Is this funny?

Thank you for being patient with the lack of pictures on our blog so far. Please humor me as I update you on the last 12 hours of our lives, and explain why the pictures haven't made it here. Well, let's back up to Sunday when Greer woke up screaming. She had thrown up in her crib, and Chad and I attributed it to the little bit of pizza we gave her the previous night at dinner. She recovered well, and we spent the next few days with Kate and Amelia who came up from Beaufort for a visit.

Yesterday Greer's little virus hit mommy with a gigantic thud. I felt nauseated, but attributed it to drinking OJ for breakfast (high acid content isn't always good for me). Later, all the food I had eaten came back up for a not-so-pleasant visit. You know the great thing about being sick and the mommy- YOU have to clean it up. By the way, Chad is in TX for the week. So after trying to convince myself that getting it all out was going to make me feel better, I noticed that I had the chills. Yikes! A virus! Kate was nice enough to give me some time to rest while she took the girls in another room, but with the chills I realized that I was contagious. She took Amelia, and Greer and I tried our best to make it through dinner, a bath, and bedtime.

I feel asleep at 8 pm, and feel somewhat better this morning. Good enough to take care of Greer, but not good enough to drive to Simpsonville like our original plan. You see Chad and I have tickets to the Clemson-Alabama game, and we planned a nice long weekend of rest in Atlanta. Chad's parents are keeping Greer. So...I hope to feel better soon, and I hope to see Chad real soon. Nothing like being sick to show you how much you need the people you love.

Our Move to Columbia

I guess this is a great time to start a blog. We have just been uprooted and replanted in a new place. I am waiting on the Lord to provide the water and fertilizer so we can grow and flourish in this new environment!

Here is the story of why we decided to move:

As most of you know, Chad has been traveling for work a lot. At least twice a week he gets up at 4 am and drives to Columbia for a full day of work. (This doesn't include his additional travel to Charleston, Wilmington, Asheville, Texas, etc. to do his job.) It finally hit us at the end of May that maybe we should consider moving to Columbia. Admittedly, this was a slow process for us since he has been doing that for more than a year.

First things first, we had to sell our house. Well, that was the easy part. One of our neighbors agreed to buy our house, but he had to sell his first. His house closed last week after being on the market a grand total of 3 weeks. Great job Brian! So our house closes this week when he returns from Las Vegas (hopefully with plenty of money).

After looking for a house in Lexington, SC (southwest of Columbia), we decided that the best option for us would be to build through KB Homes. So we are currently living in an apartment until our house is done. Hopefully that will be in 6-8 months, but so far no visible progress on our lot. I will update with pictures soon!