Okay, we aren’t on the road anymore, but it’s time to update.
So, the baby was born as expected on June 13th. Molly Montora was 7 pounds 12 ounces of beauty! Her blood sugar was low initially, but quickly went up to normal levels. We took her home two days later.
Going Home!
Steve went back to work the next week. He also found us a great house to rent. It is much smaller than the house we had in Utah, but it is on an acre! He took the house and moved his few things in after his second trip to Utah.
I managed to pack up almost all of our books, toys and clothes. We sold our awesome green dining table and some other items. Steve returned to Utah for the last time and my parents took the middle girls to Texas. Steve took so much stuff to the Christian thrift store and the dump hoping to minimize the weight of our truck and maybe the cost to us. The packers came and after some unpleasant discussions about payments, they packed us up and loaded the truck.
We left the next day with Brendan, Kyla and Molly squished into the new (to us) van. We drove to Alabama in just two and a half days (we drove through the night once). All the kids were really good travelers (Nana said the middle girls did really well too).
We have been in the house for three weeks and still no furniture delivery! We have been camping out in the house. I did break down and buy some real (well, plastic) bowls and Steve got some real (really) flatware because the paper/plastic stuff was being used so quickly! We did bring some pots and pans and Steve bought a few items when he was staying here, so meal prep hasn’t been too horrible. Since, I was already planning to purchase kitchen chairs, I went ahead and started shopping for two, but when I went to the local thrift store I found three like what I had in mind and they were only $3 each, so I bought them.
You may have guessed that we aren’t homeschooling either, the books are all on the truck! I wish I was one of those awesome homeschool moms who could make lessons happen no matter what. I have books on my Kindle and access to the internet and library, but I keep thinking the truck will be here soon, so I will have our “real” homeschool stuff! Not my finest hour, I admit.
We have made steps to establishing ourselves in our new area. We have attended a local church twice now. The kids will be gaining about 14 sets of grandparents if we continue, they are so very sweet! (While writing this, a couple brought us a basket of goodies and a vacuum to use while we wait for ours which was accidentally left out and the packers…packed it.) Ryann and Tara started ballet at a Christian school of fine arts (Hello, New Song!) Kyla started Voice and Piano at the same school (during the same hour that the other girls take ballet).
I am still learning my way around, but I think I am going to like it here. Oh and most of the roads are winding whether or not they are long.
