Updates and Plans

I took another long hiatus. 

Stress.

Retraining, preschool, church, finances, moving. 

In March, 

Kevin and I celebrated 9 years of marriage. 

I did my best not to fall apart into 

a puddle of mush on Baby Girl's 1st bithday.

I succeeded, even if my heart ached. 

Easter was awesome.

There were no hospital visits during it. 

We did have a wonderful dinner

with our friends

(Pony Princess, Minnie Mouse, and their baby brother).

In April, 

we went house hunting!

We drove to South Dakota.

Got stuck in Cheyenne, Wyoming for a few days.

Yay, snow storm! Ha.

This limited the number of days we had to look.

There was seriously a marathon of houses.

Billions, probably. 

In the end, the day before we left --

our offer was accepted on a house!

(Pictures forthcoming.)

May, 

we spent organizing, sorting, donating, selling.

Monkey finished up his last year of preschool.

My mind was blown when it was recommended that he be put in first grade.

We've decided to homeschool.

Our solution was to do kindergarten as fast as he needs or wants too,

and move on to first grade early if called for.

The movers packed.

They took our things.

We lived on air mattress.

We were named God-Parents of Pony & Minnie's brother.

We drove.

And drove.

And some more.

Roadtrip.

Two cars.

Three humans.

2 Great Danes. 

1 Cat.

1 Parrot. 

Lots of luggage. 

A luggage carrier whose keys got packed into boxes.

It was therefore left with friends.

After a couple of weeks of chaos -

hotels, boarding animals, etc

we got into our house.

And soon after, we finally closed! 

We've had our household goods for about two weeks.

Life is settling down. 

I have lots of projects that I plan to do and share here.

Decorating, re-doing, and freshening. 

I look forward to seeing you back here.

There will also be more to come on homeschooling,

family life, and plans for our family and future children. 

Looking Back

Reading posts from a year ago...

We are in such a different place. 

Last year, such excited anticipation.

So close to having a baby in our arms.

Today, I saw a dress that I fell in love with.

If she were ours, it would have totally gone home with us for Easter.

But she's not.

It's weird to ponder a baby that we held

and know she's not ours.

It's much different that pondering the pregnancy that we lost.

Which is weird in and of itself.

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Despite all that, 

time moves forward.

And so does the Air Force.

We are getting ready for a move - again.

This time to South Dakota.

The Monkey and I are planning to go on a 

house hunting trip in a few weeks. 

He thinks we need a house with a trampoline and a tree house.

We have a few more requirements. 

(You know, pesky things like number of bedrooms

and a not microscopic kitchen.)

I am really excited for this move.

A desert dweller, I am not.

Green grass, trees, rivers, lakes! 

It's not quite the ocean, but we have to take what we can get.