Tuesday, August 5, 2014

First Month in the States: Check

Helloooo! Long time..again. Seems to be a trend. And with Baby #3 coming along, I can't imagine I'll get any better.

Hold on, have I even announced Baby #3 on here?! Well, there ya go. Pregnant again! Not necessarily in our plans, but we're calling it a surprise blessing instead of an accident. <--- accidents="" babies="" comes="" hate="" having="" it="" not="" p="" re="" that="" they="" to="" when="" word="">
And, we just found out a few week ago that it's a GIRL!!! We're beyond excited! Perhaps I'm a teensy bit more excited than Michael. Whatever. I still can't wait to see how he reacts/melts a little with his baby girl. :)

We've already been "home" (such a complicated word now) for over a month now. It's hard to believe that if we weren't on furlough, we'd be packing up, ready to head back in a few short weeks. What a relief to be able to stay here for a while longer to catch up with people!

The boys are having a blast. Josiah said just yesterday, "We go a lot of places in America." Yes, yes we do. I hope he doesn't get to used to it! That could be a rough transition back to Chiner!

Speaking of yet another transition--we're officially starting homeschool soon. It hit me last week that I should be starting soon, but we'll be travelling until the end of August, so we'll start after that. Awesome perk of homeschool! ha! I spent a while looking at different curriculums and have decided that instead of buying a bunch of books to lug over (and fit into precious luggage space), we'll start with an online school and build from there. Bonus: it's free! We'll see how it goes. Thankfully, success with kindergarten doesn't seem to make or break a child. Whew.

I have a blog I want to write that has been looming over my head, but I've been waiting a bit longer to see if anything else comes up. Remember that one I wrote about things I was afraid of coming back to in America? I want to update how those fears were handled, and then write some awesome things about America. Because it is that, too.

Until then, enjoy a few of my favorite pics from our time here:



Many, many hours are spent on this trike flying down the driveway!


Upon figuring out what this machine was, I had to sit back down before I had the confidence to go back up and choose something. Reverse culture shock in full-swing.


Local fair with Grammy and a funnel cake. Yum!


Time with Uncle Eric has been a blast!

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