9 months in, 9 months out.
9 Months
8 Months Old
My 8 month old little adventurer & I have been taking some time this month to explore every inch of our new home as well as the nearby dirt roads. We hope you enjoy the photos we took along the way.
7 Months Old
7 months have come and gone. We are in the heat of summer now and really trying to enjoy as much time outside as possible. Rost definitely shares my love of nature so we spend as many hours outside as we can each day. He shares his love of fishing with his Dada and we both look forward to the day when he is out there holding his own pole in the water.
6 Months Old
Adventures in Rost land continue day by day. Any free time not dedicated to baby raising is allocated to house/property improvements. We’ve got a list of projects about as large as the property and a limited number of nice summer days to complete them. Honestly, even though there isn’t much time for adventuring this summer, right now, even what feels like the most mundane task to me is an adventure for Rost. I am grateful for this time outside with him and happy to have a home in Montana again to work on.
5 Months Old
Now five whole months old and in our house for a few weeks now, we’re all starting to get into the swing of things of life back in Montana.
The most significant part of month 5 is Rost visiting his first Glory Holy and starting solids – thanks to Solid Starts.
Otherwise, here are a few photos from around the homestead to tide you over until my next post.
4 Months Old
What a change this fourth month of life has brought in Rost. Scheduled tummy time is on its way out as Rost has all but mastered the task.
We finally finished work on the little house, which prompted a week of moving Aunt Joy & Uncle Joe out of their old (our new) home and into the little house. Uncle Joe was excited to get a new room, and Aunt Joy was happy to no longer care for “such a large house.” As soon as their move was complete, I got a few days to clean our new home out before we started moving our stuff, and life in. Rost got his own room, which meant we could convert his bassinet into a crib – a much-needed move as he was quickly outgrowing the bassinet.
It’s great to be in our own space, about 100 feet from Brian’s parents and another hundred from Aunt Joy, Uncle Joe, & Aunt Terri. Having so much family nearby feels great after living so far away from everyone for so long. Hopefully, my family can make trips out to our new home with the enticement of time with Rost and Glacier National Park only 30 minutes from our front door.
A quick photo dump from the month to follow. We’ve got a LOT of work to do around the property & are going to attempt as much as time and finances will allow this summer. Wish us luck! Not much else to say about them other than my kid is ridiculously cute. Thankfully he’s way more photogenic than either of his parents.
3 Months Old
Three months have passed since your birth, and oh what you have accomplished in those short three months.
We’re still living with your Grandma & Grandpa Bennett while we wait for our house to be ready for us to move into it. I don’t think they mind much tho.
Your dada & I are enjoying the extra hands to help right now either. Especially while you continue to grow and pick up new skills almost daily.
You had your first Easter egg hunt!
Your dad & I celebrated our 8th wedding anniversary, so you and I took a trip up there. This was also your first (of many) venture into a national park. You slept through it, but that’s okay, now that we live 30 minutes outside of Glacier National Park, there will be many, many more trips there.
Unable to find reliable care for Rost, I tendered my resignation. After falling into and working my ass off for a career I loved, this wasn’t an easy decision for me but knowing I get to spend my days with you makes it that much easier to walk away from all I’ve worked for. This next adventure is for the both of us.
Quarantine
Quarantine during the Covid 19 pandemic looked as it looked for most of middle-class America – cleaning, deep cleaning, more cleaning, drinking, baking, tinkering, and many pictures of my pets as I worked from home. I’m just here to share some of the photos from time spent at home over the last few years. Xoxo.
2 Months
Two months down. In that time you’ve traveled the country, twice over. You’ve said goodbye to your first home, and hello to a temporary one while we wait for your new home to be ready. I hope you love Montana as much as I do Rost.
1 Month
My dear, sweet boy. A month has already gone by and I cannot begin to describe what this month has been like. I hope that someday I will have the words to tell you all about this time, but for now, please accept this photo diary in their absence.
