one more week

Every time I sit down to write, my mind goes blank.  It's not that we don't have anything going on.  Maybe my brain is turning to mush because I've been on overload.  We thought that we were going to have a couple make an offer on our house... as it turns out their realtor is a little crazy, so no offer.  We're not exactly sure what happened.  Either the couple just wasn't ready to make an offer even though they liked our house the best, or the realtor just dropped the ball and they lost interest.  Either way, it seems they have moved on.  We are still certain that God will sell our house and he'll do it in a way that brings Him glory. 

I'm not sure if I'm ready for apartment living again.  We obviously did it for 2 years of our marriage, but I've never done it with a kid.  We did find out this week that we will be on the first floor, which I'm thankful for.  I'm going through my house and trying to see what we can live without for the next 6 months.  Kinda crazy.  We still can't believe that we are actually moving in 1 week.  It is so weird.  Ryan and I have only even known each other in Texas.  It'll be weird to start over in a completely different place.

I'm also starting to feel the lonely pains.  Obviously I know that I'll make friends eventually, it's just those first few weeks/months that are going to be so hard.  I'm trying to focus on all of the positives, but in a week where I'll be saying a lot of goodbyes, it's kind of hard not to think about the certain loneliness that will come (even if it's brief).

On a happier note, Eva is just as cute as ever and continues to make us laugh daily.  She is starting to say such grown up things like, "What's everybody doing?".  She is very excited about going to Missouri or "Middouri" as she calls it.  She wants to wear her boots and jacket and play in the snow.  Ryan and I have joked that she is going to be disappointed when we get there and there's no snow.  Hopefully the transition will be fairly easy for her.  She has been having problems sleeping for a couple of months now, so we'll see how that incorporates into the new tiny apartment.  I"m sure she'll adjust quickly as long as we're all together.  She wants everyone she loves to be in the same room.  It's so funny.  

Just for the sake of cuteness:

Before I left for work one morning.  She kept closing her eyes on purpose when Ryan tried to take the picture, so we had to resort to tickling.

 

Eva sitting in her Papa's boat when we went to Louisiana a few weeks ago.  This was her favorite activity of the whole weekend.  

Her other favorite activity was taking walks with Papa.  Is that not the sweetest thing you've ever seen.

Testing our the new mat or "map" for Mother's Day Out.  She really did fall asleep this day as she was testing it out.