Hard Day!

Trent left for Tallahassee Florida this morning. WOW...I knew it would be hard, but man, I didn't know it would be the absolute hardest day of my life! We both cried and hugged and cried and hugged and I finally realized that I needed to just be strong and let him go, otherwise we'd both still be standing in the driveway!

The kids both left last night to spend the weekend camping with my mom and Steve, so they said their goodbye's last night. In a way, I'm glad that they weren't here this morning because it was so hard...but on the other hand, now I'm all alone until tomorrow night and that isn't easy! Trent and I spend last night getting his car packed up and just spending time together. We went out to dinner at La Puente...just a cheap Mexican restaurant here in Tooele...but also one of my favorites (as I crave all things spicy with this pregnancy!)

This afternoon, my sister and I went and did a little shopping. We went to Kohl's and found me a cute nightgown that buttons up the front to take to the hospital. We also went to JC Penney and bummed around Costco (and ate all the free samples). It was a nice distraction.

Although the next 5 weeks are going to be hard, and are going to test my strength and faith, I know without a shadow of a doubt that we are doing the right thing. That we are meant to move to Florida and that great things are waiting for us there. If I didn't know that with everything in me, I don't think I'd be able to handle this time away from Trent. I hope that all of my family knows how hard this is for me and that we're doing this because we KNOW we are supposed to. There have been many times during the past 3 weeks when I have said to Trent, "do you have any doubts?"...and he, like me, has said "no...none whatsoever!". Because I can tell you all that if either of us had any doubts at all, we wouldn't be doing this. It would definitely be easier to just stay here where we've grown up, where we are comfortable, where our parents are, where my sister is...but life isn't about being easy!

So, OK...enough about that...just all of you please know that we BOTH know we're doing what's right for our family! This isn't about Trent dragging us away kicking and screaming. Even Karlee, who is going to have such a hard time leaving her friends behind has told us that even though "it hurts and she doesn't want to leave her friends...she FEELS in her heart that it's right!" Wow, what an awesome teaching and learning opportunity for her!

So, the countdown is on...for baby Grace (37 days) and for Trent's return (35 days). Hopefully, within a month of her birth, we will all be able to join Trent in Florida and all be together again! Let's all just keep praying that we can get the house sold!

Here's a picture of Trent as he was getting ready to leave at 6am this morning:

...and the backseat of his car - loaded up! (The trunk was chuck full of suit cases holding all of his clothes):

And last, but not least...my week 34 belly pic! Man, I'm getting huge! But loving it! I LOVE feeling miss Grace move around. And...my ribs have almost healed from the kicking that she gave them almost 3 weeks ago! Trent and I saw my Dr. yesterday morning and I am measuring right on schedule and her heartbeat is good and strong! How blessed we've been this past year!

I just want to end by telling all of our family and friends how much they mean to us and how much their kind words, thoughts and prayers have meant to me these past few weeks...and especially today as you have dropped emails, wall posts (on facebook) and called me! I couldn't (and wouldn't want to) make it through this without every single one of you!