And so it begins...

In 4 1/2 weeks we're moving! Its crazy and I know the weeks are going to fly by. I had grand plans of being so prepared and in my head I already visualized a good portion of our stuff out of our house and moved into our new house. I know I still have time to be quite organized with this move and that I will have quite a bit moved over to our new place before June 1st. That's our goal, we will have everything out of our old house and into the new by June 1st. I think one of the reason's I'm having a hard time getting motivated to start packing is that I have such bitter sweet feelings about us moving. I know this is a wonderful opportunity for our family. I'm really excited to move too, I'm one of those people who actually like moving because I love decorating a new space. I also really like packing when I can take my time because I like going threw our things and deciding if we really need some of the things we have. What am I sad about? I'm going to miss being in our first house. I'm going to miss all the friends I've made here. I know I won't lose them as friends but I'm also realistic and I know it won't be quite the same. We all lead busy lives and have different things going on. I won't be able to just run a few houses over and play a game or watch a movie. We won't be that far away but now getting together will have to take a bit more planning. I'm also comfortable here. I actually really like change, when I know its coming that is. I almost crave it like I'm sure most of us do. I usually end up feeling like my life has become stationary, like I'm not moving along my path and am stuck where I'm at. Like I've done everything I can where I've been. That's how I've felt lately, like I've grown as much as I'll be able to here and now I need to move on to the next place to grow a little more. So now to the title of the post, and so it begins...Today I start packing. My eyes fill up with tears just typing the sentence and letting the words sink in because it makes it even more real.

Big Girl Food

Tonight Miss Olivia was given a real treat. Pieces of broccoli, asparagus, and yellow squash. She LOVED every minute of it. You would think I gave her ice cream or reeses pieces. It was fun to watch her devour her food and to see the huge smile on her face when I would give her more. I think we'll be giving her more real food from now on since it was such a huge success.

Easter

Savannah was so excited Easter morning to find out what goodies were left for her. She actually made out quite well! Saturday morning she got to go on an Easter egg hunt with all her friends from church. Then Sunday morning she got to see what the Easter bunny left for her. He gave her 6 books: Llama Llama Misses Mama, Llama Llama Red Pajama, Llama Llama Mad at Mama, Pinkalicious, Purplicious, and Goldilicious. We've been reading them non-stop since Sunday. I also made Savannah a coloring book that she can use dry erase markers with so it's a fun toy for her to use during church. She also got a ton of candy because I always buy too much because I'm scared I won't have enough. I never seem to learn that lesson, oh well. After church we headed over to my sister-in-laws for Easter dinner and had a great time. I was incharge of making desserts so I made a banana cream pie, a chocolate cream pie, and a berry pie all from scratch crust included. I know I'm amazing. I thought my favorite would be the chocolate cream pie but it wasn't, I was not happy with how it turned out but oh well. I think my berry pie was amazing and everyone seemed to like the banana cream pie. I didn't eat it cause I don't like banana's in my pies and banana's make me sick ever since I was pregnant with Olivia. Overall it was a great day and we had lots of fun.

Now this picture that I decided to throw in is from Monday morning. While I was getting ready for the day Savannah kept running in and out of my closet and when I finally went to check on her in the living room this is what I found. Savannah sitting in her rocking chair wearing one of my skirts as a dress and wearing a pair of my shoes while she watched a movie. She's so fun. Also yesterday I was just having an off day. I kept wishing Jacob would call or send me a text telling me he loved me or that I was so pretty. Instead I got Savannah who walked into my bathroom and with a gasp said "mommy you so cute!" It made my day and was just what I needed. Savannah is totally a hand-full but she is also one of my most favorite people and I couldn't imagine my life without her.

Swings and Slides

We had some very nice weather over the weekend so we decided it was time for a walk to the park. This was Olivia's first time in the swing and she LOVED every second she spent there. As soon as I started pushing her the laughing and huge smiles began. Savannah had fun swinging with her sister and going down all the slides. Overall it was quite a success.

Oh So Busy

So I feel like I haven't posted anything in forever and even though I've been super busy doing things I haven't known what to write about. There are changes going on in the Jefferies household and they seem to occupy all my time so I've decided to finally share our news over the internet since many of you probably know our big new anyway. We are moving. Its not a big drastic move, we're only going 30 minutes north of where we are now. We are moving to a new city though and it will be quite a change. I'm really excited though and I've been really excited since we decided to make this move in January. Let me tell you our story...Jacob's parents decided to serve a mission and knew that they would either have to sell their home or find someone to rent it. Couple missions are anywhere from 18 months-2 years. At the time they were waiting to find out where they were going and when they would be leaving Jacob and I were making quite a few changes ourselves. We decided in November that we wanted to put our house on the market. Jacob's job has been a huge blessing and has provided for our family but we knew he needed something better and that our options were limited due to his lack of education. He applied for a job that would take us out of state and he was also considering going back to school (also out of state) so that he could work in a field that he enjoyed more. Both options are still on the table and we most likely won't know which path we'll take until later in the year. In the meantime we knew we wanted to sell our house now and just get that done with since we would have to sell it anyway. Jacob's parents found out they were going to be serving their mission in Zimbabwe, Africa and that they were going to be gone for 18 months and that they were leaving in February 2011. Jacob's sister and her husband were living in his parents house at the time and would continue living there till the end of May but after that they needed someone else to live there till the 18 months were over. Enter our little family who knew they didn't have much longer in their home and was in need of a place to live. After quite a lot of thinking we decided that we would move into Jacob's parents house at the end of May once his sister and her husband moved out. Our house was put on the market and we currently have an offer on it which the bank will hopefully approve. Regardless at the end of May we will be moving out to Middleton where Jacob grew up and living in his childhood home. Ever since we decided to make this move I've been quite excited about it, actually wishing it was May so we could be moving in and getting settled. Once a decision is made I have a very hard time being patient for it to finally happen. Hence the time between me meeting Jacob, getting engaged, and then getting married was only 4 months. So why have I been busy? Well Jacob's mom was very kind to me and said that I could paint and do what I wanted to make the house our home so I have been busy this past week painting. The room we are putting Savannah in was quite an undertaking. Each wall was a different color ranging from light brown, dark brown, striped, and a deep red. The ceiling, trim, built in bookcase and doors were all also painted either a light or dark brown. It took an entire gallon of primer to just take care of that room alone. Olivia's room also required the walls to be primed due to it also being a darker color. Both the girls rooms were then painted a VERY light pink and the ceilings were both painted white, along with the trim, doors, and bookcase in Savannah's room. Those two rooms alone took me 4 days and I ended up having help 1 day for a few hours which was nice because Jacob and his sister painted the trim, doors, and ceiling for me. Jacob and I really wanted to get the girls rooms done before we moved in so that it wouldn't be as big of a transition for Savannah when we moved. Their rooms will for sure be the first things we unpack as well. Savannah already knows which room is hers and always tells me how beautiful it looks and how she loves her pink room. I'll post before and after pictures once we're all done. If I end up painting anything else it will most likely be after we've moved in or during the in-between stages. Now we just have a few things left to finish the girls rooms and then I get to start packing up our house little by little. We also wanted the girls rooms painted and finished because we plan of moving boxes over now and storing them in the girls rooms so that when the big moving day comes we won't have as much work to do. So there you have it, that's what we've been up to painting and packing and more of the same. Jacob and I are both excited to move I think I'm a bit more excited then he is actually but we're also sad to be leaving the friends we've made here. We've lived in our house for almost 4 years, we brought both of our girls home to this house and have had so many wonderful memories here. We are of course though excited for the memories we'll accumulate over the next 15 months while living in Middleton. As a side note I find it amusing that we'll be living there, it seems that I keep getting further and further away from where I pictured myself being. It just goes to show that we don't always know what's best for us and that the path we end up being led on can be even better then what we imagined.