Month: April 2011

We Have Moved…. Again!

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So… does this really shock anyone?! Ok, maybe it does but yes we have moved again! This time it was only 10 minutes away from our house to Porter Ranch, but it was a good move to a great location. Our house in Winnetka will soon be on the market and our hope is that we can get it sold as quick as possible. Don’t worry, everything is going great we just wanted to makes some changes and put us in a place that is best for us. The other issue is that our neighborhood was quickly becoming a place we didn’t want to be. It was no longer the place we wanted to raise our girls and plant our roots. We will again find that soon, but for now we are happy with our choice to move forward! For now, thanks to Zoe’s generosity, we will be living in Porter Ranch until the right opportunity comes our way.

Once we made the decision to move, things moved quickly. Packing began and before we knew it, it was time to go. Moving day, which was today, went as well as could be expected. We are fortunate to have found movers that are amazing and so helpful. We used them when we moved back from Seattle to Simi and then again when we moved from Simi to Winnetka. They do an amazing job of trying to ease the stress of moving and take all of the work out of your hands. I certainly cant complain about that. I know I was under a lot of stress and some of the things I wanted to accomplish didn’t get finished like I had hoped.

Luckily we didn’t move far so we had the opportunity to go back and get any small items that might have been left behind. Now comes the task of unpacking and getting ready for the next few months that I know are going to be busy. What is life without chaos? Im not sure we know that answer to that.

Here are a few pictures of our new digs!

Dining Room and Entry Way

Looking into the kitchen from the Dining Room

Living Room from the Entry Way

Our Office

Abby and Ellie’s Room

The Master Bedroom

I will post more pictures once the house is moved into, unpacked and cleaned up. That might take months or years, but I will get it done!

Some of April… Where Did it Go?

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April… we are a little more then half way through… where has it gone! Boy has that month flown by and its mainly because we have been so busy. What have the Wharton’s been up to? Well lets see…

On the first of April Ellie turned 9 months old. My how she is growing. She crawls like a pro and is standing up whenever she gets the chance. I personally think that by mid-May she will be taking her first steps and then I will never hear the end of it. Ellie chatters like crazy and thanks to her big sister, she has learned how to scream like a banshee! And that scream could shatter glass too!

Ellie also saw Dr. Calig for her 9 Month check up and she is doing very well. Healthy as can be! Her scream is so ear piercing you would have never known she was down with Whooping Cough at 6 weeks old. She has grown a lot in weight and length since her last appointment. Can’t she just stay a tiny little peanut forever!?

Ellie’s 9 Month Stats
Weight: 21 Pounds 9 Ounces
Height: 28 1/2 Inches





All of April has pretty crazy for us. Between prepping and making some major changes in our lives (more to come on that later), we did find the time to sneak a few moments of fun into the month. On the 19th, Shaun surprised me with tickets to my very first Stanley Cup playoffs game. We had the chance to go to the first home game (Game 3, Round 1) and support our Kings. The game didnt end the way we had hoped for, but it was still fun nonetheless. Maybe next year we will be watching the Kings in the finals?





Despite the loss, Shaun and I had a great time. We even had the chance to see Marty McSorley during the rally before the game began. The energy during a playoff game is so intense but everyone was in a great mood and ready for a fun night. I can only hope to go again next year! Now that the fun is over, its back to reality and to lots of work ahead of us.