Sick Babies + Packing = No Sleep

So Tildon started having a slight cough Saturday night, and we didn't really think much of it, until I literally slept on his floor in his room until 9a the next morning. We decided he needed rest more then church so we stayed home yesterday and relaxed until we went down to my aunt and uncles for dinner and goodbyes (they are leaving for Florida tomorrow morning and will be gone until after we leave for Texas).

Tildon was great, crabby from time to time, but he made it a challenge to get packing done when he's at the phase where hes unpacking everything we pack because it's fun. So anyway we got home last night and I rocked him for bed. He slept about 2 hours at a time but kept waking up coughing and just uncomfortable.

5:30a came around and he had a fever and threw up... time to go to the doctor. SO jess and I threw on some sweats and went up to the doctors. They determined it's a virus and he got sick from all the drainage in his tummy. So Jess went to work and I took care of Tildon. He's doing better now and seems to be a bit more energetic, but packing is taking a back seat today. We will just have to double time it tomorrow to make up the day.

I have to look at this as a sign that God wants me to slow down, take time for family, and I don't need to be stressing all the time about getting the house packed. Everything will work out and be ready.

The Little things in life.

It's the small things in life that make it worth so much. My mom and Dad offered to keep Tildon this morning/afternoon so we could spend some quality time packing up the house. They came over with tons of boxes and tape, a complete surprise to us, but it was an awesome thing to do.
I have to say that it was one of the best afternoons we've had. I felt great packing and sorting stuff. (I know that this is a God thing when I enjoy packing my life up in boxes.) We sorted out for 8 bags of cloths for Goodwill, and some stuff we don't use we are going to donate as well. So I felt like today was good if even for that.
It was nice because we had some time to ourselves, not to say time with Tildon is a bad thing, but it was nice to put on our John Mayer playlist on Pandora, and really buckle down together and work on the house.
All in all a great day, I feel like even though we only had a few hours we did a lot of work. If anyone wants to help pack I will not turn down the offer. ;)
-Nick

The Day of Finalizing

Well I do have to say today was gut check time.
Jess put in her notice today at work and I signed our moving company agreement. The reason why I say it's a gut check is because I didn't think this would happen. Not only not happen, but not happen so fast.

When our friends Brian and Keisha Gage came up this last July, I had dreams of moving to Texas. (You need to know that I am a blue sky thinker, I think of something and thats all I focus on). But after realizing we had neither the money nor the jobs lined up, I knew that Texas was a pipe dream. So we moved on and focused on living here in Michigan. Then out of the blue, Brian says he has a potential job for me. Two weeks later I'm flying down to Texas for 2 day. I leave Flint Michigan at 6a, I land in Dallas at noon, have a Then a quick job interview at 4p. I then meet some of the staff Wednesday morning for Breakfast, where I meet the Pastor who leads worship at our company twice a week. Then Im off on a flight home to Michigan at 1p, land in Michigan at midnight. Then two weeks later signing papers to move.

Now that might not seem real stressful to you, but it is to me. I have never lived (minus my mission trip for a month to Australia) outside of a 20 mile radius of where I grew up. It's hard for me to think that I'll be leaving family and friends here to start Our new life in Texas. The fear that I might not see some family alive again saddens me. But I do know that this is the best for my family. I need to take care of my wife and children, and I will do whatever it takes to do that.
-Nick

The Beginning

Hi everyone,
I wanted to just take a min to explain a bit about what this blog's purpose is.

Jess and I are embarking on one our our most difficult and challenging experiences of our marriage. I recently accepted a job at Dansco (more on that later) and we are moving from Michigan to Abilene Texas.

We need to have everything packed and out by March 28th. Not too difficult you say? Did I mention Jess is pregnant with baby number 2 and I have never lived anywhere else other than Michigan?

So I started this blog so everyone can check up and see how we are doing through this whole process. I want to try and write at least once a day from this point forward. I also hope that Jess will take time to as well. So you guys can hear and see how we are doing.

The other purpose for this is for those we are moving away from, we want to post pictures, videos, and much more so everyone can see our children grow.

That's it for now, I'll post more later.
-Nick