moving again

This pregnancy is taking a toll on me. If God's plan was to see how much I could handle, I'd say I'm pretty close to my maximum handling capacity. haha. At first, it was the sickness...it still hits me from time to time and all I can do is come out of the bathroom laughing that it still happens. Now, my body is letting me know just how unprepared it was for another occupant. Aches and pains, sure...but, Braxton Hicks already? Totally unfair, by the way, my body "preparing" for something that will never happen. The kicks are constant, I don't think he ever stops....but they are the best feeling in the world. Feeling that little life inside of you, jumping around like he can't wait to join the fun on the outside. My emotions have been extremely hard to control lately...I'm kind of emotional about everything. I should really start writing down the ridiculous things I've cried over because it's quite amusing. Relocating while feeling this way is no picnic, but I'm hanging in there. I didn't even have an emotional breakdown when our moving date changed an entire month and our whole house is currently boxed up.
When you are a family of (soon to be) six on one income, you have to make sacrifices, you have to be willing to accept new adventures, you have to go where the best opportunity for your family is. Right now, that will be near York, Pa...because of our families, my husband has a limited range of where he can be relocated or I'm sure we would be in a warm and sunny state at this point. It is rough, picking up your family and moving away from things you know, but it is what has to be done for the best interest of our large, one income family. That's the wonderful thing about my husband...he is always looking for the best opportunity for us, so we do not go without. So, to answer the question I keep hearing over and over...yes, we are moving again. Hopefully we will be in this new area for way more than a few years because I am SO excited about our new residence....like kid at Christmas excited. We will be going from a 1900 sq ft, 3 bedroom home to a 4500 sq ft, 7 bedroom home. I'm pretty damn giddy that we will no longer be stumbling over each other, staring at a room jam packed with toys at the end of a long day. Do you have any idea how many toys we have and how hard it is to relax when they are all piled in front of you? There will be a playroom!!! The HOA funds a neighborhood pool and community center, there is a large park, basketball courts....all at the end of our road that we can walk to in less than a minute, or maybe 5 with all these kids. I may not leave the development during the summer! haha. Don't get me wrong, our neighborhood now is beautiful...everyone has acres of well groomed land (we somewhat struggled in the well groomed area), it is a quiet and peaceful country setting. Wonderful for someone ready to retire from a busy life. We, however, have restarted our lives and are now back in that family with young children category. The new neighborhood will be our opportunity for our children to play outside with the kids next door and have neighbor friends or walk to the park or play in our smaller, but fenced in, backyard. So, even with all of these emotions about moving again, I am beyond excited about this new adventure.

Playroom? I'm down.

Elsa is too!

Will there be caramel apples?

Of course!