The Adventure Continues. Continues. Continues.

We are back from Seattle. I use the term Seattle loosely because we never actually made it to Seattle. I gotta say, nothing is close to anything else there. We've spent 4 days in the car.

I learned to fix the DVD player without actually looking at it. I can sing every Backyardigan song on either DVD. I can change a diaper in the backseat with all the doors closed and a car seat taking up half the seat. I got pretty proficient in living out of our car.

All-in-all, it was a great trip. While we barely got time to relax, we did get to see lots of friends and sign paperwork on the house. Because we packed so much into 4 days, I'm going to spread out these pictures for as long as I can on this here blog. Quite frankly, after traveling with a toddler, that's about all my brain can take for now.

Oh I kid, she was great. When we got to the hotel room all she wanted to do was sit and read. Apparently she likes to simulate being in the car for as long as possible.


Friday morning she got her mojo back. She stuffed Puppy (I tell you, we're very clever with the names at our house) in her hood and carried him around. She was a little upset when she couldn't sit in her car seat without Puppy in her hood. Once she saw the DVD, she forgot all about Puppy and demanded some Pooh.


Does it look like he's trying to make a jump for it to anyone else?

After an hour drive up to Bellevue to sign paperwork, she decided she would take us to our next stop, after she handed me her binky. A girl has to concentrate.


After signing papers, we went to Bell Square for some lunch with our realtor, Ryan Lex. It was the first time we've met him. He's as delightful in person as he is on the phone. We had a great time in fellowship with him and in prayer. God knew exactly who He had in mind to sell our house. We're so grateful to Him that it was Ryan.

It was a perfect way to end this house saga.

Sometimes it's still a little surreal. I've been picturing this day in my mind for 18 months and 24 days. I still wasn't prepared for how truly great this would feel. Not to mention how much weight that has been lifted. Through Bell Square I wanted to just bust out in song and dance. We had just met Ryan, so I figured I'll keep that part of me under wraps for now. We save that for the second meeting!

Next up, the zoo!