Hello again...it's been a long time!

I have decided to come back to the world of blogging. So much has happened since I posted my last entry that I really don't know where to begin. In May I found out I was pregnant, which we are really excited about, but I have been so sick since then that it is all that I could do to entertain my child and try to keep my house clean. I am now 15 weeks and starting to feel a little better so I thought that I better get my act together :)

We had to say goodbye to wonderful Illinois. I was extremely sad to go since our life there was so great, but we decided to leave and I believe in the long run it will be the right decision. Here are a few things I will miss:


I will miss so much about Illinois. We had a beautiful home where it really felt like our home, not another apartment. We had an upstairs and downstairs, which was awesome and you really couldn't beat the rent. We lived next to tons of friends and every time we went outside were greeted by friendly faces. Gigi will really miss the great playgrounds and friends. I will miss the close friends that I made there, but hopefully they will come visit us soon.

We will miss our family that was so close to us. It was great to get to know them better and especially nice for Gigi to become such great friends with them.


I actually will really miss my work. I worked with really amazing people that always were there to lend a helping hand. It is nice that I won't have to work very much here, but I don't know if it is possible to find another place so wonderful to work in.

I will miss how quickly I could get places. It wasn't all that bad living in the middle of cornfields :)
So anyway...Goodbye Illinois....it's been great!

HELLO PHILADELPHIA!!!!! Here are some great things about this place so far:

Currently David is at a dinner at the constitution center for his first night of orientation. It is pretty exciting that he going to school somewhere that he is so thrilled to be at. Truthfully we still get a little excited when we get mail from PENN, even if it is a letter saying how much money will will have to pay them.
We arrived in Philly last Thursday night and didn't get our stuff until Monday night. We spent all day yesterday unpacking and still have a lot of work to do, but when we are all moved I will post loads of pictures.

The best thing about living here is that my sister and her husband are here!!! She has been such a great help already. On Saturday she spent all day helping me shop for essentials and we have already been introduced to the wonderful world of Cheesesteaks by Tony.

Our home seems to be pretty great, we even have a dishwasher!! The only annoying things so far...we can hear our neighbors walking above us and we have to unlock 2 different doors to get into our place. At least we are safe right? Gigi keeps asking if we can go see her friends and commenting about visiting them, which is so sad, but I'm sure we will make friends here.

Our ward seems very friendly. In fact we had a ton of help moving in. A few women came as well, one with her 2 year old son, which was nice for Gigi to meet a new friend as well.

Anyway this entry is really just me rambling on and on about our situation, but things are going better than I thought they would, I have even stopped crying about leaving Illinois and I believe that we will enjoy our next 3 years here :)
More pictures and posts to come soon...