Sometimes...

there are too many cooks in kitchen! Of course they both go running as soon as the diaper is opened up! I'm grateful they are so willing to help and come running to my rescue any time I call. However, there are a few things that are just a 1 man job. I consider the actual diaper changing to be one of them!

Right Now....

-The dishwasher is going.
-The kitchen is clean.
-I'm washing rugs.
-Evyn is quiet but not asleep.
-Addysen is wearing a too small 4th of July dress, pinky stripy leggings, and hot pink cowgirl boots that belong to sister. I pick my battles and since we aren't going anywhere today...
-I had a pop tart for lunch.
-Those puzzles pretty much live on our dining room table because Addysen loves them and we put them together everyday.
-Our dining room is a dungeon with ZERO natural light.

Back Pedaling.

I wrote this post the night it happened but didn't add the pictures until today. Mostly because it still makes me sad and homesick! But if your looking for some new entries on my blog. This is one of them. Only a month late.

Evyn Kate-1 month

Most people, when referring to a newborn, always have the same remarks- "It's going by so fast!", "I feel like we just left the hospital!" and "I can't believe he/she is -fill in the blank- old!"

I, on the other hand, feel like we have crammed so much into Evyn's first month of life that it feels like a year has gone by! This child has already 1. Been on an airplane. 2. Met over 50 family members and 3. Been in 3 states. All in 1 month of life! I don't recommend it. I didn't like it and wouldn't choose it. And I'm pretty sure if she knew what was going on, she wouldn't like it either!

But such is life. And this little cutie took it all in stride! I think Heavenly Father gave her a good talking to before she came to earth. It probably went something like "Now Evyn, your mother is going to be traumatized by the next few chain of events. Having and recovering from a baby, packing up a house, moving to a different state, leaving friends and family. It will all be a bit much for her. So when you get to earth be good to her. Sleep soundly, eat well, and try and make her life a little easier for the next little while!"

And she has done just that. Sweet, sweet girl.

Addysen calls her Little Evie. We love you!

Sweet Feet

@ 4 weeks...

Wishful Thinking

Here I sit surrounded by boxes. When we move I always give myself one week. One week of chaos, of not knowing where things are, and being okay with stuff laying around. The being okay with it all never works out for me!

It's day 2 and I'm struggling! I can't handle all the disorganization! And lets not forget I'm a mother with a nursing baby and a 3 year old at home. Who is back to packing lunches and helping with homework. Who among all the chaos has to keep a schedule for her kids. And let's not even get started on the fact that I didn't get to decorate for Easter! BOO!

I will go back to unpacking all the while thinking about how much further and further I am getting behind on my blog! And think of me when your sitting in your neat little office, with your clean and organized kitchen, blogging about today's events because you are completely caught up! UGh...I want to be her again! At least #2 & #3 are both sleeping right now!

Standstill

The funny things about vacations (is this what we call it?) is you can't wait to go. To get away from the routine, the schedules. To sleep in. To relax. And then about halfway through said vacation you can't wait to get home. To get back to the routine, the schedules. Maybe it's just me. Even at Disneyland there comes a point where you say "Alright, it's time to go home!"

Life is funny like that.

And life for me right now is at a standstill. A tad dramatic? Maybe. But let me explain.

Christopher headed to Texas shortly after dropping me, the girls, and my mom off at the airport. He got to Texas, unloaded, and started his new job on Monday. His new normal started. And slowly, each day has gotten easier for him. He is liking his new job, the area. It's all starting to feel routine for him. As he put it, "The pit in my stomach is almost gone."

I, on the other hand, made a detour in Louisiana. A much needed detour as the idea of trecking across 2 states with 3 children, 1 being a 14 day old baby was not ever an option for me! I think secretly I was more afraid of trecking across 2 states with a certain 3 year....

Either way, the decision was made and we were sent home with mom. And that is where my life has stopped. A standstill.
There have been a few occasions where I've had to remind myself I'm not taking my family home to Arizona!!

I've enjoyed being in Louisiana. We have visited with family. The girl have played hard with cousins, crashing. Every. Single. Night. We have relaxed. I've enjoyed sleeping in and getting help from my mom with the older girls. Taking a break from school (not without a few homework papers from Elodie's old teacher-just enough to keep her busy during Addysen's nap)

But. We miss our dad. We miss Ginger. i'm anxious to get our family back together and face this new adventure as a team and not in 2 different states. I want to get back into a routine. Make dinner. BLOG- I've been MIA because I packed up my camera cord instead of bringing it with me-. I'm itching to do crafts, to sew and make bows, decorate and plan for Easter, and organize my home. Get Elodie back in school. {GULP}

But as exciting as that all is. I still have a pit in my stomach. And I'm afraid that pit won't go away for a few weeks. I keep telling Christopher this has got to be a great thing for us because Heavenly Father is really, REALLY stretching me right now!

Christopher will be here late Friday night. We will bless Evyn with my family on Saturday evening, and we will pack up our little family and head HOME to Texas early Sunday morning.

I'm not doubting that I can do this. I'm not doubting that I can suck it up and make this work. Just a teensy bit scared. So pray for our little family as we embark on this new adventure! Life as we know will be completely different. And I'll have a lot of updates starting on Monday! After I find where we packed my camera cord!

See you later....

I don't do well with change. I don't know very many people who do. When I found out that Chris got this job in Texas I cried. And not because I was happy for him (even though I am EXTREMELY happy for him). I cried because I immediately thought of 2 things -leaving Elodie's school and -leaving my friends. And here we are 4 weeks later and I'm still crying over the same 2 things.

So when Melissa suggested we have a "See you Later" party for our family I immediately said "NO WAY!" Not because I don't love hanging out with our friends but because it was drawing attention to the fact that we were in fact moving and I don't do well with that! I'm more the let me slip out the back door and pretend like everything is normal kind of girl!

But Melissa insisted and I couldn't deny my friends a reason to throw a party!
So we all got together this evening to hang out at the park, have dinner, let the kids run crazy, and reminisce about the first time everyone met the Yarn family.

It was fun and sad and I tried not to think about the fact that we are in fact moving to Texas and I won't see all these people on a regular basis!

We have known this group of friends since we moved to the area 7 years ago. Back when I was either pregnant with Elodie or she was just a little baby. I've watched my friends kids grow up. We've been pregnant together, visited each other in the hospital, and hosted baby showers for each other. They have been Elodie's playdate friends forever. We meet at the swimming pool in the summer and sign our kids up together for swim lessons. I have served in callings with them, had them as visiting teaching companions, and do Sunday dinners with. These are my book club friends, my Twilight friends (I'm already planning on coming back for Breaking Dawn in November), my just need a girls night friends, my lets double date with our husbands, and my I need a babysitter lets do a swap friends. Our husbands have played ball and go on runs together. I love them, I trust them, and I will miss them! And while this day in age it's so easy to keep in touch with blogs and facebook I know it won't be the same. Ugh....

And if I'm being really honest with myself I know it's going to take a while for me to make friends like this in Texas. Our friendships with these people have developed over 7 years and honestly I don't want to start all over!!!

But the beauty of it all is when you make friendships like this, they last forever! And it doesn't matter where we all go I know that I will have these friendships and these people in our lives forever! And that makes me really happy!

Thank you friends! I love you!