Here We Go!

So it's finally here.  I've been so anxious and nervous for months, not just because I was dying to have my little one, but also because we are moving.  This week we pack up, clean up, and begin the super fun process of somehow having a baby and moving out of the continental U.S.

Honestly, now that V is here and things are started, I am much better.  I always have a tricky recovery after delivering my babies.  I'm super tired and I can't seem to even just sit down without being in serious pain for at least three weeks.  The Lord was very good to me at this time though.  I was hurting so much that I was crying just laying in bed and all I could think about was how in just a little bit, I was going to be moving out of our home and into a hotel, cleaning my house, and then flying to Spokane, WA.  I've been praying for help and I've been getting little help here and there, but my pain level wasn't moving a bit.  Then within a week I went from seriously hating being a new mom, to being ready to move my house all by myself!  It was amazing and I'm super grateful.  At this point, it's been almost a month since my little boy was born so I'm feeling pretty good.  Having things started is giving me that "I'm finally on to the big stuff" feeling.  

Anyway, the packers showed up today (11th) and they seem to be good guys.  They smile and are kind to my kids.  The ward has been great with the kids.  Several members have stepped up to babysit the big kids while V hangs at home with me.  Though I'm not a clingy mom, one month old, is a little too little for me to leave him with someone for more than an hour even though he is on the bottle and could go with someone else.  Besides, I just spent 10 months making him, I'm not giving him to anyone just yet!

So here are some cute pix of the kids after our first day of packing.  (For those of you unaware how PCSing works: day 1-3 is used to just pack stuff up, and then day 3-4 is for putting it on the trucks.)  After the packers left we ate out (the first of many times, I'm sure) and then put the kids to bed, sort of.  No beds, but we did prepare for this with cute sleeping bags and pac n' plays.  Eve and Joe who share a room got to watch a movie on our portable DVD player.  (You know we got the player before we moved to Sumter and it's been wonderful.  We use it every time we fly and when we PCS.  It's been a great buy and something that will definitely be replaced when it needs it.)

I know I usually don't do this, but this post is going to be at least three days.  So today on the 12th was just more packing after dropping off the kids again.  During the afternoon, and in between babysitters, I took the kids to the base library for the kick-off of their summer reading program.  I knew we wouldn't be around for all of the other activities, but the kids got to eat lunch, play in a bounce house (always a favorite), and get some cool stuff like t-shirts and pencils.  They had a lot of fun and were really looking forward to it.  Chris surprised us by coming in at the end.

 silly Lizzy

 almost got it - fingers are overrated

 love my silly monkey

totally adorable as always

 see, I was there!

heart and a crown - perfect for a little princess!

We've moved into the TLF (temporary lodging) on base today.  It's actually really nice.  It's got a full kitchen and two bathrooms with three bedrooms and lots of closets.  The baby of course is sleeping with us.  It is now housing all of our left overs and frozen goods.  Thank goodness for a full fridge.  We still get to eat like normal!  That part I love.  The place is also right next to the laundry facilities and a playground.  Chris did good.  I'm just already sad that we can't stay here the whole time, but I'll enjoy while I can.

Today was the last day of packing (13th), thank goodness.  Now we're to the putting it all in the crates.  This has been a long process already and we've got the rest of the week to finish this and next week to fix it/clean it.  On a cuter note, V got a bath tonight.  I'm still remembering how all this goes.  You'd think where my kids are so close in age it would be easy, but I get so caught up in the growing of each kid, I kind of forget.  So I took another picture of my little cutie.

so small!

That's it for this post!  Stay tuned.  We move to our hotel tomorrow and they finish our home this week!  Can't believe we're finally at the moving stage.  Trying hard to be happy about the whole thing!

Our Last Special Events in Sumter

CHUCK E. CHEESE PARTY!

So for those of you following the happenings in our home, we just had a baby, we are getting ready to move and still my wonderful kids completed their goal of memorizing all 13 Articles of Faith!  Eve and Joe did such a great job.  Since they did all the hard work, we went to the party.  We also billed it to our friends in town that it was a "going away" party too.  So we had some friends to come and help celebrate and the kids sure enjoyed it.

 eating the candy - rewards for a massive number of tickets!

she LOVED this ride!  We found that all you had to do was bump it and it would go.  Normally, I would've put the money in anyway and I did - a TON of it!  After that, i just let her stay and we made it go for probably an hour or so!


VAUGHN'S BABY BLESSING

Troy Taylor, Curly Hunt, Chris and Vaughn Fosburg, Latham Harris

This same weekend we also had the special opportunity to bless our last baby in our Sumter Ward.  It is one of my favorite moments in my kids' life so far.  They dress in special outfits made by Grama Fosburg (I have one for a little girl and one for a little boy.) and we have the great blessing of asking special men to help welcome our newest child into the church.  I once looked up the purpose of blessing our children in church.  I learned that it is not only a blessing for the child, but for the ward (or congregation) too as it is an opportunity for us to demonstrate our faith in the Lord and in the members to help us in the ways that they can to raise our child with love and faith.  My boys are SO handsome!

Random Funniness

My kids are so silly.  I know all you're wanting to see right now is the amazingness that is Vaughn, but my other kids haven't stopped in the very funny department despite my tiredness and probably crankiness.  Take a look!

Ally went to nursery for the first time.  She's not really supposed to be in there yet (not till August), but she did a good job and nursery is always happy for a helpful daddy.  She did such a great job.  This was the closest I could get without ruining the "good" behavior.

 Caught this one just by pure luck!  My kids love to wrestle, but this was a new one even for us!  Good thing they're all smiling or it would look horrible.  Cracked me up.  See?  Each child has a place in the pantheon that is our Fosburg family.

 This is a new Joseph pose.  Never did this one before.  It was so cheesy and random I just had to add it in here.  We do tend to eat out a bit more when mom is not at her super mommy-ness ability level.

 This was a fantastic ice cream date for the whole family.  One of V's first outings.  This was Chris' favorite place: The Marble Slab.

Oh my goodness!  This is a perfect example of the level of energy that is in my home on a daily basis.  I was getting lunch ready and grabbed my camera just in time.  The couch survived and no little monkeys fell off!  Watching Ally try to negotiate the bounciness was hilarious.

 Joe is very much into dress up and make believe.  He loves this section in the toy department at Wal-Mart.

 This, of course, is one of my favorites.  Joseph saw V asleep on the couch and shared his favorite toys with him.  "To help him sleep good, mommy," he said.  (Super platypus and puppy did a great job!)