Goodbye Virginia

Moving day is just around the corner (next Friday!) and we'll be saying goodbye to Virginia. We've been here a little over 4 and a half years and there are certainly things we are going to miss (like our wonderful friends) but there is one thing we will NOT miss... the traffic!! This place will always be special to us because it's the first place we moved and started our life as a married couple, the place where we bought our first house and started our family. We made some lifelong friendships and God has certainly blessed us since we've been here. The packers will come on Wednesday and Thursday and the movers come on Friday. We'll head out on Friday after the moving van pulls away and then head down to Pensacola, stopping in AL and MS to see friends and family. We'll be staying in Pensacola a few days and then leaving Grant with my family while me, Mike and Luke head out to TX to close on our house and start unpacking. Whew, these next couple weeks are going to be busy! Pray that the boys will do well in the transition. I still can't imagine how we are all going to sleep in a hotel room together! I'm sure I'll have some stories!

I just realized that I haven't posted about my trip out to TX. It was quite a trip! I flew in to Houston, saving about $150 on my plane ticket, rather than flying in to Corpus Christi. I was told that it would take about 3 hours to get to Corpus but it took me FAR from 3 hours. I arrived in Houston at 5 pm and by the time I got my bag and the rental car it was 6. I'm going to back up a bit... when I was in the air and looking down at Houston I remember seeing this Highway that was backed up with traffic that never ended and thought to myself, "I sure hope I don't have to get on that road." Well, you guessed it, I did. About 7 lanes of traffic went down to 2 (because of construction) and this was in rush hour traffic, if you can imagine. I didn't get out of Houston for an hour and a half. I felt like I was back in Virginia Beach, only I think it was even worse! After getting off on country roads, getting lost a few times and trying to drive with a migraine, I finally arrived at Corpus at 12:30 am! I have never been so exhausted but slept terrible! I had taken strong headache medicine that had caffine in it AND the room was literally an ice box! Apparently they preset the thermostats in the rooms at the BOQ (on base) at about 60 degrees! I got up early the next morning to meet my realtor and we started the house hunting. We probably looked at 20 or so properties and I narrowed it down to 2 houses by the end of the day. It was tough deciding between the 2 houses but after MUCH consideration and a lot of talking on the phone to Mike, I decided. It's a new construction and it's completely move in ready. The pictures are a little unfinished but by the time we move in they will have put sod down, landscaped, a fence in the back, blinds will have been installed and the appliances will be in too. And, the whole house is painted, even the garage! It has a nice size yard, which we are most excited about since we do not have a yard in our house now.

Luke turned 6 months old this week! He is so much fun and such a great baby. He LOVES watching Grant and Grant adores him. I need to download some pictures of him and I'll post them soon. He's rolling over all the time and getting more and more active. He loves his exersaucer but especially loves to be in his bouncer that hangs from the door. He also loves to sit up but still needs some assistance. He looks so much like Grant did at this age. I think they are going to look like twins when they get older. He's sleeping so well at night ( last night he slept from 7-6:45) and is eating all kinds of fruits and vegtables and cereal. I'm about done with nursing. My goal was 6 months so we've reached it. He's doing great with formula and thankfully it agrees with him.

Grant woke up with a cold...probably because the high temp. was 59 degress yesterday! Yep, it's almost the end of May and summer still isn't here in VA! Grant also has Fifths disease. Nothing serious, just a rash that has been coming and going all week. It hasn't bothered him at all so we haven't been too concerned. We took him to the doctor yesterday and finally found out exactly what it was. It's a spring time virus that mainly affects kids. Starts out with a slight fever, although most of the time you can't even tell they have a fever, and then breaks out in to a weird blotchy rash all over his body. But the weird thing is it's been coming and going all week. The doctor said that heat triggers the rash which makes sense because we notice it after a nap (warm in his bed) and then after a warm bath.

It will probably be a while before I can post again. Hopefully it will be before Christmas! :)