Finally arrived in AZ!!!!

We flew in to Phoenix on Tues, Aug 21st. Our plane left Calgary at 3 pm and the flight was about 2.5 hours. Once again, Tula was really good on the flight and I am starting to think she may like this whole travelling business. Lucky me! We got into AZ at almost 6 pm here and it was 107 degrees! Tula had no idea what hit her when we got off the airplane! She actually doesn't seem to mind the weather much now, but initially she was pretty confused and not overly thrilled about it. Wed morning bright and early we all got up and made our way down to our house (we are staying with my Mom and Dad in Scottsdale until our place is ready). There was actually a lot to do at the house. With all the construction in the area it is pretty dusty so there was alot of vacuuming and dusting. Someone came to install a water softener while the guys cleaned out the garage and Mom and I and Tula all did a little shopping. Costco, groceries, Target for cleaning supplies. That kind of stuff. We got to the house and got to work about noon, only to be informed by the guys that the upstairs air conditioning wasn't working. GRRRRRR! It was about 82 degrees downstairs and actually felt cool when we walked in, upstairs it was about 95 degrees. It was bearable downstairs but upstairs wasn't. We got lots done in the kitchen but the bedrooms stayed untouched.

We got to unpack some of Tula's toys that we could get to and opened and set up her swing she got at the shower. She LOVED it! I think she had her first afternoon nap longer than 2 hours. It was great for her and for me, I got lots accomplished. We put a long day in and came back up to my Mom and Dads around 7ish. showered up and got dressed and figured we would go for a nice dinner after such a long day. dad wanted steak so we went to his favorite place, Fleming's. I bathed Tula before hoping she would sleep through the meal. I was so nervous to take her into a place like that, pretty fancy and not exactly kid friendly. Well once again she amazed me. She slept a little then woke up and checked everything out but didn't make a peep. She was excellent and let her Mommy have a wonderful dinner with no crying. I felt so lucky.

Today was another early morning, the guys painted the garage floor and unpacked all of my kitchen boxes so Mom and I could wash them and put them away. It was so fun opening all the boxes, we have never used any of our wedding gifts and they were all still packed so over a year later it was like opening them for the first time all over again. It was fun to wash them all up and put them in their place in our kitchen, I feel like I have been waiting for this day for so long! Mom loved organizing everything and making it all look good, I was just spinning in circles sometimes, so excited to finally be moving in and seeing all my "things" being opened for the first time. I can't wait to use it all!

The air conditioner guy came and fixed the unit today but not till the end of the day so we suffered through another hot one. Needless to say, the upstairs bedrooms did not get touched at all, but the AC is pumping over there tonight and I can't wait to set up her nursery tomorrow. John and my Dad went and got the mattress for our Master bedroom today so we may even be able to sleep there Friday or Saturday night if we get things set up there. It is so fun to see the progress and everything coming together. I am still in disbelief that it is ours. It's hard to believe that when my Mom and Dad leave next week it will be just John, Tula and I for the VERY FIRST time. As sad as it is to say goodbye, I really am looking forward to this new chapter for the three of us and this journey as a new little family.

Tonight after another long hot day of working we took Tula to the swimming pool at my parent's place for a bedtime dip. It was her first time in a pool and she LOVED it. I was the photographer while Daddy swam with her. Here a few pics of them in the pool together and Tula's first swim.









Sorry it has taken me so long to post this!!!! I know many of you check back regularly for updates and things have been so busy with travelling in Canada and visiting everyone and then being busy in AZ with the move. Hopefully things will settle down a little next week for us but we are lovin' every minute of the busy-ness right now!!! Enjoy the pics!