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Well we made it to Fenton MI on Saturday night at about midnight Michigan time. We're just settling in right now and boy are we tired! I'm not looking forward to 4 more nights on an air mattress, but at least we have our own apartment with a front door that locks. Such a luxury after living in 1 room for 6 months!

The apartment is beautiful and very very quiet. It's brand new and so clean and nice. The people in MI are friendly overall, much more so than in California of course. We do feel a little targeted by state troopers...we got 2 speeding tickets on the drive up here...so we'll both be trying to change our plates asap.

About the only "bad" thing is that Darian cries everytime he sees the car. He just hates the thought of getting back in that carseat! He's being "challenging" right now because he's cutting 5 teeth at the same time. My sweet, sunny child is throwing tantrums and biting...not fun! He's probably confused too since this is all so many changes in his life in a short amount of time. Hopefully he will settle down once he realizes we are going to be staying here!

I'm grateful and happy that God let everything go SO smoothly. I'm typing on my sisters laptop so I better sign off now. I will update as soon as the truck comes with our stuff and we get our own 'puter set up.

Bye for now!

Day two and we are already in Burrton, KS visiting my sister Doris and her husband Don. They have a beautiful house and their hospitality has been incredible. I don't want to leave! We have pushed and pushed and made great time...but I am ready to be there already. About half the time I am holding D in the back seat so he will stop melting down, which isn't legal or smart but hey...gotta do what you gotta do.

We'll be in St. Louis tonight. More later!

Rachel

MOVING DAY! So far it's gone fairly smoothly but we still have to load the big semi up tonight with all of our crap. We are going to try to average 10 hours a day, and with a 16 month old tagging along we might be on the road 14 hours or more each day. Who knows? We are trying to kind of play it by ear.

So now we're going to grab a bite to eat, get some money, hire some beaners, and get the semi loaded. It's Las Vegas tonight baby!

WOOHOO can't believe it's here.

I will try to log on and post on my sister's laptop either throughout the trip or once we get there.

Only SEVEN more days until we leave California for good. I got all of our utilities, cable, phone, etc...set up and service started. Had a couple of interesting conversations re: why on earth we would leave CA for MI...LOL! Guess it all depends on your viewpoint...CA is mecca for many people, just not this person!

I must say I am a little hurt that our families are not making a bigger deal about this. Actually, I guess that isn't the case...it's just that they are not supporting us with it by throwing us a big going away party. That's what we want, and I guess secretly that's what I feel like parents *should* do. I'm sure someday when my kids want to move 2000 miles away...I will not want to throw them a party. But the feeling behind it is that we're stupid or irrational for moving in the first place. Can't tell you how many times I've heard the words "don't ask me for help after you've moved" from dh's parents...isn't that a lovely thing to say to your only son?

Just makes us both want to get out of here and never come back, reiterates to us WHY we're leaving...to become better people, Godly people who seek God first and don't think about money or our selfish needs/wants as our God.

Currently worrying about:
Leaving something important behind
Beating the moving truck by 3-4 days and having nothing to sleep on when we get there
Not beating the moving truck at all and having to pay more to get our stuff
D in the car for 8 hours a day (not all at once, relax people!)
Not being able to sell diapers/baby stuff in time before we go
The huge pay cut dh is going to take when we move
Having to eat macaroni and cheese from the box or, even worse, having to split a package of top ramen every night for dinner if we can't budget better than we are here
Wondering if my mom is going to be okay on her own

This picture was taken months ago, but I love it and have to post it!