Last But Not Least

Well, today's the day! The movers came and took away the storage items. I got a big dose of reality. I can't believe we are actually moving.... AGAIN!

I had to take a pic today of Jeremy enjoying himself while watching 4 guys pack all of our stuff and doing all the work. lol!


Here's his view from his chair....



They are coming back in the morning to pack everything that goes on the ship. We won't see any of it for 4-6 weeks (at least!). I am still up trying to finish packing everything in suitcases that we will be using until our stuff gets there. (scary!) This is going to be another crazy adventure! We are really excited but also nervous and a little scared of the unknown. It's like we are going to a foreign country or something... oh yeah! WE ARE!!!!!

I may not be posting a lot over the next couple of months until we are settled... but stay tuned for lots of posts about our exciting adventures in Deutschland!

Whitney stories

A couple things about Whitney that I wanted to include here to be remembered for all time...

The first one does not come with a picture but it is so sweet that it can't be forgotten. For a really long time now Whitney's favorite thing to say is "Mama, Whitney". We will hear her saying this over and over in her bed sometimes when she's trying to sleep, or when I'm holding her, or when I'm gone she will say it to herself. She loves to look at pictures of the two of us together and say it. It's so sweet. But, today was a momentous day. At 6:30am she wakes up. I go and get her and bring her in our bed for morning kisses and cuddles as Jeremy and I are both trying to wake up. This morning she said... "Mama, Dada, Whitney". She finally included Jeremy in her little mantra. His heart melted.

Here she is in her favorite pose. Bottle in one hand and the other hand down her shirt. lol! She loves it. Yes.... we started giving her bottles again because we want her to use them on our flights coming up. I know... probably a stupid move but if it will help to keep the insanity down during this transition I don't care!



Lastly, here are her LEAST favorite things... stamps! I hide these all over the house and yet, she always seems to find them. She hates them but can't stay away from them at the same time. She looks at them really close for a long time yelling "Ewww" every few seconds. I have to take them away from her or she would probably never put them down. She really doesn't like those nutcrackers!

All My Girls

Today was my last day with all my girls. I have been watching Audrey and Emma for just a little over a year now, and Zarah for about 3 months. They are all such good, good girls and add so much life and fun to our home. They really are like part of our family. I miss them already!

It's all working out!!!

It's amazing how things just seem to "work out". This time last week we had so many unanswered questions. This week we have found a place to stay in KC while the movers are packing our house, renters, and a place to stay in Mannheim for several weeks/months while we are looking for a place to live there. With the stress of these arrangements gone, I can FINALLY start getting excited!!!!

All next week we will be staying at the Sheraton on the Plaza. We've stayed here before and it's beautiful and a great location!

John and Kelley Birrell have agreed to rent our house while we are gone. I know they will love our home and take good care of it. We are so grateful that we were able to help each other. The timing couldn't have been better.

We will be staying at a 2-bedroom suite at the Platanenhof in Mannheim. It looks beautiful and even has a full kitchen!!! YAY!!

Beautiful Day!!

Today was such a beautiful day! We had a high of 69 degrees and wanted to take full advantage of it. Jeremy bought me a new bike and trailer for the kids (since we'll be riding bikes all over Germany!). We hooked it all up for the first time and decided to take it on a test drive.

We rode a good mile down to Meadow Lake Park to play.

Whitney was loving it so much she had to drool. lol!

The boys got all set for some fast spinning from Daddy when, at the last minute, some smaller kids decided to get on too. The boys were less than thrilled that they had to go slow for the little kids.

When the little kids got off they got the spinning of their lives!!

The other bigger kids at the park saw this and wanted in on the action. Jeremy was getting quite the work out spinning all the kids.