we made it

It has been a very busy weekend for our family. Thursday & Friday night, we stayed with my parents while our apartment was packed and loaded into the moving van. The movers arrived on Thursday morning and started packing up everything we own into boxes, outside of our furniture. By that afternoon, over 100 boxes were stacked up from corner to corner and in every room. Friday morning, a different set of guys showed up to load everything into the eighteen wheeler. The head mover, Brian, came down from Wisconsin to move us to Bakersfield. He was able to fit everything on the truck with no problems, including our vehicle. He will arrive on Thursday to unload our car and to bring us some extra stuff we asked to be put to the side, so that we would could have some more clothes for us and toys for Mason.

Saturday morning, my mom made my favorite breakfast, which she calls a "Farmers Breakfast". It consists of eggs scrambled with potatoes, bacon or sausage and cheese mixed together served with either toast or biscuits. She even brewed a cup of coffee for me, which was so thoughtful because neither of my parents or Adam drinks coffee.

Adam's family came over and we took some pictures with everyone and then said our goodbye's to them. Tears were shed and it was a very bittersweet moment. We loaded in the truck and my parents drove us to IAH. Again more tears were shed, although I think I did pretty good in trying to hold it in. If we were only a couple hours away by drive it would be different. Atleast with the technology today, it is much easier to stay in touch.

Getting all the bags checked in and thru security was a breeze. Luckily, my mother-in-law traveled back in October with my neice, Faith, and she was able to give us some advice on making it a smooth process. While we were waiting to go thru security, Dr. Neil Frank from KHOU in Houston stood in front of us with his son. They were going skiing in Colorado for a couple weeks.

I prayed and prayed days before our flight that it would go smoothly and Mason would be an angel. I was so worried about his little ears popping and how excited he gets sometimes and then begins to screech. However, he was so good and we were so lucky. He was smiling and flirting as we boarded the plane and were waiting to take off. Once we started to pull away from the gate, I noticed he was rubbing his eyes, so I was hoping after I gave him his bottle, he would fall asleep and he did. He slept for 3 hours and didn't wake up until we were about to land. I was so proud of him.

We had to gather all 7 pieces of our luggage and take a shuttle to National Car Rental to get our vehicle and then drive about 20 minutes outside of LA to meet Adam's boss. Once we met up with him, Adam received his company vehicle and we proceeded onto Bakersfield. By this time, it was starting to get dark outside, so we weren't able to see too much, but we drove across the mountains into Bakersfield. After we checked into our hotel, we ran a couple of errands and ate a quick dinner and crashed. We were all exhausted from the day.