We're Here!

Okay, I know it's been a while but we've had so much going on so here goes! We made it to Tennessee on January 18, at about 1:45. Thanks to some wonderful help we had the truck unpacked in a little over two hours. When we told Jillian we were moving to TN, she was so excited about getting snow. Not wanting to get her hopes up we told her that it doesn't always snow just because we want it too! Well, wouldn't you know it, it snowed the first night we were here! Not enough to cancel schools but just enough for a very, very light dusting.

A lot of things have changed since we moved. 1. Jackson moved to a big boy bed. He has done wonderful, only getting out twice in a week! 2. Jillian and Jackson started preschool/daycare. They love it! The first day Jillian was mad when she had to leave. She already has a "best friend", Lucy! 3. I started work. I love it as well! We've been busy which helps make the day go by faster, plus if I start missing the kids too much I just walk down the hall and there they are! Jeremy started a new job, too. He is starting to like it better day by day. It has been a little hard jumping in two weeks after the start of the semester, but it's getting easier.

We miss everyone from home terribly, but have enjoyed being with Kate, Darin and the kids! Thank you to everyone for your prayers and support! It means so much to us! A very special thanks to: Mom, Dad, Gran, Grandmomma, Grandaddy, Uncle Mike, Aunt Joni, Uncle Greg, Meredith, Lee, Elisabeth, Kevin, Lacretia, Chris, Kate, Darin, Uncle Mike, Danny, Marti, Bobby and Karen, for helping us pack the truck and then unpack the truck! We love you!

I promise I'll post pictures soon!!!

Packing, Packing, Packing...

We have two more days to pack and one day to load the truck before we leave! Am I panicking yet? Well I wasn't until Jeremy got home today. We spent this afternoon taking down Christmas lights! Yes, I know it's January 14, but it's been raining and we had to let them dry off. (Not to mention that we got back Monday from our third trip in three weeks to Tennessee!) The Christmas lights still being up didn't panic me because they come down pretty fast. However as soon as we were finished Jeremy said that all he had left to do outside was pack the storage room. I never go in there so I asked the dumb question, "Isn't everything in boxes already, I mean it is just stuff in storage!" Then I remembered, I'm married to a man that doesn't sit still. I can remember a few afternoons when he went out and "worked" in there, so I ask to see the room. (I don't even have a key for the room!) So Jeremy opens the door and to my horror the room is completely unpacked! Yes, everything is in it's spot but nothing (well almost nothing) is in an actual box! Now I'm panicking! If you ask me at any given moment what day it is, there's a 99% chance that I won't know the answer. I now know why people say they will never move more than once! Oh well, back to more packing!

Oh yeah...on top of everything else we have been saying goodbyes! I think I should buy stock in waterproof mascara!

WE'RE HOME! Well at least where home is for the next two weeks!

I feel as though Jeremy and I have been running a marathon for the last two weeks! The sad part...we're only half way through! Here's a recap:

I hate to go to the dentist! Because of this about a month ago I was ready to take my wisdom teeth out myself. I have had two, count that again two, referrals to get them out. Did I do it? NO, I chickened out each time! Besides they weren't hurting me then, why worry about it, right?! Well here I was in pain and so the wisdom teeth had to come out now! December 16, to be exact, as if I didn't have enough going on! The day before my surgery my sister, Kate, calls my husband and tells him that the job he applied for last summer is now open and the job is his if he wants it! (For those of you who don't know, we have been trying to move to Tennessee for FOUR years.) Now a job becomes available and we can't take it because of the pay cut! That night, unable to sleep because of the surgery the next day, I start praying. (To be honest it wasn't so much praying as it was complaining!) "God, why now??? Why couldn't this have been six months ago like we planned?" Jeremy was doing his own praying. He asked God to make it extremely clear whether or not we should take this job, pay cut and all. We knew that either I would have to get a job or Jeremy would have to get a second job and to be honest I just wanted to be settled somewhere!

Okay, it's the day of the surgery! My sisters have come to help! Of course this is during exam time and Jeremy can't take off! Elisabeth is going to watch the kids and Meredith is going to drive me to the dentist! Five minutes before Meredith and I leave the phone rings. This time it's my sister Kate's husband, Darin. He tells me that not only does Jeremy have a job offer, but there is a job for me if I want it and two spots open in the in house daycare program for the kids. I call Jeremy and he tells me, "Jessica, I prayed that God would make it extremely clear if we were supposed to move now!" What an awesome guy! While I was complaining, Jeremy was asking for direction!

So here I am! Just back from the second trip to Tennessee in two weeks, surrounded by boxes and exhausted! We have found a house, a rental for right now until we can decide where to buy. This is my life, crazy, fast and sometimes hectic but always full of God, family and friends! I'm starting this so that hopefully we can keep track of our wonderful friends and family no matter where we are!

I hope each of you had a wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Year!