Big Ol' Long update...

I have been much too quiet. But I've also been quite busy. QUITE busy!

Let me break it all down so I can get all caught up...

House:
Last week we got word that the house we were renting in California finally got new tenants. That has freed us up to start the search in earnest here. We are looking in a very different area than we have lived in before. It is in Denver, rather than the suburbs. We're excited to look, but nervous with the money establishments right now, not knowing if it is the best time to buy. Either way, we are set on this area, and will rent if it seems foolish to buy right now. We're hoping to hear from the lender soon. We're playing phone tag for the past couple of days. If we get it all set up to buy, we will get right on that, but if we are renting, we will likely have something by the middle of October.

Steve:
He has been traveling for work all month long! He has been home on the weekends, and then back out on Monday this whole month. He gets back Friday, then hopefully the travel will slow for a while. Nothing is scheduled for now anyway! I think he likes being able to hop on planes though...he just wishes we could hop on those planes with him and go along.

Abbey:
Big stuff going on in her life in Tulsa. Hoping we can get her here soon, thinking of her through all of the house hunting. She'll come for sure on Max's birthday. She's been accepted in the Strings group in school, she's hoping to play the cello.

Max:
He's been a little naughty at nights with Daddy gone. If he's not fussing all night, he's up playing and talking. We have been so busy with therapy and doctor stuff. Seems like since his g-tube it's been non-stop. Both therapies have started up again, which is Tuesday and Wednesday. We've been going down to Children's for pediatrician check-ups, and if we're not in an office, I'm on the phone or emailing doctors and case workers to get his medicaid finalized. I'm hoping that will be all finalized this week. Next week we will be trying out more wheelchairs. And I might need to take him in to see his pediatrician about his belly button...not infected anymore...but very very red and swollen. And we need to see what he weighs and if we need to up his cans of formula, but we may wait on that until October.

Me, Myself, and I:
Look at the above 3 paragraphs. I am pretty spent. Pretty tired. Pretty unenthusiastic about sitting and blogging about the craziness that is going on in my head. Will we find a house in our price range, in the area we want? Will we be able to buy so we don't have to fuss with renting?

Wishing Steve was here to keep me company, and help with Max, but thankful for his job and the fact that he gets to work from home.

So happy that Max is back with the therapists at Children's, but really feeling it getting him in and out and in and out and in and out of the car into his chair, and into therapy, and backwards. Up and down stairs with him...bathing him...breaking my back. Having to keep track of all of the

receipts to turn in for reimbursement to the county until the medicaid kicks back in. Laundry, keeping our room picked up and things in order so I don't go crazy, trying to get out all day every day on the weekends looking at houses. Feeding Max, trying to figure out the best schedule for that. Ready for my own space...and still so thankful for friends who have offered their space to us.

And remembering this week a couple of years ago I was here...having breakfast with two of my favorite people...talking and dreaming...


and starting to think...what if we left it all behind and moved there. And now seeing how the road has lead us right back where we started...and just trying to see what in the world it all meant. And feeling like a right nut-job for not coming up with anything.

So there you go...all caught up.