We have arrived!

Well, this officially marks the longest period between posts as when I logged in I see it has been exactly a month since I have been to this site.

I would like to point out that for almost 2 weeks of that time we were without our main computer. And for about a total of a week worth of that time I got less than 4 hours of sleep a night. And for 5 days of that time we were technically homeless. So really it has only been like 3 days since my last post. (OK, some of those things may have overlapped a little, but I'm happy to report we should be back to regular updates now that we are settled.)

We have successfully moved from Cedar Falls to Joliet, IL. It has been a whirlwind of a month but we love our new house and are starting to fall into a routine and find our way around our new city. We have moved within an hour of extended family and within 2 minutes of a wonderful college friend and her family that have been more than helpful with our transition. Myka has started preschool and other than an overwhelming moment when we arrived the first day has already started bossing the other kids around made some friends. Eli still just goes with the flow and is enjoying the new toy room, easy access kitchen pantry, and some alone time in the street in front of the house.

We miss the familiarity of our small Iowa town as well as the wonderful people we know there. We had one last goodbye with Myka's SAHM's Club friends and their families before we left. She asks about them often and we are excited to get back and visit them as much as we can.

Thank you Cedar Falls friends for a wonderful 3.5 years! We look forward to all of you visiting sometime very soon!