Getting Settled

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Great news!  Kennedy has started to get settled into the new daycare.  No more tears when we go to drop her off.  In fact, one morning, when Jason dropped her off she started to walk away to play and then turned back and waved to tell him bye.  She's also been making comments about playing when he goes to drop her off.  And she must be having fun.  She comes home a complete mess every day.  Her teachers have even stated that she's come out of her shell because she's talking quite a bit more.

We didn't have anything special going on this weekend, so we made a big push to do some unpacking. We made quite a bit of progress.  Much like the packing process, the unpacking process  seems to never end.  Nevertheless, we're making some good headway and it is such a relief to be getting settled in.

Kennedy has been cracking us up lately.  She sure enjoys chasing Sammy around the house, tackling and smothering him.  We caught her in the act at one point.  He's such a good sport he just puts up with it and doesn't seem irritated at all.

On Sunday afternoon, we walked over to the lake.  There is a playground just a few steps away from our front door.  From there, you can take a short trail to the lake.  While walking around the lake, we stumbled across a bird watching area and ended up walking down to the shore.  We were able to see some turtles, a fish and some ducks out on the water.  Kennedy sure seems to enjoy it.

Whitney's Graduation

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On Monday, Kennedy started at her new daycare. She did about as well as could be expected. Drop-off is pretty rough, but the teachers said she calms down pretty quickly and has been interacting with the class throughout the day. They have even started working with her on going to the potty. They take all the kids and let them sit on the toilet, but I don't think Kennedy really knows that she is actually supposed to do anything when she is on the toilet. She is very excited to see Mom at the end of the day. 

We haven't gotten much unpacked. In the evenings it seems that we are just too warn out to really accomplish much.  We have taken a couple of walks throughout the neighborhood in the evenings.  It seems that each time we walk out the front door, we bump into a new neighbor and get to visit for a few minutes.  We're really happy with the neighborhood and look forward to seeing our family grow up here.  Still not many photos of the new house.  Once we get a little more settled, we'll be posting some updated photos.

We headed to Amarillo Thursday after work. Whitney, Jason's sister graduated with her Bachelor's degree on Saturday from West Texas A&M University. She actually completed her degree in 3 years. She has decided to stay on for another 2 years to get her Master's Degree. We are so proud of her and we're so happy we could help her celebrate. It was also a good time conversing with family as all of Jason's family on his mom's side were in town for the celebration. We don't all get together very often, so when we do, it is quite a special time!

It also turned out to be Mother's Day this weekend, so we were excited to actually spend that holiday with our Mothers! We did have to leave pretty early to get home in time for our Sunday chores, but it was still a good time.

Moved In!

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Wow!  What a wild ride.  Last week, we closed on our Lewisville house.  The weekend after that, we kicked our packing into high gear.  The more we packed, the more stuff seemed to just come out of the woodworks.  By the end of the weekend, we managed to get most of our belongings ready to go.

The following Tuesday, we closed on our new Grapevine house, but we didn't get the keys until Wednesday.  After work, we all headed over to the new house to take a look around.  It was pretty surreal walking through our new home.  On Thursday, the rubber really hit the road.  We both had the day off.  The movers arrived around 9:00 AM and they didn't waste much time before they started loading the truck.  We were so impressed with the movers.  They could each lift more with one hand than the two of us could get combined.  We are definitely glad that we bit the bullet and hired them.  By about 2:00 in the afternoon, they had us completely unloaded in the new house.  We were pretty impressed with how quick it went.  We spent our first night that evening.

On Friday, Rachel stayed home to spend some time unpacking.  Jason took Kennedy to her Montessori for her last day before switching to her new daycare.  We were certainly sad to be leaving them.  They have been a great school and this was one of the hardest parts of the move.  That said, it will make more sense to be at the new place.  They made her some special artwork for her last day.

On Saturday, we went to a picnic with Jason's co-workers.  They had barbeque catered and held the event at a local park in Grapevine.  Shortly thereafter, we headed back home to continue the unpacking.  That evening, we were invited to a neighbor's house for a shrimp boil.  We certainly enjoyed getting to meet some of the neighbors.

All in all, we are very excited to be in our new home.  The city is in a better location and has better city services.  The schools are better.  The neighborhood is well established and has some very mature trees, a private playground and pond.  We can really see our family growing up in this home!