Quick update; more will follow

Hello all! We've officially moved to Gainesville. We bought a house and took on some serious re-flooring and quite a lot of painting. My parents were down from Colorado to help out, and it was greatly appreciated. Now that they've returned home, Alyssa is missing them a lot and asks about them daily. Speaking of Alyssa, she is all grown up! Potty training progress continued throughout the move without too many set backs, and in more exciting news, she now sleeps in a big girl bed. Her room is very, very cute. I'll post pictures soon of before-and-afters throughout the house. In case you're wondering how the fish did during the move, you'll be happy to know most handled it well. We lost only 1 of 7 even though they were forced to live in bags for 5 full days. A couple were sick after the ordeal, but we've been medicating them all and it seems everyone else will pull through. Well, it is now after midnight, and I'm exhausted. Check back within the next week for pictures!

Introducing Alyssa's brother or sister

He or she is expected to join the rest of the air-breathing family members in January 2011. For those interested, that puts me currently at 12 weeks along in a "40 week" pregnancy. Alyssa came at 39 weeks, praise God; she would have been 9+ lbs. if she stayed an extra week. I seem to be past all the morning sickness and have moved into the "honeymoon phase" of pregnancy; I look normal and feel great! We are all very excited about the new addition. It will of course make the move, grad school, and LeMar's job situation all the more interesting, but this child is a such a blessing we wouldn't trade him/her for anything.

Speaking of LeMar's job hunt; he has applications pending with FHP (state troopers), TSA and UFPD. Please remain in prayer for his job situation.

We are continuing to get ready for the move which is now less than 4 weeks away. Time flies! We're excited to get down there, but a little sad about leaving friends behind. Good thing we have a blog, email, skype and phones to keep in touch!

We found a house!

We're back from Gainesville, and the weekend was very successful. We found a house, which is now under contract, and it will be ours at the end of July barring any snags in the rest of the process up to and through closing. We also found a daycare that we think we'll like. No news on a job for LeMar, but we'll keep that issue in prayer and trust God's provision. Here are a few pictures of the house:








Our next adventure is rock climbing. I can't wait to get up there on the cliffs again. We'll bring back some pictures. Speaking again of pictures, check out the link to Emily's Picassa Albums on the right. There are pictures from our trip to Atlanta two weekends ago.

Busy, busy, busy

About 60 days until we move, and life is moving at a breakneck pace. We celebrated our 3-year anniversary a week ago. LeMar was working on the actual day, so when he was finally done with his work week, we went out to dinner. He spoiled me rotten with dinner at Melting Pot, a new digital camera, framing of my most recent diploma, a Bible cover (for the Bible I got for Mother's day), and roses sent to my office. His parents gave us a Wii for our anniversary, which we've been enjoying separately since we've hardly spent time together since it arrived.

Alyssa and I just returned yesterday from 2.5 days in Atlanta; LeMar was stuck in FL working. We went up with some friends to visit Ryan's parents for what should have been the celebration of Ryan's 25th birthday. Please continue to keep his parents and sister in prayer; they are still feeling a lot of hurt and sadness. The weekend was not a downer though. We were able to share lots of good memories of Ryan, take in the Georgia Aquarium and visit their lake house.

This week we'll be looking for a new house and a new daycare in a new city. The AF has finally agreed to send me for a PhD instead of another Master's degree so we've decided to buy a house instead of renting one.

Just a few days after returning from that trip, we'll be heading north again to go rock climbing. After that we'll be spending a few weeks at home without any trips, but life is sure to remain busy. With the move looming overhead, there is a lot to be done.

Check the links to the right for pictures, I'll upload some soon.

The Slide

This video is a little old, but still good and more recent than our last video/picture update. In other news, Alyssa is well on her way through the journey of potty training. No more diapers (except when asleep)! Yay! She is speaking quite a lot including an occasional complete sentence! Books are still very popular, as is climbing things and moving things around. Life is busy here; only 85 days until our move! Please be in prayer about LeMar's employment in Gainesville. In spite of the move, we have 3 trips in the next 6 weeks: Memphis, Gainesville, and Sandrock (rock climbing).