I love this age!

I have to say that one & a half is SUCH a fun age. Officially, Parker won't be 18 months for another week, but close enough! ha! I love seeing his little personality come out more and more; even if that means more fits and defiance. That's ok - we're working on it!

He just thinks he such a little man, and that anywhere we go he's the big man in charge. People always comment everywhere we go about how he just walks around with such confidence, like he owns the place. It's quite a sight.

Parker loves to help. And yeah, a toddler's "help" isn't always in line with the traditional definition of help lol, but his heart is in the right place. Lately he finds (or creates) trash to throw in the trashcan. So far he's limited it to actual garbage, but I'm sure we'll find a shoe in there at some point!

His new favorite game is "unlocking" the baby gate with dad's keys.

Don't you love his face of concentration?!

A couple days ago when we got home from someplace, Brent & I hung our coats up in the coat closet. I took Parker's coat off & set it on the counter to take to his room at some point. Well, he was just so offended that his coat wouldn't be treated like our coats & hung in the right closet. So, we put it in there with ours & life went on!

Helping Daddy eat his cereal

One not so cute thing that he's up to is thinking it's funny to run from me. Ohhhh so not cute. I know all, or most, kids do that at some point, but yeesh - it's super annoying. The bad thing is, sometimes it is a teeny bit funny & he's just so hilarious about it that I'm trying not to laugh & encourage it.

Starbucks Hubby

On Saturday, Brent got hired at Starbucks - woo hoo! He goes in tomorrow to sign papers etc. but probably won't start regular hours until next week. It's so great because some income is better than no income, but it really doesn't pay very much. Not enough actually. I think there's a difference between not paying very much & not paying enough. Therein lies our dilemma.

So for now it works, but he's going to keep looking & applying other places. He's really hoping to hear back on one that he put in for a non-profit downtown. The job is totally right up his alley & seems like it would be a good fit. So, pray for that if you think of us!

And how could I forget to mention the free coffee every week in this deal!? Brent gets to bring home a pound of coffee every week from Starbucks! We go through a tiny bag like once a month at home because I'm the only one that drinks plain drip coffee, and even then it's maybe twice a week. So I'm sure we'll be giving away lots!

So God is still providing! It would be so ridiculous for us to worry or question the way things work out at this point. God has proven Himself faithful again and again and we know He's got everything under control!

We've been here a week already!

Denver has been "Home Sweet Home" for a week now! I can't believe we've been here that long. It's been a blur of unpacking & feeling out of sorts for the most part.

We love our apartment! We didn't get to see it until we were moving in (RIS-KEEE!) but it's great. The location works great & the layout seems really roomy. It's pretty quiet too. We don't ever hear the neighbors, but sometimes the noise outside echos in the courtyard at night, but I'm the only one who hears it. The hallways in the building are an interesting cornucopia of smells. Multiple people's dinners with undertones of cigarette smoke and pot. Such is apartment living I suppose.

I can get to the grocery store by myself now! Although, I did go the wrong way down a one way street today. There was only one other car on the road, but he sure did honk at me alot! I'm like, "Dude, I know. I'm workin on it." Sheesh people! Have you never had a car coming head on at you before or something? Eeek, ok it was a little bad.

Brent has put out some resumes and has a couple pretty good leads. Pray some doors for interviews will open!

All in all, we're settling in pretty well. Today is the first day I felt kind of homesick and the reality of not knowing anyone here yet felt pretty heavy. In my head I know time will take care of that, but the feeling part is a little harder to deal with. I'll be curious to see when it finally feels like we're actually living here now...

Gold Medal Procrastinator

I've had many years of practice. I've fined tuned the art of waiting until the last second to do everything, and the bad thing is -  it does always get done. I'm stressed, cranky, and tired but it does get done. So, that fact doesn't really spur me to change.

At the moment what I'm avoiding is packing. Brent has done most of the packing so far. I wouldn't say he likes it neccesarily, but he does sort of get this overly-focused thing going and sort of HAS to accomplish whatever he's working on. (Most normal people would probably just call that thinking ahead and being efficient, but to the procrastinator by nature like me, it's "overly focused" ha!)

Maybe I'm avoiding for deeper reasons...I don't know. I have this knot in my stomach, and I'm not sure if it's from Los Compadres for dinner or if the thought of leaving is starting to sink in. Not sure, but it's making me not want to do anything. It would probably drive Brent crazy that I'm typing while there's still packing to do, but he's on a box run so I'll wait until he gets back to go to work lol! :0)

Someday when Denver feels like home, I'll come back and read about how unsure the future seemed & the thought of being in a new city was a little daunting and I'm sure I'll have to smile.