Louisiana

We've made it to our new home!  Our journey started on Monday, December 26.  We left Andover with Grandma in tow and drove to Warrensburg, MO where we spent the night with some dear friends, Doug and Molly, that we met in Minot.  While there we got to meet their 3 month old baby Zach and boy is he a cutie!  Tuesday we drove to Little Rock, AR and spent the night at a nice hotel.  The hotel gave the dogs treats and tennis balls so they got a lot of running in.  The rest of us did some swimming.  Wednesday we arrived in Shreveport, LA.  David went into work right away while Grandma and the kids did errands with me.  Thursday morning we closed on our house and spent the rest of the day cleaning it.  Friday our household goods arrived (see wooden boxes below) and boy we realized we own a lot of stuff!  The rest of the weekend was spent unpacking and organizing with a few errands thrown in and a meal or two out.  Monday Grandma left and David got sick.  Then Callie got sick. Then I got sick.  So as you can guess not too much happened during the week.  By the weekend we were all feeling better.  We made it to a birthday party and managed to get a lot more unpacked.  All we have left is to unpack are a few odds and ends, organize the garage (good luck David!) and hang pictures!  I'm posting a picture of the house and a few of the kids new play area (half of our living room!) but I'm not quite ready to show the rest of the house, once it's totally done-give me a week or two!  The kids are loving their play area!  One of their favorite things to do it to sit in their chairs and play music while looking back and forth at each other!  Since the last post the kids have become even more helpful!  As you can see in the videos they now throw away their own diapers and put their clothes in the hamper.  This morning they even helped me unload the dishwasher!  Anderson and Dad are also working on somersaults!  As of today we are 18 weeks pregnant.  Other than my sick spell I'm feeling great and often forget that I'm pregnant now-what a great stage to be at.  I'm working at getting everything transferred and set-up down here with a new ob/gyn.  Hopefully, that is all taken care of soon-after all we can find out the sex of our little angel at the end of the month, that is if we get an appointment!