The Big Move

The last time I blogged, Collin was one month old. He's four months old now and a lot has happened in between.
I'm going to back up to the beginning of July. On July 3rd our little Sara turned two! On the 4th of July we had Collin blessed at church and we had a birthday party for Sara.

Here we are after Collin's blessing. It's not the best family photo due to the melt downs the two girls were experiencing but it''s the only one we got.

Sara decided she wanted face painting at her party.

Our life started to get a little crazy around the end of June/beginning of July. At the end of June, Joe found out that he would be losing his job at the consulting firm he was working for in Baton Rouge. The good news was that he was going to have time to look for a new job, the bad news was that he couldn't find any jobs in the Baton Rouge area. Through a friend he was able to find a job in Memphis, TN (a really good job, too). He started work around the middle of July and the kids and I stayed in Denham Springs hoping to sell the house then move. Things did not work out according to plans. Joe was working in TN during the week and driving home on the weekends and I was painting and cleaning and packing almost around the clock with three kids. Joe got tired of driving 12 hours every weekend and I was worn out (i.e. near nervous breakdown) from taking care of a 3 month old, 2 year old, and 4 year old by myself while trying to pack and get the house ready to sell. So, we decided to rent a small apartment in Memphis and live together as a family again and save me from losing it.

I don't know which was worse, trying to sell the house by myself or the homesickness since moving. I miss my family and friends more than I thought I would and I was pretty sure I was going to miss them a whole, whole lot. I especially miss my Bonnette people. After spending the first night away from Louisiana, I was ready to just turn around and come home and tell Joe I'd rather face unemployment than life away from my family. I'm surviving though. Joe loves his new job, Allison likes her preschool, we are starting to make new friends, and life's getting a little easier.

It has been a month and a half since we moved and plenty has happened since then and I'll have to fill that in next time.