Week 21 - Getting ready

Week 21 Picture

The pieces are starting to fall into place. The repair guy is all scheduled, the moving contract is just about signed, I have someone that I can give my little white car to, and we have an interested buyer in the truck. It feels really good to get these things taken care of. Moving is really stressful. It's not so bad when you're a single guy with only a desk and an old, dirty, single mattress to your name. It's a lot more to think about when you've got a wife, two dogs, a baby, and 3.5 tons of stuff to move literally across the entire country. I've been really stressed about it recently. Even more so because my uncertainty on how to approach everything led me to wait longer than I should have to get things taken care of.

Fortunately, Jay's disposition has been one thing I have not had to worry about lately. He's been so exceedingly sweet lately. He's also been vocal. Very vocal. There have been times during the last few days where all he wanted to do was lay on the ground and squeal at the top of his lungs. Happy noises fortunately, but very loud. However, even more shocking than his consistently positive disposition is how well he's been sleeping. Last night, he went eight hours straight before getting up. That's means he's almost at the point where we no longer have to commit to a middle-of-the-night feeding. I know I talk about his sleep habits a lot here, but they go a long way toward dictating the amount of patience Kimbre and I have for dealing with the stressors of day-to-day life. His timing for figuring things out in the sleep department could not be any better.

In less than two weeks, our world will turn upside down. It's really intimidating and the reality of it has only recently become apparent. I am looking forward to the change. I'm looking forward to our new life. Still, I'm not looking forward to all that it's going to take to get there. Oh well, that's life.