June

June was a bit of a whirlwind.  Going into it, I knew it was going to be tough.  While I was in it, I think was a grouchy/crazy/stressed lady.  Looking back, I have so much gratitude for it all.  While it was a lot to soak in, so many good things fell into place, moved forward as they needed, and really set us up for the next crazy month.

In summary:

*Mike was gone during the weeks, and some of the weekends of June.  Already working in his new position, and then house hunting. 

*I was prego.  And really wanted to just be prego.  So I was pretty grouchy.  Picked a realtor, got the house "show ready" and then showed the house like crazy for a solid 6 days.  And seriously, had an offer on the house by the 6th day.  Can't even express how stressful and crazy those 6 days were cleaning, showing, and corralling kids solo with a bun in the oven, finding things to do while we were "homeless" in the summer, and then doing it over and over.  At the same time, can't even express how much gratitude I have that the Lord helped us with the whole process.

*I kept our boy busy that month.  A week long cub scout camp was simply amazing for him.  And then a fun basketball camp.  

*We spent lots of time at the pool.  I loved being in the water and taking the baby weight off my hips!

*I stayed busy and taught my fitness classes through the end of June.  It felt good to feel relatively "normal" with all of the change going on.

*Tayler had A LOT of meltdowns.  And by a lot, I actually mean a lot.  Max and Alexis were huge helpers.  So were fruit snacks.

*We wrapped things up with doctors appointments, and Tayler's first dentist appointment.  So cute.

*We had plenty of "movie nights" together.  As by that time in the evening momma was so, so tired, and often on the phone talking to the hubby about the logistics of everything.

*Mike had success on his end as well (no photos), but actually found a house in a day.  Prior to leaving on the house trip, I checked with the doc to see if I'd be able to fly out, but I was just too far along.  So he was house hunting solo.  And promised he'd find a quick move in ready home.  You can imagine my excitement when he told me the house he'd found was only a foundation.  But that's a whole other story.

*Church was one of our favorite things.  All the Sundays but one, Mike was with us, so it was great to spend time together as a family.  And to be surrounded by so many great people.  I snapped this photo - Max and Mike had the weekly job of collecting the garbages at the end of the meetings.  This kid loved doing it, and I just can't get enough of him in that suit.