I have a good reason...

for not posting.

I was alone.

I don't remember the last time that happened, and I don't anticipate it happening again anytime soon. I went home to Macomb yesterday in the afternoon and I am just getting back to the hospital now.

First and foremost-Olivia is doing awesome! She is awake, awake, awake! She's happy most of the time, but they have been giving her extra sedation because she doesn't want to settle down.

Why did I go home, you wonder?

Well, it turns out that we are moving. Zac was offered a position as the principal at Dunlap Middle School for next year. It's an opportunity that came along at just the right time and one that we couldn't pass up. Zac accepted the position on Wednesday night. So, as you can see, it's been a really big, emotionally exhausting, crazy week.
We told the kids on Friday night. Jack cried. Brooklyn was ecstatic. We asked them where they would want to move if they could move anywhere in the world. Brooklyn chose Dunlap, Jack chose Philadelphia. We're going with Brooklyn's choice.
So, I went home to clean house and organize so we can get the house on the market. It's obviously not a great time to be selling a house, but we are hopeful it will all work out.
Zac told the MHS staff on Friday morning, which was really hard for him. We've made great connections and are going to really miss the entire community. We've always said that if we could pick up Macomb and move it closer to Peoria, we would. It just makes more sense for us to be closer to the hospital. I miss being a family!
Anyway, we are excited for our new adventure (well, most of us are). Now we just need to get Miss Olivia better so she can help pack!