Update on moving

Happy Sunday from Michigan! Chad and I are preparing for our move! Chad drove to Eau Claire this morning, where he will start his new position tomorrow. Meanwhile, Emily, Torque and I are here in Michigan packing up the fort. It is a bit of a slower process with a baby! Luckily, we have 3 weeks to pack and I will have a lot of help. It will be very strange to be here without Chad- but hopefully the time will pass quickly. I do not mean this in a bad way, but we are sooo done with Michigan!!
Emily is well on her way to start crawling. She gets up on all fours and rocks. I am terrified!! I was really hoping that we could move into our new place and be settled before she started to crawl, but I am afraid it will happen sooner than that! She is certainly a woman on a mission! Here is her on all fours:

Looks like I will need to be more careful from now on!! No more laying her on our bed for naps and leaving her be. I also have an awful feeling that she's going to start crawling and Chad won't be here to see it. It is sad, but that is life I suppose.
Emily has been helping Chad look for places to live. It has been hard finding a place that is renting now that allows dogs and has all the features we are looking for. Fortunately, we did find a place that looks nice from the outside. Chad is going to check it out tomorrow, and as long as it isn't a total dump inside, we are going to take it.

Emily is certainly helping dad look for places to live! (Translation: she wants to eat the newsletter!)

I end this post on a sad note. Chad's Grandpa Lars passed away yesterday after a battle with cancer. He was an extremely kind-hearted and gentle man and it was a privilege to get to know him. I am so happy that he was able to meet Emily a couple of times. Emily and I will not be able to make the funeral, but we will be there in spirit. We love you, Grandpa Lars!