Settling in

Hubby is getting settled in, has started work today and is getting acclimated. He gave us a Skype video tour yesterday of his new temporary digs. Bean loved seeing where daddy is right now. He said that Knutsford, Cheshire is a really quaint England village. This is very close to the place we are going to be house hunting in. Skype is going to be what gets us through this temporary separation right now, and will probably be our lifeline to our family once we all go, as long as we can negotiate the significant time difference (5 hours). The girls got to talk to him for a long time on the computer camera after school yesterday, and they were being there typical goofy selves. Gerbie was acting like a monkey and singing her ABC’s for daddy –which consists of four letters –ABCD, followed by the name of who she is singing them for –so it was ABCD daddy over and over again. It was a little sad this morning though, our normal routine in the morning is Gerbie wakes us up, normally very early (5:30ish) and we bring her into our bed. Then Bean wakes up and comes in, and our whole family (dog included) cuddles in bed before we get up to start our day. This morning was no different, with one big exception –daddy was not in bed with us. So Bean says to me, the whole family is in bed, except for daddy, so we are NOT happy this morning. We all miss him. He will go house hunting and car shopping very soon. My mom, thank god for her, is here this week helping me, and she is in the process of sorting and packing lots of things for us. Right now she has a project going on in the basement – toys. What to take, what to get rid of that the kids have outgrown, and what to store. And this is no little project. I am not sure how the kids got this many toys in the short span of their little lives. So I am very thankful for her help this week. Things are coming along, and we are getting closer. We are still shooting for March to make the move.