FINALLY...*deep sigh*

Maybe I underestimated how much time moving takes. Scratch that...I think I underestimated how all-consuming it really is, since our move didn't take much time at all. It was a whirlwind of unpleasantness that, thankfully, is now mostly over. It didn't leave much time for updating blogs, however (ahem, sorry about that). Anyways, we managed to box up our house, load it up, unload it, and unbox it all within one week. Joey and I are now back in A2 (as of yesterday) for a few days to close on our house. I'll have to write more about that later, since I'm in the middle of crazy phone call swapping with Joey thanks to some house selling drama that's going on now :(

So, to provide the abridged version:
1. Two weekends ago we went down to take possession of our apartment. Cue the illnesses that Oscar and I got that have already been written about here. We also got some super sweet new toys for the O-man (that I've included photos of here).
2. We got back to A2, had family pictures taken (yay! Will have to post about them once we receive the proofs), and Sunday afternoon 8/22 we began our packing.
3. We packed Sun, Mon, Tuesday, and Wed. the movers came to load up. When they finished Joey headed down to Indy, met them there, and despite having a scheduled unloading of the next morning they asked if it was OK to unload right then (!!!). Joey obviously said yes, and hence our move was completed in ONE DAY. (Oh, and cue Joey getting sick right when all of the moving was in full-swing)
4. Myself, Oscar, and my mom followed Thurs. morning, and the unpacking commenced.
5. We unpacked Thurs and Fri and were able to spend this past Sat. doing some relaxing and organizing.
6. We returned to A2 Sunday (yesterday), me to stay for a while and Joey will be leaving Tues. evening or Wed. morning to go back to Indy.

Some cool stuff to note:
- Oscar had his first food this past weekend: avocado. We mashed it up and without a baby spoon on hand I fed him with my finger. He promptly puked it all up.
- Oscar had his first swim this past weekend as well. He was OK with it, not sure about the cold water at first but seemed to enjoy himself once he got used to it. He has a cool floaty thingy to sit in, and he just lounged. Didn't get super excited, though, and when I noticed that he was slumping a bit and getting water in his mouth I figured it was time to take him out.
* I managed to forget my camera this past trip, and so we used my mom's. Will post photos/videos of both of these events when I get them off of her device.

I'll also have to locate my camera cord so that I can post some photos of our new place. Who knows where that might be now that our belongings are strewn across two states, in my mom's house, our apartment, a storage unit, and probably still in our cars as well :P

In the meantime, enjoy the photos (descriptions in reverse order):
- Oscar with his cool green and yellow ball that helps him sit up
- Oscar with Rody, his new inflatable horse-like friend (that Joey finds creepy and that I LOVE)
- Oscar and daddy from the first trip to the apt.
- Oscar napping on the guest bed right after we moved it in, also during the first trip to the apt. two weekends ago.