time for an update?

well, i've been hearing from a lot of people that i need to update the blog!! i can't believe it's been three weeks since my last post... she has changed soooo much!

she is now sitting like a PRO. she can sit indefinitely and loves to sit on her quilt and play with her toys. she'll just sit there and pick one toy after another, moving them behind her when she tires of them. we have a set of stacking cups for her, and she loves when we make a tower of them so she can knock it down. that's a game that can keep her happy for as long as 10 minutes sometimes :)

she loves books too, but mostly seems like she just wants to put them in her mouth :)

about two weeks ago, we decided it was time to move her out of the co-sleeper and into her own room. she was waking up almost hourly and derek and i were not getting much sleep. life was beginning to seem like one long, crazy dream. we don't have a crib yet, but we've been using the peapod instead. things started out a little rough, but after only about a week, she started sleeping consistently for 7-8 hours at a time. last night, she slept 10 hours straight!! derek and i are loving this new trend, and are greedily catching up on sleep...and we're enjoying having some time together in the evenings as well. we're getting a crib soon and will be putting together a proper nursery...

we have taken the condo off the market for the time being...with the economy the way it is, we don't think it's likely someone will buy in the next couple months, and with the holidays coming up, we thought we'd rather have less stress about keeping things clean. so we're planning to re-list in february or march.

our search for a new vehicle has concluded...we bought a 2005 honda odyssey last week. it's dark blue with grey interior and it was a welcome accessory to our trip to illinois this past weekend. boy did that make packing a breeze! we were able to have everything we needed, as well as several things we took to loan to derek's brother's family.

tomorrow, charis will be 5 months old. i can't believe it. i can't believe i've been home with her that long! she is getting so big and strong, and i fear she'll be crawling in no time.

i'll try and post some 5-month pictures over the next couple days.