Updates

Wow!! We are gypsies right now and living at our friends' house, until we start our road trip over to Arizona. Stacy and Colleen flew in to clean and pack the house. They are crazy talented when it comes to cleaning and organizing and packing. Thank you guys for coming!!

Lullaby was loving playing on the U-Haul ramp like a slide.

Paul and a few of the guys from church packed up a HUGE storage unit full of our things that will stay here in Georgia until we know where we are moving for residency (in March). We had our final walk through for our house today. Stacy and Colleen had it looking WAY better than it looked when we moved in, and fingers crossed we will get some of our deposit back...? We shall see.  This was the first time Colleen and Lullaby met each other and it's love.

Breaking down the play set was a major task. Hawken was there to watch, of course. 

Planting the tree, and Lullaby being to extra cute baby that she is.

Packing with 5 kids in the house (I was watching Gabby and Ariana on moving day) was a bit nutty.  There were boxes piled everywhere but the kids were content to sit and watch movies, so that's what they did.

Now the kids are having a blast with Carson and Allie, our new tiny roommates. Sakina had a bath and blow-dry before she moved in, what a fancy dog we have... I got some money from family for Christmas (thank you!) and spent a good chunk on new clothes. I haven't done that in years and am SUPER excited about it. Check out my skinny jeans. I thought I would never buy these, but I love the color.

Oh, but the funny part about this is that shortly after buying these and a few other pairs of equally tight pants, we found out baby #4 is on the way, meaning I won't get to wear these much longer.

Surprised?! We had decided not to have any more kids after Lullaby, too many complications and issues associated with the pregnancy.  But it didn't sit right with us and after going to the temple and praying for an answer, Paul and I changed our minds and started trying for a baby again. Turns out, my body was READY and here we are almost 10 weeks along already. Baby #4 is due on August 16th and is doing fine. I feel good too. Really good, and really happy that we made this decision.

We went out to dinner with a few friends to say good bye. We are really going to miss this place and the people we have met here. The Hutchins, the Wallaces, the Rogers and us at Yeah! Burger... too fun.

We are leaving Georgia on Friday(?, depending on Paul's work schedule) and driving to Houston, for the world's fastest overnight, then to a half-way point between there and Phoenix, then onto Phoenix the next day for an interview Paul has on Tuesday.  This will be his last interview and he is looking forward to it. He has had some really good interviews and is excited to see where the match sends us, so am I. After his Phoenix interview we are moving up to UTAH... I never thought I would say that. We will be there for a few months while we try to save what little money we have left by crashing at Paul's grandparents' house (thanks!).  The kids are SO excited to see snow. We have talked about it a lot. My mom sent the boys a picture of a snowman that she made with their cousin Bradley, and they were shocked.  They asked the funniest questions, like, "Is that really for real?" and "Can you touch it?" and "Is it cold?" Matix saw snow through the window when he was 4 months old in Wisconsin for Christmas, and he went sledding down a hill in Utah once when he was 6 months old, but that's it. Hawken and Lullaby have never seen it and Matix doesn't remember, so it's going to be quite the adventure.

I was caught up on pictures before we moved over to the Rogers' house, but now I am behind, so hopefully I will be able to catch up a bit before the road trip... Who knows. Cheers. :)