Well, we made it to California! The trip went just about as smoothly as it could have and we had a lot of help. We flew my mom in to Idaho Falls to help me drive with Cooper in one car and Lynn drove the moving truck and towed our other car behind it. We were really nervous about going through Donner Pass, especially when it snowed on us in Elko the night before. But we made sure to hit the pass at the warmest part of the day and thankfully it was clear and dry. While Lynn and a friend unloaded the truck into a storage unit, I went with my mom and a friend to go look at some apartments. We found a place we liked and had Lynn walk through it so we could put in an application. It’s a 3 bed 1.5 bath townhome with a 1 car garage. We are so excited to have all if our stuff back and have more space.
We’ve had such a fun time here already. We took Cooper to feed the baby cows one morning and went to visit the beach. He hates the wind, so he pretty much just gave us grumpy faces the whole time. He also has 4! Teeth now. He is cutting a big one on top so he has been a little fussy with that too (understandably). He isn’t sleeping great so we are ready to get moved in and have his crib back so we can really get a routine down with him.
We finally got moved into our apartment on the 22nd of March. We had a ton of help from our ward here and got everything moved in in about an hour and a half! By Monday we had the downstairs all unpacked and by Friday we were pretty much done. We also got to go visit some friends up in Redding. Since moving to Cali, we have already seen so many friends from Rexburg! The Walkers were blessing their second little boy (so cute!) so we went up to stay the night and see him be blessed. We left after sacrament so we could make it home in time to see the Haas’ stop by. It was so fun to visit with old friends and let them meet Cooper.
Cooper is now sleeping in his own bed the whole night and barely cries when we lay him down. I think most of the crying stems from not wanting to miss out on all the fun from the day. He can also sit himself up, which of course he did while we weren’t looking. He is soooo close to crawling; we are keeping our eyes on him 24/7 so we don’t miss it. He is also clapping all the time, it is so cute. He is adjusting so well being here. We have often wondered if this is where we really need to be but the Lord has shown us so many tender mercies that there is no denying this is EXACTLY where we need to be. :)
Here are some pictures of our new place!
