Update

First of all, I have to say Happy Birthday to our Porter bug. He is two today and I have no idea where the past two years have gone. He continues to be easy going and happy 99.9% of the time. He loves to make us laugh, and is always crackin' us up! Happy Birthday Porter, we love you!

Second, I thought I would just update everyone on what's going on right now. If you haven't heard we got orders to go to Maxwell AFB in Montgomery, Alabama. This came as a complete shock to us, but we are slowly warming up to the idea. John will be teaching ASBC, which is a six week course all new lieutenants in the Air Force are required to take. I think John will be a great teacher and hopefully we'll end up enjoying this assignment. As for me, my last experience in Alabama (when we were students at ASBC) wasn't all that great and I'm pretty sure I put it on my list of places I never want to live. So, when John told me the news I laughed a lot, cried a little, and started planning. Honestly, now I am looking forward to a new adventure and a new part of the country to explore . . . it just took me a few days to get used to the idea : )

We got word of our assignment on March 23 and John has to report June 1. So we only have two months to close up shop in Ohio and make Alabama our new home. My biggest concern was housing. Neither one of us wanted to live on base at Maxwell since it's in such a crappy area. So we found a home to rent off base and this has taken away 74% of my anxiety about this move.

The remaining 26% of my stress has been entirely devoted to moving. We are doing a DITY move, which means we are packing and moving ourselves, instead of having the Air Force move us. So if blog updates are lacking the next couple of months it's probably because I can't find my kids or sanity amongst all the boxes and packing tape. We'll be saying good-bye to Ohio and all of the people that have made our experience here so incredible. And finally, we'll be heading south to where our new adventure begins!