We have officially moved to Gilbert Arizona as of 10.7.15. Still getting used to the idea, still cannot remember our dang zip code.
So far we love it. This place has everything you need all within 5 minutes from where we live. Including a temple! Love being able to see the temple everytime we leave our place.
We like our new apartment, i'm getting impatient trying to get it set up, but I guess it will take time. There is a playground right outside our place, we are 5 minutes from a huge park which faces the temple, Costco and Winco are across the street and a huge mall is minutes away...how could I not like it here?!
Life being a stay at home/ working from home mom has been...difficult. The first day, I did not think this situation could last much longer. Baby crying, Lily's constant need for attention and my co-workers asking for responses to emails asap...I thought I was going crazy. Then, just before Mark got home, Lily decided to pee on the bathroom floor cause she waited too long to go to the bathroom...our new place smelling like pee?! Mark walked in after his first day at work with me crying while mopping the floor. He came in at the wrong time, I had a bit of a break down. That night we went to a charity event at a restaurant in town, which had ladies dressed as Disney princesses. Lily was so excited, and I was happy to see her sweet little face as she met her favorite princesses. That's when it hit me...my day was only terrible because I wanted to control everything that happened that day...which was impossible to do. But, I need to realize that though it may be tough, it is for my family. So, I have separated my work day into chunks. Work from 6 to 10 while kids are sleeping, respond to urgent matters during 8 am to 5pm and then do my end of the day items around 10 pm while kids and hubby get ready for bed. Seems kind of crazy, but it allows me to take care of the kids and keep them as the priority. If it does not work out for me to continue to work from home, then it's not the end of the world...just may take longer to get into a house. But I'd really like to make it work. Here's hoping
Overall, we are really enjoying it here. We visit Tucson every weekend for U of A games, and for me to visit my home office for work stuff....so we have not totally been rid of Tucson. Mark is at a conference in florida this week, so I get to be with my mom, which is nice...but I miss my husband. Guess we've got to get used to the traveling.
Now...lots of pics, of course!
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| This is the first thing lily did when we got to our new place, dropped down to her 'skins' She knew how to crissum the place as home. |
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| Mark on his way to his first day in his big boy job! Wahoo |
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| So much to still do...but I had to get Halloween décor up and I love my new planter shelf! |
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| Being home with these two is worth all the stress of working from home |
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| Mark and I went to a U of A game during the day...sooo hot! |
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| Lily got to meet some Disney princesses for a fundraiser, she was star struck! |
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| We love being close to the temple |
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| Lily showing how she spins in her new family room |
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| again...sooo much left to do till this feels like home. |
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| Happy to be at the Red and Blue game |
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| Lily went to Frozen on Ice with Grammy. Meet Queen Elsa of Arendale |
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| Me and the little all star |
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| Guess who's got a tooth coming in??? |
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| Best site in the morning...but not at 3am or 6am |
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