The latest update is that we did indeed move to Holland Nebraska almost exactly a month ago. I flew here with the kids February 28th, and Darren arrived shortly after, driving straight through with a friend to get here early that Sunday morning.
We moved into our new house the next day and have been trying to settle in since, with only a few MAJOR hang ups.
First off, Joe got a pretty bad cold and started to get worse and worse. He's got crummy lungs just like me and takes respiratory hits several times a year. This time it turned in to Pneumonia. Blech.
Of course because of our insurance drama we could only take him to the ER, which in the end wasn't a horrible experience. But none the less, drama...
Then a week later, after only having been here for less than 3 weeks, Theia developed a MRSA infection AGAIN. I'm not sure if I posted about it, but it would have been about 8 months ago and was awful. She developed abscesses that had to be lanced and drained at the doctor's office. NOT pleasant. Same thing happened this time, although the time line was drastically faster, instead of taking 8-9 days to progress, it was only 36 hours and we had to take her to the ER. This time she required surgery, twice, once in the ER initially, then again the next day. She ended up spending a week in the hospital while they gave her IV antibiotics and watched to make sure she didn't have a flare up once they switched her to orals.
I knew being a mom was hard, but nothing was as hard as trying to keep an 18 month old SITTING/LAYING DOWN for an entire week.
Other than that, it has been fantastic spending time with my family, reconnecting with old friends and just starting a new life/routine here. My mom took Claudia, Joe, the cousins Logan, Mason, and Parker to the circus. (quite a circus of kids I'd say too!) They've gotten to explore the fire-station, my mom's work, seen cows that pasture behind our house, seen wild turkeys, horses, goats, donkeys, and a whole other plethora of experiences they've never had before. They're enjoying going to the gym and making new friends, and are both starting classes next week.
Claudia's going to be in a gymnastics class and Joe is taking swim. I'm really excited for them to learn new things that challenge them and also give them a sense of achievement and some self esteem. Nothing makes a child feel more important than feeling like they're an expert at something.
They'll both start school at Norris (my old school) this fall, Joe in preschool and Claudia in kindergarten.
I can't wait for each new day as they learn more, adapt, and change as individuals.
