L.A., Palmdale, Lancaster - Oh, my!

Wow!  I cannot believe, yet again, how much time has flown since my last post!  Christmas was great (more on that later), I had surgery on my foot on Dec. 17 (more on that later). Then we drove down to Boise to take my babies to my mom's house before winter storms blocked our passage because . . . .

We're in California for a week!!!

First of all, this is the first time I have left my babies for more than two days since they were born (and that was only once)!!! Need I really write that I bawled when we put them down for their morning nap before leaving to drive back home?  Abby just stared at me; Isaac whimpered and reached up to me and touched my face!  It was really sweet!  And I cried when we got back New Year's Eve and I saw their socks and shoes laying around and their empty beds!  Yes, it is true!!!  As many times as I have thought how nice it would be to have a break, it is so different and so hard to not have their songs and smiles and words and blabber and laughs and hugs and kisses, etc. It didn't help today when I called my mom after we landed and learned that Abby is back in fever/lethargy mode.  But I realize what a huge blessing it is to have time with Dave and made a decision that if we're going to do this, we're going to do it right and just enjoy ourselves!!! 

We spent some time cleaning and packing and even tried to go to the movie TWICE (the internet times were wrong both times, and by the third time we bagged it - so we still haven't been to a movie since my birthday before the babies were born!!!!), then stayed the night in Spokane at Dave's sister's last night! When we landed in L.A. this afternoon, the temperature was 81 degrees!  We actually had to TURN THE AIR CONDITIONER ON in the car as we drove! In JANUARY!!!  And here we are - ready to scope out the area, decide where we might want to live, make some connections, see how far different locations are from Dave's work, spend some time as tourists in L.A. or wherever else we want to go, (maybe even go see a movie - could it happen?), etc.  And it is going to be GREAT!!!!

I'll keep you posted!  And write about all the other things, New Year's resolutions, last year's follow-ups, etc.  But for now -- Happy New Year, dear friends!!!  May it bring you the best of all your hopes and dreams for years past, present, and future!