The Unknowns...

...Have mostly become knowns!!

May I just start with a BIG, GIANT WOO HOO!?!?!?

Since Bryan went for his physical in San Antonio last week and everything went well... (Thank goodness he's as healthy as we suspected!!) ...Lots of our unknowns have been answered...

Last Friday Bryan FINALLY got his orders. After getting his orders, we got some lunch, then he went back to base and started getting our answers...

He talked with TMO (Traffic Management Office) who is supposed to help us get our household goods from here to there. Just as we were told a few weeks ago, they have a three week wait from the time you get your orders to the time they can schedule a moving company to pack, load and move your stuff. Quite frankly, we don't have three weeks... That being said, we hired a moving company to move our things for us. The government will allow you to do a DITY (do it yourself) move. If you go that route, they will reimburse you for some, if not all, of the costs you incur. We told TMO that we'd be doing a DITY move, and we'll just plan to use whatever reimbursement they give us to offset that cost. TMO suggested that since we're only going about 5 hours from here that we pack and move everything ourselves. Bryan had to hold it in and not laugh at them... Considering I'm 6 months pregnant and we have an almost 2 year old... HaHaHa. Yeah... THAT would happen!!! :) The packers will be here next Monday, and they'll load the truck on Tuesday...

This brings me to my next tidbit of good news... Our household goods will be delivered on Thursday next week... Know what that means?!?! That means WE HAVE A HOUSE!!! Want to know the BEST news of that?!?! We have a FOUR bedroom house!! We were told originally that we only qualify for a 3 bedroom house. We were prepared to handle that, but poor Amelia was going to just kind of live in the guest room, sleep in the pack 'n' play and not have a room of her own. NOW, she will have her very own room with her very own furniture!!! I believe that calls for yet another WOO HOO!!!

Our Realtor seems to FINALLY be working to help us now, too. The closing on our house is scheduled for next Thursday. We understand that we can do everything through the mail, but with that being the day that all our household goods are to be delivered, it will likely be tough to get away, find a notary, sign everything, then FedEx it back here all while trying to supervise the delivery of our household goods. Seems like it would be much more simple to get all of that done BEFORE we leave Abilene, wouldn't it?? Well, our Realtor is actually trying to get everything moved a little earlier. We'll see if it happens!!

I guess that's about it for now. I'd just like to point out that my mantra of "Everything happens for a reason" really seems to be holding some truth right now!!

So, all of this to say... WOO HOO!! Although our new home on base is not likely to be the most modern and up-to-date place, the 4 bedroom seems to be about 100 square feet bigger than our current house. I'd go out on a limb to say that the things we need on a daily basis should fit just fine and adding another person to the mix shouldn't cramp us too much. I am fully prepared to look into renting a storage unit as we will not have a garage or an attic to store things in our new home. The things we have in our garage and attic now, though, are not things we need regularly, so I think we'll be A-OK with them being elsewhere for a little while!! :)

Thanks to everyone who prayed for us, and helped us to keep our chins up through all of this!!! We're almost over all the hurdles and can get settled back into life to try to find a new normal... At least until Amelia graces us with her presence!! HaHaHa!!

Now, where did we put that St. Joseph statue?? We need to take him with us!! :)

Love you guys!! :)