All boarding for Crazy Town

We got the call yesterday that the moving company will be here on Saturday (THIS Saturday) to pack us up and ship our stuff to Houston. Like, in 3 days! I'm about to lose my mind. I've been able to arrange for our car to be hauled from Salt Lake to Houston, for a housing search with a realtor as soon as we get there, and have gotten our studded tires taken off the car. Through all of it, I've been pregnancy sick all day, every day - WITH a very mobile one year old to chase around the house.
Plus planning our trip to Salt Lake for Christmas, throw in a handmade Christmas present for my mother (which is not done yet) and I'm ready for my Valium. Oh, and this week is finals, so I'm doing it on my own while Mike studies, works and takes tests until 11 each evening. I can see that we are very blessed to have movers to pack everything up and move it, and blessed that BP will be reimbursing us for our flight to Houston, our hotel and our food during the week where we will be "homeless". However, still stressed.
Lily is getting in one of her top eye teeth! She's also been practicing walking: she'll stand for 30 or so seconds and take a few wobbly steps backward and forward before collapsing, so proud of herself. I'm proud of her too, and so thrilled that she's learning and growing.
I made her a pair of sweater boots using an old sweater of mine. I hope they keep her little legs warm.

Lily is ONE!

Last week we went down to Utah to celebrate Thanksgiving with our families (yay!) and also to have birthday fun with Lily who turned one on the 23rd. She sure loved having cake for the first time and getting showered with attention. She got a lot of nice books and toys and we're so thankful for family members who love her (and us).
We sure loved seeing all of our family over Thanksgiving, especially Beck, who got to meet Lily for the first time. She really took to him.
Jessi is feeling really pregnant. We're 12 weeks along, and she thought if she made it this long without getting morning sick, she'd be in the clear. (With Lily she was sick from 6 weeks to 6 months.) Wrong! Nausea hit her big time over Thanksgiving and now it's a fight to keep from getting sick. Lily is particularly unhappy about it, since Mama gets to "play" in the potty but Lily doesn't :)
On the job front, Mike accepted a job with BP in Houston, Texas! He'll be working North American Natural Gas. We'll pack up right after finals (the 18th, but who's keeping track?) and spend Christmas in Utah, then hop on down to Houston for Mike to start work on the 11th. Jessi is MOST excited about our new opportunity to rent a house! No more apartment living for us! We're looking at homes in Katy, about 20 miles outside of downtown. We are so thankful that Mike found a job, and a good one at that. We will miss all of our Montana friends, but we know the Lord is directing our path.