My Experience thus far...

So, we've made it through our first work day in PA. I have already started to notice the kinks of the house.
#1 No heat. Surprisingly it is cold out here still...especially at night. Which, is bad for a sick baby, but hopefully that gets fixed soon.

#2 Freaky washer. I am pretty sure our washer is possessed. I put a load into the washer before we left yesterday to run some errands and shut the door and let the magic happen. Well, when i came home, I couldn't get the utility room door opened because the washer was in front of it!! It freaks out every time we do a load now....either big or small, when it gets to that spin cycle, it goes nuts.

#3 No tv or internet. I never thought i was obsessed with the two but apparently i am. With no TV, especially with brett gone all day, can get pretty boring around here. Also, some fun news, qwest isn't stationed anywhere in PA so we are still paying on our two year contract but not receiving any benefits of such. Go figure the 'west' in qwest means "we only work out in the west" duh Lydia. So we are currently hacking into a near by local connection that works sometimes and not others....fun fun fun.

#4 Adalie. She seems to have caught a whole new cold out here and is sick all over again. Plus, with her schedule lost on the drive over, its been tough to try and get a sick baby back on some kind of routine.

#5 Location. I am used to every thing being so close in provo that a thirty minute drive into town seems like an all day trip to me. I love where we are living though. Nice two bedroom condos on a private golf coarse, but no more quick trips downtown for something last minute. And gas is a whopping $3.65 Whoa!!

#6 White carpet. Ugh, white carpet. Baby. I think that says it all.

Despite a few other little things...no family...husbands 12 hour work days..., we are determined to keep our heads held high and our faith strong. Everything will work out for the better.

I finally found a wal-mart...I think all of my problems are solved for now.

Lets see if we can make this work....

We're here! Well it looks like we will be calling Canonsburg, Pa our home for the next four months of summer. Getting here was definably a hoot! Our car was packed to the max with so much stuff and somehow we found a way to stuff Adalie back there too in her car seat. Poor thing....there was so much stuff piled all around her. I felt bad that she couldn't even look out the windows and try to enjoy the view from the 28 hour drive. We left provo around 7 am and stopped in Lincoln Illinois about 12 hours later to rest up for the night. I don't think Adalie could have taken another minute of her car seat. We left again around 7 the next morning and finally made it into our apt in Pittburg around 12 am. phew! it was so long, but considering, it was a good trip. Adalie was such a little trooper. She did have a diaper blow-out (which by the way has never happened before) all over her car seat midway through ohio which we didn't notice until late ohio...she fell asleep in it so we never even knew! We thought the smell was all the manure in the farm fields we were passing!! I'll have to get some pictures...we live on a golf course! haha
Anywho, we're finally here and it feels great. It is such a beautiful place..i never knew how green it was and it has gorgeous rolling hills! Our apt is so nice but i did almost cry when i found out there was no pool.... We have gone to the store and bought a few things to make it our own and are settling right in. It is going to be a long summer but I am actually really excited. I even feel like I get to see Brett more often now then I did when we were in provo. There he had 12 hour days atleast....so eight is actually not too much to ask for from us. This should be lots of fun!

more from the aquarium

Now its time to say goodbye...

We did it! We got the house packed and clean. Finals are done. Baby is better (finally she has been sick for a month! ugh). Jeep is all packed up. Trash is in the dump. And we have never been more ready to get out of provo! It has been a stressful 24 hours trying to move but i am so releaved it is all done and we are finally getting out of here. Next to giving birth, this has got to be one of the scariest/excited feelings heading out to Pittsburgh. who knows what will happen right? I mean, I have faith that we're going to do well and have lots of fun, but not really knowing does make me a little nervous. Anywho, our next post just might be a Pittsburgh post! We're going to be Yankees!!!

Weekend Fun

Our fun day at the park and the aquarium!