We're moving!

I am so excited, full of energy, and anxious right now(10:20 pm) I almost feel like throwing up. So we have slowly started packing the last week or two. I was even up all by myself packing until 3:30 this morning. Couldn't help myself. Jake woke up and made me come to bed. We found out today that we close at 10 am tomorrow. Jake came home at noon and we've been packing ever since. Jake is exhausted and just went to bed. I only had four hours of sleep and I'm still going strong. It's amazing what excitement and adrenaline can do to you. I am ready to do some more, but I figured I would take a break and relax a little. Do a little blogging instead. Now that I feel like everything is coming together and its a new chapter in our life, I have something to blog about. I wanted to wait until everything was just right! (*big sigh*)And I feel like it finally is!



I am sad to be moving out of our ward of two years. Being in the Young Women's for two years and getting to know the girls and grow with them. I will truly miss them and always remember them. I can only hope I was as big of an impact on them as they were on me. Wow...I'm overcome with emotion. I never cried when I bore my testimony and said my final goodbye. Choked up just a bit but never cried. I guess the leaving part just hadn't really set in till now. Now that its happening for real. I had been telling the girls since March that we would soon be leaving. I am so grateful to my Heavenly Father for giving me the opportunity to serve in the Young Women's. I will cherish all the many great memories from the past two years. Then of course there are the friends which we have made. Such wonderful people. And many good times. Hopefully we have made good enough friends to stay in touch and still find some time to get together.



As I look around our place right now I am saddened. Full of boxes and empty walls. This place really has become our cozy little home. The creaking hallway. Squeaky faucets. Our fireplace. The sound of cars....we will remember it and think happy thoughts because thats why I think Taylor is so fond of cars. She would wake up in the morning saying cars because she could hear them. She even mimicks the sound of sirens or horns as they go by. Not all these things are good things, but its what made it our home. I am looking forward to a hallway we can walk down without having to tiptoe in hopes of missing the creaks so we won't wake Taylor. Or waking her when washing our hands because of the squeaky faucet or taking a shower. Because the bathroom is next to her room. I'll miss the look of our fireplace. Taylor's favorite spot was to sit on the brick in front of the fireplace. My guess is that her new spot will be on the first step of the stairs. Most of all we are looking forward to the space! We are very excited for all the space we will have. An actual guest room with a bed. No more couches Mom. And pretty much your own bathroom. And think of all the places we can hide and scare Taylor. Surprisingly she loves when we jump out and scare her. Well not scare, but surprise her.



We love to play games and entertain. Now we really have the room for it. And we can have guests come stay with us too! Very exciting! We will also be closer to family which is a huge reason for me to be celebrating. Can't wait to spend more time with my family and become better friends.



This whole week and coming week are pure craziness. We have been doing everything possible to close this week on the house. Wanted to close before leaving for Christmas. Well we really wanted to close before Thanksgiving but that obviously didn't happen. We put an offer on this house the first week of August so its been a long wait. Definitely worth the wait and all the crud we've been through with this whole thing. As soon as we move, we turn around unpack and then pack again and leave Sunday or Monday for a week with Jakes family for Christmas. It should be a lot of fun. Taylor will have a lot of fun cousins to play with as well. Then we can return, finish unpacking, and settle in to our new house! *sigh* I think I can sleep now!