Home is where the family is

Monday, I came home to Utah for a doctors appointment and it was so good to be back on familiar ground. It was nice to be in Utah, but home is definately where Milan and the kids are. Payton had her Bili levels checked again and she is finally at a normal level and there are no more concerns of jaundice. She weighed in at 7 lbs. 4 oz. and 21 inches at her 6 week checkup. She is the size of an average newborn. The boys were fat babies so it seems so strange to have such a tiny baby. She is doing well though. She is starting to sleep better. About 6-7 hours at night. It has only happened 3 times, but I am hoping this is a new trend with her.

I also wanted to update you on our house. We are closing on Monday and moving in on Monday night. We are so excited to finally be in our home. Apartment living is tough when you are living out of a suitcase and in cramped quarters with 3 kids. There's just no where for the kids to play. Our apartment is about 20-25 minutes from our new house and I have been driving the kids to and from school each day and taking Milan to the train station everyday. I spend about 3 hours a day driving everyone to and from their destinations in moms taxi so it will be nice to get some of that time back once we are in our house and Milan gets a car. We have had a hard time getting a second car here. There are so many rules and hoops to jump through that it makes it really hard for an out of stater to buy a car here. We will post pictures as soon as we have some.

Dallas Updates

Payton has been smiling lately and I was able to capture one on camera. Her brothers like to maul her and bug her. Sometimes she likes it, most of the time she gets mad. I think she's going to be a tough little girl with brothers like hers. She is starting to sleep a little better at night, which I am very happy about. She still seems so tiny to me. We will find out on Tuesday how much she weighs now and if her jaundice has finally resolved itseslf. Sunday she was still looking a little yellow to me, but today her skin doesn't look as yellow.

The boys are starting to like school and are even trying to make friends now. They still miss their friends from home, and who can blame them. They had some really great friends back home. We are about a week and a half away from moving into our new home, which we will soon have pictures of. We are finally starting to find our way around here. At first, I hated to vear off any of the main roads that I knew because I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to find my way back. I got brave and started to do a little sight seeing. I also have my very own GPS system, he name is Carrie. All I have to do is call her when I get lost or if I need to find something she'll tell me where to find it. It's awesome. Carrie has been a great help to me since we have been in Dallas. Our babies are 1 day apart, and they are both girls. How cool is that.

We love you all and miss you very much.

We made it!

We finally made it to Dallas. We just got the internet hooked up so we haven't been able to blog til now. The drive was very long, but the kids did really well considering we were in the car for 3 days 7 hours a day. We did get a little lost on our second day. I gave Milan some bad directions and then went to sleep. We only went out of our way about 60 miles. I just wanted to take the scenic route.

On Sunday, we went to church and so many members came up to us, it was a little overwhelming. They seem like nice people. We even got invited to dinner that night, which we were grateful for. We know there are a lot of good people here, but we miss our home ward alot.

Our boys started school yesterday and surprisingly they did better than I thought. When we dropped them off, they were so scared to go to a new school with all new people, but when I picked them up they seemed better about the new school. I think it's going to take time for all of us to adjust to our new life here in Murphy.

Payton is doing well. Still not sleeping great, but she has been a really good baby so far. She is adjusting the best out of all of us, imagine that.

We love you all and miss you so much.

Homeless

So we are officially homeless. We have sold our house and moved out and our new home wont be complete until the end of September. We have started our journey to Dallas and made Farmington, New Mexico our first stop. The kids have done really well for being in the car for 7 hours. I am really suprised at how well the baby did. She slept most of the day and we only had to stop twice to feed her. Milan's sister Kelly is staying in Zunie and drove up to Farmington to see us. It was a fun surprise. We will be heading out in the morning and will drive to Amarillo, Texas where we will spend our second night, and then head out the next morning for Dallas, our final destination.
We want to say thank you to all of those who have helped us with our move. We truly feel so blessed to have so many wonderful friends and family who support and love us. It was so hard to say goodbye, but we feel like we are meant to be in Texas. We love and appreciate all of you.