June is creeping up....

Seriously, where did May go? How is it already the 24th???

I woke up this morning with a sense of urgency that I needed to get my butt in gear... A million things ran through my mind about packing, giving our 30 day notice, shutting off our cable/phone/internet, changing our address AGAIN, etc. It made me want to go back to sleep and not be woken up until this is all over with. I had to get up though. My bladder was killing me. LOL. (Thanks a lot pregnancy!) So here I am... I'm at a loss on where to even begin with all this! When we moved in to this house it was because WE wanted to move, not because someone else was making us. We kinda did things according to our own time line. Now things are much different. We really only have the next 30+ days to do all of this....

I guess I should also give an update on what's going on. I think I've been so preoccupied with my new pregnancy that I forgot to talk about our plans... If you've been keeping up with this blog you know that Ronnie got orders to be stationed at Edwards AFB and that he was supposed to be up there and starting work on the 15th of July. Well, of course plans have slightly changed... as they usually do. As it stands right now Ronnie wants us to be moved out of here by July 1st. He wants to put all of our stuff in storage except what we'll be needing for everyday life. He's planning on going to school in FL to become certified as an... well I don't know exactly.. lol... the name escapes me at the moment. While he's off doing that, Camron and I will be staying with my mom and step-dad in their guestroom. Ronnie's school will be about 4 months long give or take. So by the time he gets done with that I'll be in my third trimester! I told him that I really didn't want to switch doctors and worry about moving that far in to my pregnancy. He agreed. So I'll be giving birth down here just like I did with Cam and Ronnie will be living in the barracks for a few months. It's going to be saving us a ton of money and Ronnie will have plenty of money to drive down here on the weekends to see Camron and I. When it gets close to my due date he'll look in to taking leave so he can be here for the birth. Once the new baby arrives we'll be all set to move up north! I'm sure things won't go this smoothly, but I can dream...

Camron just woke up so I better go make breakfast.

And life goes on...

After having several days to stew on the fact that I'll be moving so far away from home I'm coming to terms with it. And yes, 4 hours away IS far away from home for me since I've never lived more than 10 miles from my mom, dad, sister and brother!

Anyway, I'm feeling better about the whole thing. Of course I'm still thinking about all I'm going to miss about being here, but I'm also thinking more about the positive side of things. My mom and I came up with a great plan that Ronnie even agreed with! We've decided that about every 5 to 6 weeks Ronnie will drive Camron and I down here to SD. He'll hang out with us that weekend and possibly visit with all of his Marine buddies out here. On Sunday he will then drive back up North and go to work as usual. Camron and I will stay down here in my mom's guest room. We'll get to stay all week here!! I'll get to visit with friends (LIZZ!) and family (MY MOM, SISTER & HER NEW BABY!) FOR A WHOLE WEEK! The next weekend Ronnie will drive back down here and pick us up.... Either staying here in SD the rest of the weekend or driving back up either Friday or Saturday night. I think it sounds like a wonderful plan! Not looking forward to paying for all that gas, but we'll be able to budget it in. Especially if we find cheap housing....

Which brings me to another positive thing about moving... Cheaper rent in the Mojave! It's only about $800 -$900 to rent a 2 bedroom apartment out there!! And I'm talking NICE apartments! (Fitness centers, washer/dryer hook-ups, dishwasher, central air...) You can't find that here in San Diego. You're lucky if you only pay $800 for a studio... MAYBE a crappy 1 bedroom, but definitely NOT a nice 2 bedroom. So we're going to be saving a TON of money living out there in an apartment. Not really looking forward to apartment living again, but if we absolutely hate it we can always move again once we're up there for a while and know the area a bit better.

Another positive thing I've been thinking about is starting my own babywearing group out there. I haven't been able to find one in the area so I'm gonna try to spread the babywearing love out there! I just hope they don't look at me like I'm crazy. We'll see how this goes....

Back to apartment hunting!

Semper Gumby

If you're a Marine Wife, I'm sure you've heard this phrase... It basically means "Always Flexible" which is a spin off of Semper Fidelis (meaning Always Faithful). Well right now I'm trying so to remember that I need to stay Semper Gumby.... I am a Marine Wife after all. The reason, you ask?

Ronnie just got new orders.

To where you ask? The stinkin Mojave Desert! Basically in the middle of no where!!! I've been there before. My grandparents, my Aunt Lori (her husband and my cousins) and my Uncle Vince and his wife all live up there. I didn't like it at ALL. When we went it was in the middle of Summer and it was so hot outside that my mom's car started overheating.

Ugh... Edwards Air Force Base.

Now you might be asking when, right? 45 days. We have 45 days to check out of here and then we'll have a few weeks to get settled in up there. I'm so flustered right now. We JUST finished unpacking the last box over here in our new house. Now I get to do it all over again, only this time it won't be right down the street... it will be a 4 hour drive up north. I really feel bad complaining about this because I know that it could be much worse. We could have been stationed thousands of miles from here... I suppose if we HAD to be stationed some where else, 4 hours away seems like a good compromise. Although I would have rather been stationed at Camp Pendelton. =P At least Camp Pen is still within San Diego County. LOL.

Yesterday was the hardest day to get through after hearing the news. I think it was because of the initial shock of the whole thing. Ronnie had his recruiting orders cancelled... we were staying here in San Diego. We moved in to a new house that we figured would be great for at least the next 3-5 years. This was the perfect home for us. Close to every thing and everyone. It even had a pool that I was hoping to teach Camron to swim in this summer or next. Telling the news to those closest to me was the hardest thing of all. I text messaged Lizz as soon as I found out. Then I called my mom. My mom took it really hard. Her and Hans (my step dad) are really close to Camron. Lizz took it pretty hard too.... We were both crying on and off all day.

Lizz... What am I going to do without my best friend??? We've been through so much together in such a short amount of time. It just doesn't seem fair. Who am I going to eat sushi with when the mood hits? The Olive Garden? Gossip with? Who will I walk the mall with, go to Target with, stay up late at night with laughing our asses off at nothing in particular... watch trash tv with, marvel at the fact that we have some awesome kids, who will I BABY (toddler) WEAR with??? Makes me want to cry right now thinking about it.

I've also been thinking about all that I'm going to miss.... My sister is going to have her first baby any day now! I'll only get to be here for the first month or so. Babies grow so fast and he or she won't know me at all. And Lizz is having her second baby in November! I don't want to miss out on that too.

Ok I guess I will end my pity party now and just accept that there will be A LOT of money spent on gas in the next couple years... Ugh. Thinking about it being $4 a gallon makes me want to hurl....

Tomorrow is the Day!

Yup, tomorrow is moving day! I've actually managed to do most of the moving on my own... with Camron right at my heels whinning the whole time. The only things we really have left to move are the things we use everyday. All the big furniture, our food, our everyday dishes, bathroom stuff and a few clothes. I'm pretty dang proud of myself. =D I think the rest of today will be spent taking over the little odds and ends that still have to be moved. Luckily my mom was willing to let me borrow her car all day.

I can't wait to start living there! I've realized that it's A LOT smaller than the townhouse we're in now, but I can't get over the fact that there's so many places that I can walk to from there. I also love how we're going to be in a single story house and we now have a big backyard!! Camron LOVES it out there! It still needs a lot of work (as does the rest of the house), but I think that's a good thing. Now Ronnie will have little projects that he can work on during his days off. There's a lot that we can fix up at that house. Ronnie seems excited about the place too.

Well, I better get back to work while Camron is still napping. Our internet will be shut off for several days so I'll post again as soon as we get back online!

Moving/Packing + 15 month old...

...Is like oil and water - They just don't mix! And yet some how I'm managing. (Barely)

We got our keys to the new house on the 16th!! Our lease agreement doesn't actually start until April 1st, but our new landlord said that it's ok if we wanted to start moving our stuff in a little at a time. So on Sunday I made my first few trips to the new house with our stuff. You read that right... "I" made "my" first few trips... Ronnie got called in to work on Sunday afternoon so I did it all without him. Most of it with Camron on my hip since he refused to stand quietly and watch. In addition to all of the unloading at the house I've also been the one to do ALL the packing, loading of the car and cleaning. Ronnie will get his though... he has to move all the big heavy stuff! =P

Yesterday I managed to do some more moving despite Cam's best efforts to get in the way. I think I made about 3 trips over there with the car completely packed. The last trip over there was with Camron's crib. I can't believe that I actually took it apart all by myself and then (with the help of Lizz) was able to set it up at the new house. It's one of those 3 in 1 cribs so we set it up in to a toddler bed. =) His room looks almost complete now.

Well I better go pack some more while Camron is still napping. I have soooo much to do! Ugh.. and we have our pre-inspection today from Lincoln Military Housing. Hopefully it goes well.

We're Moving!!!

It looks like we'll be moving after all! Not across the country though... more like across town and I couldn't be more excited or happy! We made the decision to move after we found out that our rent here in military housing was being raised. Sure, we did get a pay raise and our housing allowance went up, but is our little townhouse REALLY worth $1700 a month?! And if we were to move in to a different housing area where the houses are a little nicer we'd be paying almost $2000 a month! Forget that! So we decided to go rent a house. =) I've only been searching for a house for about a week now, but we ended up finding the PERFECT house today. I'm so happy that we called the owner to take a look at it. Here's what we're getting:
- Single story house
- 2 bedrooms, 2 full bathrooms
- 2 car garage with a washer/dryer
- an attic above the garage
- a decent sized back yard with a cute patio area
- brand new stove and dishwasher
- central air
- a fireplace
- and we're allowed pets there

All that for much less then we're paying here! Oh, and there's a pool!! Our house is in a little community of houses in a cul-da-sac and in the middle there's a pool that we all share. Another great thing about this house, I can walk places! That might sound weird, but where we're at right now is right off of a highway and there's no where to walk to. At this new house I can walk to the mall. I can walk to Target. I can even walk to the Trolly and take it to my favorite little coffee shop. I'm also less then a mile away from my best friend!!!

Can you tell I'm REALLY excited about this?? lol.

I can't wait to move in. Ugh... no more stairs to walk up and down every day. No more baby gates blocking off our stairway. No more sharing a wall with the neighbors!!! Woo Hoo!