If any of you know about our last 9 months, you know that it has been utterly chaotic. At the end of April, we moved out of our house in Hutschenhausen because black mold had grown in the wall between the dining room and bathroom. It was making all of us quite sick. We lived with our friends, the Cloutiers, until the beginning of July.
During our time there, we celebrated Mother's Day, my 30th birthday and made many wonderful memories :)
At the beginning of July, we moved back to our Hutschenhausen house because the Cloutier's had to move and the landlord had "fixed" the mold problem. Within 1 week of moving back in, a young couple rented the Hutschenhausen house and so we had 2 weeks to pack everything and be out. So, July 19th, 2010 we moved out of our Hutschenhausen house and in with our friends, the Nuccios. On July 22, at 10pm, we went into the labor and delivery ward at the german hospital in Landstuhl. Five hours later, Jocelyn Elise was born! To say it had been a busy week would be an understatement.
A few weeks later, we "found" our next house, but were told it wouldn't be ready to rent until the beginning of September. September came and we were informed it would be ready by mid-September. That too came and went. During that time, I was hospitalized for a week with what they initially believed was a blod clot in my brain. Five days later, I was released and told there was never a blod clot!
Finally, on October 8, 2010, we began the move-in process for our new house in Hohenecken. We were SO excited to finally live in our own, mold-free home! The excitement was soon replaced by a mix of horror and dismay. Our belongings that had been stored for the 6 months we were in transition had molded! It literally took us WEEKS to sort, throw away, salvage and clean everything. By mid-November, we were finally starting to feel settled.
A month later, on December 14th, we flew back to Oregon for the holidays and for my sister Bethany's wedding. It was a wonderful time, and we really enjoyed being back and seeing our family and a few friends. We came back almost a month later on January 13, and were surprised and blessed to find that many of our friends had cleaned and organized our house for us!
This amazing gift gave us the opportunity to start fresh! And so now, I want to begin to make order out of the chaos that is my life. Figuring out what my girls need from me, how to be a true help-mate to my husband, and what it means to passionately seek after the Lord.
This amazing gift gave us the opportunity to start fresh! And so now, I want to begin to make order out of the chaos that is my life. Figuring out what my girls need from me, how to be a true help-mate to my husband, and what it means to passionately seek after the Lord.
I'm not really sure where to start, but I think I'm just going to take baby steps. Tomorrow, I am going to sit down and think through what I can do to facilitate Moriah's spiritual, emotional, social, mental and physical (abilities) growth. . .
