Into the woods...or desert...?

Confession.  We are moving to the Phoenix area and still have a hard time remembering the spelling of the city, oe or eo or F?  Ha.  I think I have it now but I still have to think about it, kind of like when I spell words like  "beautiful" or "Tim".  


We have all the boxes packed, loaded on the trailer and it is on it's way to sunny Arizona.  It should be there in 5 business days.  We rented space on a commercial trailer to save some extra $ and to save us the headache of dragging a trailer across the country.  Ginny and Kaylor are flying in Saturday and my dad and I leave Friday afternoon in the car.  A special thanks to everyone who helped us move!  Members of the ward came and even a member who works across the street hopped over to help out, unexpectedly.  


There are definitely mixed feelings of leaving Louisiana.  I was born here 30 years ago and grew up with the culture in my family's home even though I grew up outside of Louisiana.  I still have family here who I love and will miss seeing as often.  I will definitely miss the food and the culture.  I was looking out the window yesterday at our neighbor's yard and the beautiful green grass and majestic trees and the mulberries growing from it.  I will always remember this place in my heart and will be back soon, I'm sure, to visit.  I will not, however, miss the mugginess or the bugs!  We know this move is for the best.  It will be nice to have a little more spoils like being able to buy garments from a store and shopping at a Costco!  The population of our church is larger there and that will also be a plus.  


Ginny has been speculating as to what's going on in Kaylor's mind.  We have noticed her staring at the boxes in our house and we feel she recognizes that something is a mis and change lingers in the air.  Children are quite perceptive and even though we know not what goes on in that ever intriguing mind, we can only guess she feels a little uneasy.  This past week has been hard on us because she is not sleeping as she use to.  We hope once things settle down, she will be able to get back into a better routine.  She's just very curious and we feel she is always wondering what's going on.  


We have started her on real food.  She has tried squash, sweet potatoes, carrots and even green peppers.  She seems to love them all.  Although, the green pepper wasn't cooked (she just sucked on it while we were eating), she did like the taste, after the initial "this is not something I'm use to eating" face.  She also has been eating oatmeal 1-2 times a day.  We have been cooking the vegetables ourselves which is so much cheaper than store bought baby food and we feel like she likes it!  


Kaylor has also been getting up on all fours.  No crawling yet but she no longer stays in one place.  She can roll and "scoot".  The other day, Ginny was pumping in the rocking chair and Kaylor was on the floor.  Ginny kept calling Kaylor's name and she went from the middle of the floor to Ginny in about 2 minutes.  I'm pretty sure Kaylor knew what she was doing.


We love our little girl.  I'm glad I was able to type this long of a post (because she is sleeping).  I've had the immense pleasure of taking care of K while Ginny has been working this last week.  It is getting me ready for the big time when Ginny gets her full-time, big girl job in AZ.  

We will miss our friends and family in LA but are looking towards the West for a better opportunity to grow.  This definitely is not goodbye to the bayou but just see ya' later, alligator.