We made it!

{Adelyn woke up so I didn't have time to organize the pictures. here they are for now :)}

Well, it took 20 hours but we made it to San Antonio! Adelyn was so great the entire trip (except for the last 3 hours). She slept almost the whole time but then the last 3 hours she SCREAMED! That was her breaking point. Luckily it was only 3 hours. Joseph's mom came with us and we were so glad she did. It mad everything a lot easier.

Playing with her feet

The Alamo

Eating her single grain oatmeal

Our plan when we got down here was to find a place to live within a week and move right in. WRONG! We were so used to what we paid for our mortgage in Maricopa that we thought if we added a couple hundred to that it should be enough to find a decent place to live. WRONG AGAIN! The first house we went in was like a fun house. The floors were slanted! Later on we ended up in what can only be described as government housing and we were afraid to leave our cars. We finally upped our budget and that day found a cute little home in a nice neighborhood. Sammy was so glad to finally move into a house and out of the hotel room. I felt so bad because I could tell he was depressed. I took him on MANY MANY walks with Adelyn strapped to my front in an Ergo carrier. But he still had a hard time living in that tiny room. Our room was a "studio room". It was a tiny kitchenet, a place for a couch, a bed, and a bathroom.

Our Small Room. Imagine Addie's pack and play at the end of the bed and Sammy's huge kennel  in front of the couch

Our House!

We couldn't bring much stuff with us to San Antonio so this is what we have to live in our house until August 9th when our stuff gets here: 2 twin mattresses (laying on the floor in our bedroom), a pack and play, bumbo chair, two camping chairs, basic things to take care of Adelyn (bottles, diapers, breast pump, clothes, bath tub, etc etc), toiletries, Sammy's kennel, toys, and bowls, our clothes, 2 towels, sheets for the mattresses, my ample supply of breast milk (kept in a cooler until we got to San Antonio where our room had a full size fridge with a freezer), our computer with all of our pictures and everything on it, and our two laptops. I think that's about it. Of course we've bought a few things so we can eat and cook here. Needless to say, I'm pretty bored and trying to make it work in our house until our things get here.

It ended up taking us 2 weeks to move into our house. By the end of the 2 weeks we were sick of the free breakfast which consisted of eggs and Texas shaped waffles. It is nice to be in our own home despite the ridiculously huge bugs. I'm not even kidding! We've had two cockroaches or "water bugs". One was in the bathroom on Tuesday night and then last night when Adelyn woke up at 3 am I brought her to the living room to change her diaper and feed her in my camping chair. I looked over to the dining area and there was a roach running across the floor. Luckily Joseph came out because he heard Addie crying and he was able to get the roach. We sprayed the house today so hopefully that will help! So gross! Everything IS bigger in Texas!

Joseph really likes his job so far. His department is still in it's "infancy" so he is able to put in a lot of input from what he learned at Apollo Group. I went and visited his work the other day and it was pretty cool. Rackspace bought an old mall in a bad part of town. I guess having this company there has really started to turn the area around. It got so bad that even a Wal-Mart closed!! I didn't know that was possible! The mall (called the Castle) is really fun. They have a slide that goes from the 2nd floor down to the first, free soda stations, old gondolas as places to sit, the different departments are fun names like Sci-Fi Movies, Cereals and Stores. The company is very forward thinking. They bring in a different caterer every day so their employees don't have to leave work if they don't want to. Every Wednesday is Chic-fil-a day so Joseph is in heaven :) They are also working on having a doctor on site so their employees don't have to take time off of work and in turn the employees have a doctor close by.

We haven't met really anyone except for our neighbors on one side. But whenever I walk around our neighborhood everyone is friendly and says hello. We went and visited Joseph's boss' ward one Sunday but didn't go to our real ward last Sunday because Joseph's Aunt Jen and her family were in town. We all went to the Alamo and the Riverwalk. It was a lot of fun but SO HOT!


Yesterday was a tough day for the Cooper family as Papaw Cooper passed away. His funeral will be on Tuesday morning. We are leaving here Saturday morning to go to Dallas and will leave after the funeral. He was a really great man. I only met him once but I have talked to him on the phone several times since Joseph and I have been married. He will be missed. 


On Wednesday Adelyn and I are flying back to Arizona to meet the movers and be there when they pack up my house. I'm also meeting with 2 potential realtors who will list our house. It's going to be a long week between Dallas and Arizona, but I will be excited to sit on a couch and sleep in  a bed that's not on the floor. Joseph is staying in San Antonio when I go up to Arizona. It will be sad to be away from him and I'll be excited to get back here. 


Adelyn is 5 months old today but she was really crabby so I wasn't able to do a photo shoot today. Hopefully she'll be in a better mood tomorrow!! :)

4 Months Old Photo Shoot

Adelyn turned 4 months old yesterday! She is getting so big!

She loves rubbing her feet together. Too cute!

Love

I love these pictures. They show her personality :)

San Antonio Baby!

We're MOVING!!! Joseph was offered a job at Rackspace as a Security Engineer. He will have a pretty similar job description to what he was doing at Apollo Group. This all happened very fast! The air conditioning went out in Joseph's truck and was going to cost $1300 to get it fixed. We decided that we needed to make more $$$ to survive. Air conditioning is a necessity in Arizona. Joseph went to talk to his director to see how raises were going to look at his annual review. The director let him know that they weren't looking good based on the company being down for the 3rd quarter in a row. He suggested that if Joseph needed to make more money that he should start looking for a new job. This wasn't a threat by any means, he was just being straight forward with him.

So, the next couple of days Joseph and I looked for jobs, worked on his resume and cover letter, and reached out to a few friends in Texas for some possible networking opportunities (you may have received an email from me :) ). When Joseph was 14 years old he started working at an internet company called Go Quest. When he left, his boss, Chris, told him to contact him if he ever needed a job. Well, 12 years later he called on that favor. Joseph looked Chris up on Facebook and found out he was the manager of a Security Operations Center which is the exact department that Joseph works in now! He sent him an email and found out they had 2 positions open. The next day the two talked on the phone for an unofficial interview. The day after that he talked on the phone with their HR rep, the day after that she called back to schedule a flight for one week later. They paid for Joseph to fly out to San Antonio for an interview. By 7pm that night we knew he had the job! Chris sent him a text saying he got it and he should be getting the official offer within the next few days. That came in on Thursday of last week and found out Joseph will be starting on July 9th! So we are leaving either Monday July 2nd or Tuesday July 3rd! SO crazy! One of the best things is that they are sending someone out here to pack up our stuff and drive it down.

I have a lot of stress in my stomach about this whole thing, but everything is working out perfectly and we know it's the right thing to do.

I've been doing a lot of research about San Antonio and it looks like a super fun city! I want to go to:

The Riverwalk. Doesn't it look like so much fun?! I've been told there are lots of restaurants, you can get a boat ride, and it's just fun to walk around.

The Alamo

SeaWorld! Only one of my favorite places in the world! Now I'll only live 45 minutes away!

And there's so much more! Like I said, I'm pretty nervous about the move down there but that's mostly the logistics of it all.

We found out yesterday that Joseph's director quit as well so it seems that Joseph is getting out of there at just the right time. Also, we had to own our house for 3 years because we received the first time home owner's credit. Well, that is up at the end of July! Rackspace is providing us with a realtor to sell our house. They are supposed to give us updates of how they are listing our house, how many people are coming to see it and all that jazz. Everything is all working out for us. Today we'll decide exactly which day we are going to drive down there.

Wish us luck on our new adventure!

Picture Overload

Nothing new has been going on with us but I thought I would post some pictures. Recently Adelyn has started grabbing at things. She grabs the rattle from my hands and grabs on to her toys. She is also doing a great job at holding up her head!

Sammy loves his sister!

Big Baby Blues!

Holding her rattle

She holds her hands a lot now

Cute feeties

Pretty dress her Grammy gave her. The shoes I bought look like clown shoes. LOL

Happy little girlie

I love these lashes!