BIG NEWS!

Greg and I have some exciting news to share.... We are.... HEADING BACK TO TEXAS!!!!  We are so excited to make this journey back to the South, as we will now be closer to family and friends. It was important to both of us to raise our family near relatives so they are a big part of Bear's life. It has been a whirlwind the last couple of weeks.  I had been praying about the direction our family should take, should we settle in Michigan or get back to Texas. Literally, within 48 hours I had received a few emails and calls from JCP asking me if I was interested in coming back. It was amazing, I truly felt that God had opened a door that I had not expected. After some Skype interviews, I was offered a position back at JCP. Greg is staying with his same company but will be working remotely. He is mainly traveling anyways, so instead of flying out of Detroit he will be flying out of DFW.

There are lots of changes in store for our family. One being my return to the working world. It has almost been a year since we left Dallas, and after stints in Toronto and Birmingham, we are excited to return.  Secondly, Bear is enrolled in school in Dallas, so I will no longer be his full time caregiver during the day.I feel blessed that I was able to stay at home with him for almost five months before he goes to school. I think it will be good for him to be around other kids his age and other adults. I know I will be fighting back tears when I drop him off next Monday. Bear and I fly down this Wednesday and Greg will be driving my car down on Thursday am. We are lucky that my mother in law is here so that she can be a copilot for Greg and help out with Bear so that I'm able to run errands and pack! You forget how much stuff your little one has until you realize you go to pack! YIKES! 

We are looking for a home in Dallas, and once we have found one Greg will move down along with the rest of our items. Until we find a home Bear and I will be staying with my mom. We are again blessed to have family there.  There will be much more  blog posts as we learn to transition back to Dallas and back to me working. If any of you moms out there have tips to make this transition easier, please send them our way!

We have met some wonderful people here in Michigan, and enjoyed our time up here.However, we are excited to raise Bear in Texas, and more importantly truly settle. We have been nomads the past three years with Greg living in Toronto and I in Dallas. The hardest part for our family will be Greg's travel schedule, but like all things we will make the best of the situation and learn how to make it work. 

Hope everyone has a great week, say a prayer for our little family as we are flying and driving this week!

CHEERS!

PS- How exciting is it that Kate is in labor!!! I think we will have a little princess to admire and maybe a potential wife for Bear :)! ha! 


Here are some new pics of Bear from 4th of July that I forgot to post! He is getting SOO big and so much fun :)!