Thursday, August 20, 2009

We made it!

I am posting from our new temporary home in Virginia. We've been busy this week trying to get settled in. All but one of our FedEx boxes came! They weren't in very good shape so hopefully not too many things are broken.

It's been pretty crazy the minute we got here. My sister-in-law Holly had her baby at 28 weeks, so Greg has been at the hospital a lot. It was a pretty traumatic birth for Holly. The baby has no bleeding in the brain (which was the biggest concern) so now he will stay in the hospital until he's at least 6 weeks old. He was 3 lbs 9 oz when he was born and seems to be doing really well.

We are here trying to help with the kids, yard work, and the house. We originally thought I would be helping more with the kids since Holly was in the hospital on bed rest, but she'll be coming home in a few days. I'm sure her own kids will love having mommy back (after she's fully recovered from not walking much for a month and a c-section).

We are now on an apartment search. We said we would stay at this house until Holly had her baby, which we thought would be in October so now that he's here we have to hurry! We don't really have to hurry, but it would be nice to settle somewhere soon.

Ja starts training for his new job on Monday! Wish him luck!

If anyone cares, my baby is now the size of a banana at 10 inches long. She can swallow now, as well as kick me!

1 comment:

Chelsey said...

Wow, I can't believe Holly had her baby. What did they name him? Any pics yet? 3lbs is so small. I hope they are both ok. You and Ja can get some on hand practice with a newborn before your baby comes. Keeping track of those other kids and cleaning and cooking will keep you plenty busy and make that pregnancy fly by!