoping about 51 % for a girl , and 49 % for a boy . But overall , I could not be happier . Last week we hit a milestone for the baby book - though one I was hoping to avoid for a very long time , or hey , maybe forever . Elijah had his first trip to the ER . His first sign of illness was over Martin Luther King Day weekend . It started with a cough . But honestly , he gets a cough about every 2 weeks during the winter . So we just decided to wait for it to pass , and manage the symptoms with a spoonful of honey at bedtime and a humidifier . It didn 't seem to bother him at all though . In fact , he was in a remarkably good mood all weekend . He was quite tired starting on Saturday . He fell asleep while we drove about 20 minutes to the other side of town at around 9am . We just let him take a little nap , figuring it would give him a little rest and allow him to make it to naptime without becoming overtired . Besides that it was a normal day . Daniel decided Saturday night on a whim to rip out the shower in the guest bathroom , so we were planning on installing a bathtub during the remainder of the weekend . I remember waking up Sunday morning ( Elijah actually slept in ! ) and we lit a fire in the fireplace and just laid around all morning doing pretty much nothing . We went to Home Depot to buy a bathtub , and Elijah fell asleep on the way home . This time , it took about 3 minutes . So we took that opportunity to go to one of those drive through car washes and let him sleep . When we got home , he woke up . Sort of . He was awake , but extremely lethargic . He just wanted to sit on my lap . We sat in my bed and watched over an hour of Sesame Street while Daniel worked on the bathroom . I couldn 't believe it . He 's never sat still to watch anything for more than 10 minutes . But it still didn 't phase me . I could tell he had a fever , so I thought he was just sick and needed some rest . After he ate nothing for lunch , I put him down for a nap . FOUR HOURS later , he was still fast asleep . Like completely out . I went in and woke him up to make sure he would go to bed on time . His temperature was at 101F . The evening was spent again just sitting Daniel texted me from home to show me that he fell asleep right on Daniel 's lap at 9am . He put him in the crib and let him sleep until they had to leave for the doctor at 10am . Then he texted me from the doctor 's office . His oxygen was very low . They gave him a nebulizer treatment with albuterol , and his oxygen didn 't improve at all . He called me to tell me that there was a very small chance that he would have to go to Children 's Hospital . I panicked because I had work that I couldn 't do until that afternoon that was really important . I let my boss and co - workers know what was going on , but none of us thought he would really end up at the hospital . Daniel texted me that they were taking him to radiology for a chest x - ray to rule out pneumonia . It came back clean . But , oxygen was still low . He was still very lethargic . He needed to be on oxygen long term . So the decision was made to send him to Children 's Hospital . I 'm actually surprised how well I held it together . I informed my boss and immediately she told me she would take care of everything and I could leave . I was so grateful . I called Elijah 's teacher to let her know what was going on , and she was the first person to mention RSV to me . I told her that the diagnosis was bronchiolitis , and she asked me if that was related to RSV . She explained that a child had been allowed to come to school with a doctor 's note after he / she was diagnosed with RSV . Now many children in his class were out sick . In fact , only half of them were there that day . I told her I would ask the doctor about RSV and thanked her for that information . She was extremely apologetic and was very worried about Elijah . I drove over to Children 's Hospital ( which is on the same campus as my work ) and went to the ER . Daniel was in an ambulance with Elijah and they pulled up soon after I arrived . I was allowed back and I met them in the hallway with the EMTs . I was so very happy to see him . But also shocked . He was strapped in a car seat - like harness onto a hospital bed clutching his monkey in one hand , and his sippie cup in the other . We were taken into a room where they started taking all his vitals . I asked about RSV and they confirmed that that was most likely what he had . They have a standard course of treatment that they follow - 8 hours of observation in the ER and then if he doesn 't get worse , he can go home with an oxygen tank to use at home . We will follow up with Elijah 's pediatrician in 24 hours . So that 's what we did . We were taken to a private " observation " room with a TV , bed , crib , and private bathroom . We tried to get Elijah to sleep ( he missed his nap entirely , though he did doze on and off in the various doctor 's offices ) . He couldn 't sleep , so I gave up . He pulled out his oxygen tubing and his pulse oximeter multiple times . He mostly did okay with the nasal cannula in , but the act of actually placing it on his face was a battle . He was tethered to the wall so we had to keep him happy and calm on the hospital bed . It was pretty easy since he was so upset . A respiratory therapist came in and gave him an experimental treatment that I approved ahead of time . It was a nebulizer just of saline . I figured saline couldn 't hurt , and it definitely sounds like it would help . Well , it was awful . It was like watching my son be tortured . The saline was intended to irritate his airway and cause him to cough up any mucus in his lungs . The result was that Elijah coughed so hard that he could barely catch his breath . It sounded like he would vomit from coughing so hard . By the end of the 10 minute treatment , he was so exhausted that he fell asleep sitting up on the bed with the mask still attached on his face . She also put a vacuum tube in his nose that sucked out all the mucus and everything . The nurse had to hold him down while he kicked . But by then he was so exhausted and sick , he didn 't have much energy to fight . After all of that , we just waited for the 8 hours to expire . That put us at 10pm . Daniel had gone to retrieve our car and some things for the evening , so I was on my own . I couldn 't go anywhere because I had to keep Elijah on the bed and hooked up to oxygen . We played with some toys and spent a lot of time cuddling . He was so sad and uncomfortable . His temperature was around 104F , so they gave him some motrin . Daniel got back about 6pm , just in time so that I could eat some dinner and we could get Elijah to bed . At home , we bathe him , put lotion on , and then just put him in his crib and close the door . He goes to sleep happily on his own . That didn 't really work in one hospital room that was noisy and bright . So I held him and rocked him to sleep . He fussed a little , but fell asleep by 7 : 30pm . I laid him down and he slept until we were allowed to leave at 10pm . Some people came to show us how to use the oxygen tank . And then we were free to go . We all collapsed into bed around 11pm . I was worried that Elijah would get tangled up or strangle himself with the oxygen tubing , so I didn 't sleep much . The next morning , Elijah seemed like he was feeling a little better . Elijah hated being tethered to the tank . Every time he saw the cord trailing behind him he would scream and get upset . But after a few hours he started to ignore it and play normally . Some people delivered a bunch more oxygen tanks to last us a few days , and they also brought an extra long 50 ft cord so Elijah had a little more freedom to walk around the house . He still didn 't like it , but it was more tolerable . He also didn 't sleep well with the tubing attached . I ended up spending a lot of time holding him and rocking him the rest of that week . I missed the whole rest of the week of work . Daniel stayed home with us on Wednesday , but went back to work on Thursday and Friday . We went to see the pediatrician on Wednesday afternoon and his oxygen levels were still too low to take him off oxygen . By Friday he seemed much more like himself . His appetite was near normal , energy level was near normal , and he had no fever . That morning his pHis pediatrician explained that in Denver it is much more likely that a young child with RSV will need supplemental oxygen . The elevation is so high here that children can reach dangerous levels more easily . At a lower elevation , a hospital would never send a child home with RSV . But because it 's so common here , they try to minimize the cost and disruption . I was so glad that we didn 't have to stay in the hospital . All he needed was oxygen , and we could relatively easily get that at home . One other child in Elijah 's class was hospitalized . He was out the rest of the week , and went back to school on Monday . I think he was very glad to go back . I really loved having an entire week to spend with him , but we got pretty bored stuck at home . I feel like we bonded a lot and I will always be grateful for that aspect of his illness . I also was grateful for incredible co - workers who stepped up and took care of everything at work . I was shocked by how many people sought me out on Monday to ask me how Elijah was doing . Just another reason I love my job . I am also glad that I know now what symptoms to look for to know whether Elijah needs medical attention or not . I am glad to say that our first hospital visit is behind us . When I look back on 2013 , I literally cannot believe it 's been only a year . I was looking through pictures from the year and I had to double check that these pictures were taken in January 2013 and not January 2012 ! ( I was barely pregnant in January 2012 - it just blows my mind ! ) So I think I can safely say that a lot has happened this year . And yet , when I sit down to write out the highlights , I can think of only a few . Daniel switched jobs from DISH to Comcast , we bought a new house , and I guess that 's about it . Visiting his Dada at Comcast over Christmas I think something that I am just getting used to is that when you are raising a child , the year seems so full of important events ( Elijah eating solid foods , learning to crawl and then walk , starting to talk ) and at the same time it can all be summed up in one phrase : " we raised our child . " I noticed the same thing when we would get together with friends after we hadn 't seen them for a few months . They ask " what 's new ? " and all I could think was . . . . . nothing . We 're just plugging along , raising our child . And yet that means so much . In the last month for example , Elijah 's learned to say so many new words and signs . He has demonstrated that he understands so much of what we say . He uses utensils and dishes now instead of eating with his hands off of a high chair tray . It 's absolutely remarkable and yet completely predictable . When I think about what 2014 has in store , I get pretty excited . We have this beautiful new home to transform and make our own . We just finished redoing the kitchen , which took much less time and turned out much more beautiful that I could have imagined . We have big plans for the bathrooms and that 's pretty high on our priority list . And thanks to some very fortunate events , we actually have the money to do it soon ! And of course expanding our family is always in the back of my mind . We are inching closer and closer to a plan . And I wouldn 't be surprised if this time next year I find myself pregnant . The truth is that in 2013 many of our dreams came true . I don 't say that nonchalantly . I have literally dreamed of becoming a mother for nearly 10 years and though Elijah was born in 2012 , I think it 's accurate to say that I really became a mother in 2013 . For a solid year I have been caring for this human being and in that time he has gone from an immobile blob to a toddler who runs to greet me when I pick him up from school , gives me hugs , brings me books to read and sits on my lap while I read them , gives me kisses when I ask ( and when I don 't ! ) , laughs at silly things I do , and shows genuine love and affection for me as his mother . Christmas Eve Another huge dream of ours that was realized this year is our new home . Daniel and I have been discussing the kind of home we want to live in ever since we graduated from college . Our current home was a great starter house , but it definitely wasn 't where we wanted to raise our family . We really wanted something in a good school district , and in a nice quiet suburban neighborhood . Just a few months ago , that dream seemed nearly impossible . The fact that we had to save up such an enormous amount of money , on our current income , with one child 's worth of expenses , was insurmountable . Add to that the fact that we knew we wanted to have another child - which is always a considerable expense - and we felt that it would be a very long time before we could realize any of those dreams . We had been saving our money aggressively , but then we found that we would have to choose - have another child , or move to our dream house . We just couldn 't afford both . It was an incredibly difficult decision , and one that we never really came up with an answer for . But through the incredible generosity of our family , and our own hard work and determination , we find ourselves here at the end of 2013 with our considerable savings in tact , and in our dream home . Which means that another baby can 't be far behind ; - ) To sum it up , 2013 was a year full of incredibly happy surprises . There is nothing I would change about this year . I have never been so full of happiness and joy than I am now . And yet , I feel that 2014 can only get better ! I do have a few goals for this coming year : I hope to gain clarity in my career path . I don 't necessarily need to move forward in my career - I just want a clearer picture and a clearer goal for that area of my life . And I also want a plan for expanding our family . Again , I don 't need to necessarily get pregnant this year , but rather I would like a clearer plan for what we need to do to get there , and how much time that will take . I don 't think that 's too much to get done in 365 days , right ? We are officially in our new house ! Everything this weekend went absolutely fantastic . We took two trips in the moving truck , and with all our friends we got it done before 2pm . We were so grateful to have everyone there to help us . Uncle Aaron was a huge help ! There were some minor hiccups ( we had to take the door off the hinge to get Elijah 's crib out of his bedroom , and then take it apart to get it up the stairs in our new house ) ( oh , and the $ 450 sectional that we bought specifically to go in the basement didn 't even fit through the doorway , let alone down the narrow stairwell to the basement ) but overall it went much better than I could have imagined . Elijah also did much better than I hoped . We got his room set up just in time for his nap , and he went right to sleep and slept for nearly 3 hours . Which gave us plenty of time to get things done ! While Daniel and a bunch of the guys went back to get another load , I started to unpack boxes . My dad and brother got us all pizza . We had time to eat and unpack the truck before Elijah even woke up . Then one particularly awesome friend stayed 4 more hours to help Daniel install our new garage door opener . My dad bought us all Maggiano 's for dinner which was delicious . My dad also spent Friday demoing what was left of the old kitchen . So we have been without a kitchen at all ( no sink , no dishwasher , no cabinets , no countertop ) for 4 days . Really the only thing I wish we had was a dishwasher or kitchen sink . It 's very difficult to clean Elijah 's tray and bib without a kitchen sink . But really it 's a very short period of time that our lives will be slightly inconvenienced , so I can manage . Our first night in the house was not very comfortable . I didn 't sleep at all . I woke up very tired and grumpy at 5am Sunday morning . First morning in the new house We couldn 't find one piece to the guest bed which it turns out is kind of important . In the middle of the night my dad fell through the bed frame . We heard a large crack in the middle of the night . It scared me to death , but Daniel knew what it was right away so I calmed down and ( sort of ) went back to sleep . Then , on Sunday night , we heard a large noise three separate times . The first time it was the contents of an entire shelf falling off the wall and onto the floor . The second and third times it was the bed collapsing under the weight of Jackson this time . I hope he learned his lesson and won 't jump onto any ( human ) beds anytime soon ! Jackson has had quite an adjustment . I can tell he likes all the space we have in the new house , but we haven 't been able to let him outside . He got out accidentally on Friday night , and ran around for a while before coming back on his own . Which is what we expected . Since then we 've let him off the leash twice and he 's done the same thing . So no big deal , he runs around for a while and then comes back . But we can 't just let him run around the neighborhood loose like that . We have taken him out for as many walks as we can manage , but it 's been 5 degrees outside for a solid week ! So we aren 't exactly excited to go outside . He also won 't poop , and rarely pees , while he 's on the leash . We ordered an invisible fence that will arrive tomorrow , so installing that is a big priority . Once we get that set up we should be able to just let him out into the backyard without worrying . Bundling up to go for a walk in 5 degree weather Other than those minor issues , we are settling in very nicely ! We have only a few boxes left ( besides all the kitchen supplies of course ) . I am very surprised how far along we are in the unpacking and organizing . We even had time to put up our Christmas tree and decorate the fireplace ! Every night I sleep better and better . It is so unbelievably quiet and serene in our new neighborhood . I just love it . Elijah has finally started to say actual words ! I have literally been waiting for this time since I found out I was pregnant . I think it is so adorable to hear tiny kids speaking . They mispronounce things , and get things mixed up . . . . it 's so cute ! For a few weeks , Daniel and I were concerned that Elijah wasn 't really developing in his speech . We 've heard so many other one year olds that have lots and lots of words and as of a week ago he only had a few . He could sign " more , " " milk , " and " all done . " he could shake his head " no , " and had very few verbal words ( yeah , dada , oh no ) . Most of the time when he did speak , he was just mimicking us . I talked with his pediatrician about it at his 15 month well check on Monday , and he said it 's too early to be worried . He also said that we would likely see a huge explosion of language all of a sudden . His teachers said that he was right on track for his age . Well this week , I think we 've witnessed that language explosion ! Just this week he has said " doggie " and " mo . " That 's two new words in just a few days . And he has this new thing where he goes " woooooow . " It 's the cutest thing ever . He is also signing much more reliably . Our pediatrician told me that if I wanted to encourage his speech development , to encourage him to use the signs or words before I respond to his needs . We started doing that Monday night and it has made a huge difference . We make him sign " more " before we give him more food , or " milk " before we give him his sippie cup . I think being in the toddler class has helped too . He is hearing all the other kids speak and it 's helped his speech develop . There are so many other new things he 's learned . He is pointing to things constantly . Pictures in a book , things he sees out the window , to himself and to his dada . It 's a tiny window into what he 's thinking about at any given moment and I just love it . He is using utensils remarkably well . Just in the past month he 's gone from using them clumsily with our help , to almost not needing help at all . Especially with someHe is doing so much better in the toddler class . Drop off gets easier every single day , and he hardly ever clings to me or cries when I leave . When I pick him up he is happily playing as part of the group . He does still have a few issues with drop off . Right when we enter the room , he usually turns around and buries his head in my legs . But it 's fairly easy to distract him with toys and then he 's happy to stay and play . I 'm concerned with how the adjustment will go after we move tomorrow . I am assuming it will be difficult , and planning for the worst . We are going to do our best to keep as much as possible the same . His schedule , eating habits , napping place , we will try to keep consistent . And I am also prepared to stop what I 'm doing to give him a little extra attention and down time if necessary . Right now I feel like we are having a blast . Elijah makes me smile and laugh multiple times every day . He giggles incessantly . Everything in the world is new and exciting . The snow under his feet fascinated him . When I showed up in his classroom to pick him up with a knit hat on my head , he thought it looked hilarious ! He laughed and tried to pull it off . I put it on him and he thought that was even more funny ! Bathtime is a happy time again ( partly due to Grandpa being here this week to visit and play ) . Last night he discovered a bowl of M & Ms in the basement . He started to play with them and we couldn 't believe he didn 't eat them . We turned around for a minute and when we looked back , he was shoving them in his mouth and fast as he could ! He had chocolate smeared all over his face and on his sweater . Daniel was saying " no ! yuck ! " and he just kept shoveling them in his mouth . He has also started to bring books to us when he wants to be read to . A particular favorite right now is " Snuggle Puppy . " I just love being his mom more than anything else in the whole world . I don 't know how I lived without him to give me so much joy every day . Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday . I 'm hesitant to write that down , because I love a lot of other holidays , but every year when it comes around I 'm pretty sure Thanksgiving is my favorite . This year had some awful aspects ( Elijah getting horribly sick ) , but overall it was pretty fantastic . Like probably the best family visit we 've had since Elijah was born . So I can 't decide how to characterize the trip . I want to say that it was great and perfect and a blast , but there was the whole Elijah getting a fever and being horribly grumpy and sad for a good chunk of the trip . On Wednesday , Daniel picked up Elijah from school . He noticed that Elijah was very tired , which was weird because he took a great nap that day . But I was happy to hear that because I wanted him to go to bed early since we all had to get up before 5am the next morning . He went to bed a full hour early without a problem . The next morning our plan was to get ourselves ready , get the car packed up , and then grab Elijah and put him right into the car where he would hopefully fall back asleep . I wasn 't optimistic that this would work , but hey guess what - it did . Elijah went back to sleep within 10 minutes and slept for another 20 minutes until we got to the airport . We got through security in record time . Somehow we were sorted into the TSA pre - check line which was about the awesomeset thing ever - shoes left on , liquids left in the bag , no line at all . We got to the gate about 20 minutes before boarding started . Once we were on the plane , we turned a movie on the iPad . Elijah sat in my lap facing the iPad and before we even took off , he was asleep again . I was pleasantly surprised , but still not concerned . I figured it was because we woke him up so early , and maybe the white noise on the plane contributed a little bit . 30 minutes into the flight he woke up crying , but we were able to calm him down and he was fine . He ate a good amount of fruit . The flight went really quickly . We went straight to Daniel 's parents ' house . Elijah was okay , but pretty whiney and clingy . Again , we chalked it up to the early morning , the chaos of getting on a plane and then ending up in a new environment with people he really doesn 't know that well . We went over to my parents ' house and finally we put him down for a nap at 11 : 30am . He slept . And slept . And slept . 3 hours later dinner was ready , so we decided to wake him up . Again , not concerned . We put him in the high chair with some sweet potatoes , turkey , and cranberry jello . He didn 't eat a crumb . Nothing . I figured he was groggy from the long nap , and brushed it off . He played for a few When he woke up he was still very hot and didn 't eat anything for the whole next day . He was still whiney and clingy , and refused to smile all day . His fever went away by late morning , but his appetite didn 't come back at all . He took another 3 hour nap . It was so very sad . We went to the park in the morning and he enjoyed that , but he nearly fell asleep in the stroller . Finally on Saturday he seemed much more himself . His grandparents finally got to see some smiles and spend some happy time together . It is so amazing to see how happy our parents get when they are with Elijah . He is such a loved little boy . Everyone in the family can 't get enough of him . We are so lucky to have the amazing family we do . Everyone was on their best behavior this weekend and we all had a fantastic time together . Elijah was horribly sick , but for some reason that really didn 't ruin the trip at all . I was kind of glad that I was in Phoenix . It kept me calm and distracted me . This was only the second fever of Elijah 's life , and this was by far the most sick he 's ever been . But I was able to respond appropriately without getting too freaked out and overreacting . I was so glad to have lots of people willing to hold him because that 's all he wanted for two solid days . He didn 't smile or laugh at all Thursday or Friday . But on Saturday he made up for it . This week was Elijah 's first week in the toddler classroom . It 's been . . . . rough . Harder than I thought it would be . Elijah has always been the easiest child , taking any changes in stride . And he 's done remarkably well with this change . But what I didn 't realize is that this change would be hard on me . I built such a close relationship with Elijah 's infant teachers . Especially Miss Erika . She was there the very first day I dropped Elijah off . She gave me a big hug because I couldn 't stop crying and told me that she cried just a few weeks before when she dropped her daughter off at high school for the first time . She has seen Elijah grow from a tiny 7 week old newborn , to a 14 month old toddler . And I truly feel like we 've been partners through the whole experience . Every time I feel unsure about something , I ask his teachers . They have great ideas , but also let me know that every child is different and ultimately it 's up to us to decide what to do . They have found such a great balance between loving Elijah like he 's their own , and making me feel like I 'm still the most important person in his life . So when we left that classroom , I was very sad to be leaving those relationships . In his new classroom everything is chaotic and loud and confusing and different . I don 't know any of his teachers , I don 't know where everything is , I don 't know the other kids in his class , I don 't know their routine . When I drop him off and pick him up there 's so much going on that I don 't have a chance to talk to his teachers about what they did that day . There isn 't time for me to discuss Elijah 's sudden ravenous appetite , or a new habit of taking big gulps of milk and then spitting it out . There 's random children 's clothing in Elijah 's basket , and his orange jacket is missing . I have to provide a sippy cup every day , but I don 't know if I 'm supposed to wash it every night , or bring a new one the next day , or what . There are different teachers there every time I pick him up or drop him off and I don 't know any of them . I know his head Yesterday we stopped in briefly to say hi to Elijah 's infant teachers . They were so happy to see him and gave him big hugs . I could tell he felt so comfortable in his old classroom . Every day he walks straight to his old classroom , and I have to remind him that we go to the big kids ' room now . They told me that it would get better . That I would get to know his teachers , and become familiar with the routine . It was very reassuring to hear that from them . Besides all that craziness at Elijah 's school , we are also in the middle of moving . We have about 75 % of the house packed up in boxes , and we have been showing our house to a few people every weekend who are interested in renting it . We close on our new house this Friday , so we will start to move some boxes over and get some minor projects done . The kitchen is our big project , and that will probably be done the second week of December . I don 't want to move in too far before that , because I can 't handle living with an unusable kitchen for that long . So our plan is to officially move on Dec 7 . Hopefully Elijah will be well settled into his new class by then , so it won 't be too much change at once . I am so incredibly excited . I really feel like this house is fulfilling all of my dreams . I 'm going to have to come up with new ones once we 're finally moved ! And next week we are flying to Phoenix for Thanksgiving . I feel much more comfortable with it since we just flew there a month ago for Evan and Kristy 's wedding . The flight was stressful , but manageable . I think we will take some things we learned last time , and hopefully it will go even better this time . I know Elijah will be thrilled to see all his grandparents again . It 's so crazy that we 're flying to Phoenix in the middle of all this moving , but it 's just the way it worked out . I 'm trying to stay calm and take it one step at a time , and so far I 'm succeeding !