Moving yet again, but at least this time it's in the right direction.

After his bath this morning. Taken with my phone, so not so great quality, but seriously, how adorable can one baby be?!

We've now given notice on our place :( :( :( and our landlord said if she or we can find someone to move in sooner than thirty days, she'll pro-rate our rent and not hold us responsible for the whole month. So nice of her.

So we really are getting ready to move now...so to speak. We need to get on it, but our lives are so up in the air right now, I think it's hard to find motivation and energy. Poor Jason does not get to teach seminary, at least not right now, so it's off to CA to mooch off my parents and try to get Jason into grad school, and first get him job, an amazing score on the GRE and figure out what program he'll even want to apply to (i.e. figure out what he wants a career in). How long will it take to get in? What school will it be? How will we pay for it? Will we have to move hundreds of miles again, away from everyone we know?

Sigh.

And with all this on my mind, I get to start trying to sort through and pack up a houseful of stuff.

I HATE MOVING. And this will be the worst move yet, because all the other times, we've left big stuff behind, either in storage units or with friends. This time we have to rent a truck, or a pod, or I don't know, we haven't figured that out yet...not to mention that I'll probably have to bug poor Hayley (friend) a ton to watch Jamie while we pack, because he doesn't like not having the attention of a big person for long. And all the other complications our adorable baby presents...

I'm sorry. Don't mean to be such a downer. Time to focus on the positive.

1) Moving in with my parents may be a major downgrade in space, but it will be a heck of a lot cheaper (rent-free, etc.).
2) Built-in, willing, eager baby-sitter: my mom. Jason and I can go out together sometimes!!
3) Lol we'll have cable again. (We're going to have to be extremely careful not to become addicted.)
4) Being around family in general will be awesome, even if it's not permanent. (Who knows, maybe it will turn out to be.)
5) Sacramento is so much prettier than Rexburg. Much more greenery, tons of trees!
6) Hopefully, Crystal and maybe Christy and I are going to take a Wilton cake decorating class at Michael's during the summer. And, duh, I'll be near my friends again! That's a big yay! I can't wait to meet Elle (Sam's baby, who will be making her appearance Friday).
6) My brother just got his own apartment, so we'll be in his old room, but now that it's clear my parents will be getting new carpet for it and painting. So it will be a nice new, fresh room.

I'm kind of grasping at straws here. I'm immensely sad to leave our cozy, lowish-rent townhouse. It's funny, for years I've been dying to leave Rexburg (usually this vehemence comes out during particularly cold winter days and/or when I know I'm missing yet another family gathering in Sacramento), but I've been so sad about all the things we'll be leaving behind.

I'm so selfish to complain, though. We're so blessed that we have a place to go, that we're going to save so much money, and all those other good points. I do hope, though, that we can figure things out, get our own place, and not be tempted to mooch off my parents longer than necessary. I believe the Brethren (the leaders of my church) when they have said that young couples need a place of their own, so I just hope that we can get one before too many months pass even if it's a struggle, and that we'll be blessed.

Any and all prayers for Jason to be able to find a decent job soon after we get there so that we can get our own place would be greatly appreciated, as well as any tips anyone in the area might have on job leads. Thanks!





Oh, one more note: Jamie has been babbling, and it's the CUTEST darn thing ever. I got a couple videos and will try to post them soon.