KG Squared: Missouri or Bust!

Dear Kiddos,

I hope you were excited for your first move!

Here is basically all of our belongings packed up!

We started packing about 2 weeks before our actual move date. That was good because as little of stuff that we own, we actually own a lot of stuff!

My Aunt Jenifer was so sweet to let us use her basement for a few nights so we could pack up all of our stuff and not worry about things like where you would sleep! In the basement there was a huge map and on the map a little bit below Hawaii is our island, Jarvis!

We also got a cute birthday card from your Great Grandma and Grandpa Jarvis. It was the perfect card, a bus, which you LOVE!

Here is the truck and you attempting to help daddy pack!

We had our friends over for one more party. They are expecting a baby girl in September so it was really fun to see them with you, Kalvin, and to get a little taste of what it will be like when they have a new baby in their house!

We have so enjoyed living by these guys.

We hope to stay forever friends!

And someday rent a beach house together!

Desiree and Gus came one last time as well to help me clean and entertain you Kacie.

We are going to miss our awesome play buddies!

When you aren't together, you will both ask for each other.

Aunt Mallory and I basically packed most of the stuff by ourselves. Dad helped with the heavy stuff when he got home from school. Eventually we got most everything out and I sat in my rocking chair nursing you Kalvin for the last time in our home of 3 1/2 years!

The fact that we were moving hadn't really set in until that moment. When we first walked into this apartment I instantly felt at home. That hadn't happened in our last apartments. We made so many good friends in Utah. We started our family here, and we really got to know each other in that apartment. We have so many things to look back on from Utah and in that moment in the rocking chair, I realized that no matter how excited I was to not be managing anymore, I was really going to miss this first little home of ours!

And then of course there was the fact that I wouldn't be living right by my brother anymore!

Your Uncle Colin loves you guys so much. It was wonderful to have him there, so close. It's a time I will never forget and I hope someday I will live close to my siblings again.

(I had to throw this picture in for your dad. He really wanted this bus)

Not only did we have a lot of great adventures in Utah but we lived by my aunts and uncles who took great care of us when we needed help! We are going to miss there love and support, and cookies!

Saturday morning we woke up bright and early and hit the road.

Somewhere along the way, you decided you had to go to the bathroom. You didn't tell us that unfortunately though so you pooped right out of your diaper!

Clearly, you felt terrible for doing so.

We made a lunch/pit stop and while I was going to the bathroom some random kid came and leaned against my door. And I'm pretty sure it was a little boy!

You did wonderfully Kalvin! We had to stop every few hours to feed you, but we had to stop for gas anyway. Our stops lasted about 30 minutes each, but that is why we planned a two day trip!

We had to stock up on bibs and burp clothes since we'd be going without a washer/dryer for 3 days. Risky business, but we managed to just barely scrape by with some of your sisters old bibs!

Daddy and Uncle Trevor drove the moving truck with all our stuff and Aunt Mallory and I drove you guys in our car. Aunt Mallory wanted to ride the scooter but that would have added a few days on to the trip so we made her ride in the car.

Someday I am going to find the perfect flawy dress and run through a field of yellow flowers. I often see these wonderful fields but I am usually on a road trip without time or a dress. But someday, it will happen.

We stopped and stayed in a hotel over night. We had the pack n play but we rented an extra crib for $10 so you would each have a bed. We got everything all set up to sleep, put Kalvin to bed and tucked you in Kacie. We turned off the lights and then all the sudden, you were climbing out and standing by Aunt Mallory and Uncle Trevor.

You curled up with them and dad and I were both like "Ok she can stay there but it won't last. She'll be up and wanting to play in a minute" And then all the sudden it was morning and you had slept on the floor the whole night! It was crazy because you have literally never stayed in a bed if it's not caged in! Well maybe you did when you were super sick and Grandma Sandra was taking care of you when Kalvin was born. But other than that you haven't!

It was lame because we totally could have saved $10 if we had known you weren't even going to stay in your bed. So thanks for that. You owe us a $10.

Anyway, we stopped by Walmart and to get gas when I was attacked by this monster! For a moment I was like "Where are we moving too!?!" But also we were in Nebraska so I was like, we're not moving here. Then I found out that apparently those bugs live in Utah too. But seriously, why is it a thing? Also, it flies.