The reality is actually that we would not have completed or survived the move had it not been for some friends (and family too!). We needed you. You guys came through for us. Again.

Since the house is still on the market we’d not done any recent packing because we didn’t want boxes everywhere so we had a lot to pack last week. Then, for all of the weeks for this to happen – Gage had a little trip to the ER in the middle of the night for a bout of dehydration treated with IV fluids. So that didn’t help.

I have to thank LR, who, for several nights in a row last week, came to help me pack when I just couldn’t get my head mentally around it. She packed the entire kitchen. And our friends SW, KG and SC helped pack and unpack and shuffle last minutes things from the old house to the new one. And by 8:30 on moving day, the kids were in bed, having taken a bath, rooms unpacked. And happy. It would have been much more traumatic on them (and us) if our friends weren’t here making sure their stuffed animals were neatly lined up in their beds. T and Julian spent two days making three trips of just boxes in a U-haul…like 100 boxes. And lamps. And artwork. And I can’t forget A & M who watched the kids for the better part of the day…taking them to a parade and feeding them lunch. When picking Gage up he ran to me to say “Mommy, can I come back here some day?” Grandma and Grandpa and Auntie pitched in for the afternoon…as always when we’re in a pinch. (and come see the tile backsplash that KG help me put in!)

As it turns out, we’re always surprised with joy over the kindness ALL of our friends and family bestow on us. I think you’d help us anyway, but I know that you know that we’re just overwhelmed with our lives sometimes with the care of Gage and Quinn and running our own business. I like to think that you all were placed in our lives because God knew what we would face with Gage and Quinn’s challenges. And that you would help us understand God’s grace and love with your willingness to help us. I don’t think you know just how much you are a part of the reason we have faith. You carried us and continue to just when we need you to in a way that always catches us off guard. And we thank you.

I am headed to Bama with Gage to see Dr. Wonderful on Thursday, the 8th. We’ll be discussing the lack of concentration in his urine and how we can help him with medication. In addition, she’ll do labs, so we’ll talk about his anemia and iron levels and if there are any new concerns due to that blood work. Poor Gage, bruises just leaving his arm from his ER visit last week, only to have more needles this week. Makes me sad to think of this reality for him. But I can’t get into that now. I have boxes to unpack.

Julia