Jeff left on a business trip on his first day with his new job with Nuvasive. He went to Baltimore for a couple of days and I picked him up from the LAX airport. While we have been waiting for our stuff we have been spending time with my family. We met Kathleen's family during a family home evening. Andrew, Michael and Stephanie went swimming in very cold water and we all enjoyed a delicious dinner made by Kathleen's family. For those who don't know, my dad has been dating a really nice lady named Kathleen Westbrook. She lost her spouse about two years ago from thyroid cancer and both my dad and her became great friends coping from the lose of their spouses and eventually started dating. They make each other very happy. :)Kristina and I have also been working on cleaning out the laundry room. Kristina has done an amazing job sorting through so much stuff and getting rid of so much junk that has been just sitting around for 10 plus years. I have only made a little dent compared to what Kristina has accomplished. Besides cleaning we also have spent time in the pool, which Andrew loves and just spending time with each other.
Andrew was very happy to be in the pool with Stephanie and was not very happy to get out.
(PS. I wrote this post awhile ago.....so hopefully it makes sense)
So we are not quite in San Diego yet, but we are staying a couple of days in Anaheim with my family while our stuff slowly gets here. The moving truck gave us the timeline of June10th-June17th so hopefully our stuff will arrive sooner than later. The last day drive was a lot better than I thought it was going to be. Andrew was such a good boy, especially considering how many hours he was stuck in his car seat. He actually slept most of the way the last day. We stopped at IN-N-OUT for lunch and we arrived in Anaheim around 3pm. We were very grateful for air conditioning because most of the way down was at least 100 degrees which made me want to jump in a pool as soon as we arrived, but by the time we arrived in Anaheim in was cloudy and 75 degrees so we decided not to. Now that things have settled down a little bit more we have been able to relax and enjoy the California weather. Once our stuff arrives and if I remember to take pictures I will do a before and after the move of our new place.
Today was a longer drive than yesterday. We all were very fidgety in the car from the get go. I started off driving before stopping for lunch, Jeff drove three more hours, and I finished the last hour of driving. Andrew still had his random episodes but overall did pretty well in the car. :) I sure hope tomorrow is a better drive though. We are now in San Francisco with Dan Schult's mother Barbara. She has been so kind feeding us and giving us a place to stay for the night. ;) Andrew was so happy to get out of the car and be able to run around and play with toys. Hopefully he sleeps as well as he did last night. ;)
* I will add pictures tomorrow *
These last couple of days have been so busy and stressful, but we are finally on the road to our new adventure of living in California. Paul, Jennie, James, Sarah, Sam, and even Jennie's mom has been so helpful watching Andrew and giving us a place to stay before heading out. Jennie and Jennie's mom watched Andrew all day Tuesday and some of Wednesday. Andrew has been a trooper through it all and has had his ups and downs of this entire moving process.
We left around 8:30 am this morning and arrived in Crater Lake around 1 pm. Again, Andrew was a trooper during the car ride but still had his random screams here and there to get our attention. After a couple of hours at Crater Lake we headed off to Medford to stay for the night before we head off again to San Francisco. When we arrived in Medford we went out to eat at Outback Steak House because I was craving steak and potatoes, then we went to go see the Medford Temple. It is very small, but it is always nice to walk around temple grounds. When we returned to our hotel, Andrew and I decided to jump in the pool to cool off and he had a blast. Jeff took a video of Andrew laughing so hard and having so much fun. We are finally relaxing in bed with Andrew sound asleep. Overall, it was a good first day.
