Moved in and waiting for a baby...

Greetings, from Portland!  We made it, can you believe it?!  It has been one wild and crazy week.  Last Friday night, my parents and sister made the trek up to Seattle to help us move out.  All day Saturday, they helped with the remaining packing (the not-so-fun parts, such as the laundry room, bathroom, kitchen cupboards and refrigerator), and completely cleaned our house from top to bottom.   If you ever saw our place before, you know what type of condition it was in from the beginning, even with weekly cleanings.  My family did the deepest clean I think the place has ever seen - it was smiling, it was so sparkly!  Brant and I were overwhelmed with their willingness to come up and take on such a task as this.  Not once did they ever complain about the dirty work.  

On Saturday morning, we were joined by 4 of our friends to help move boxes and pack up the truck.  Between the moving truck, my sister's car, our passat and our explorer, we still had to leave behind a few things in the garage (gardening type items).  We were absolutely stuffed to the brim, using every possible square inch of space.  We couldn't have been that successful, though, without everyones help.  Thank you all!

The past few days have been spent getting settled, unpacking some of our things (90% of our belongings are in my dad's garage and attic space) and just waiting for the baby to arrive!

Speaking of baby, we are progressing right along.  We met with our Dr. down here for the first time yesterday and we really like her.  It feels good to have that all squared away.  Brant and I are feeling like Maddie could make her grand appearance by this weekend, but who really knows, right?  The way things are moving, it sure feels that way!  We'll keep you updated.

Until then, we made it through our first crazy transition and are onto the next! :)