We are here

Safe and sound, but absolutely exhausted in Silverdale, WA. We thought since Saturday was a travel nightmare and we all lost sleep, that maybe the time change wouldn't be a problem. We gave them an extra bottle that night and I figured that I would just pretend like there was no time change with their subsequent feedings. Wrong. Amelia was up for the day at 3:30am today. Got her back to sleep just after 4 and got a short nap of about 20 minutes. Then, Evan was up for the day at 4:30am, Amelia up again at 5. Oh well, we did get some good sleep before that. And we got a house today, so life is good now. We have a view of the Olympic mountain range from the back of the house!

We still have to stay at the Navy Lodge until next Tuesday, when the movers are coming with our stuff that was taken from us last April. I have no idea what I even have in all those boxes coming. I am going to treat it like a treasure hunt. More exciting is the prospect of creating a fence with all those boxes! Our latest bunch of stuff moved from CT will not arrive for a couple of weeks.

The best part of the Navy Lodge is that they have these rickety wooden playpens for the kids so we don't have to sit with them constantly. I think they are made with Tinkertoys- and we don't even care! These are playpens that you would never put your kids in. However, we fixed the non-sturdiness of them by tighten screws with a butter knife, wrapping masking tape from a lint roller around the corners and cracks, and stabilizing the corners with belts, blankets, and towels tied in a knot. Voila! Perfectly safe playpens. Hey, we got to take a nap at 5:30am, so it works for us.

Eating crack, I mean puffs, at the airport:

Best cribs. Ever. And you thought I was kidding.: