We started our New Year off in 2013 with some big news!!!
DANI IS LIVING IN ZACHARY WITH US FULL TIME NOW!!!!!
We found out on January 6th that Dani would be coming to live with us in Zachary!!
To make a REALLY long story short, we basically found out in September of 2012 that her mom was wanting to move 11 1/2 hours away from where we live now because of her husband accepting a new job in San Angelo, TX. We began the series of court filings and hearings to prevent the move from happening for a number of reasons but mainly because our relationship with Dani would change so drastically and our desire was to see her more often than we did, not less. After almost 5 months of a lot of prayer, several court dates and meetings Josh and Dani's mom came to an agreement to let Dani move to Zachary, permanently.
We couldn't be more thrilled, as this is what we have wanted to happen for years now but we never thought it would become a reality this quickly!!! We were also not expecting to get her here so soon so we had ONE DAY to get her ready for school which started on the 8th.
This is our first family picture on the day we got the news that Dani would be living with us!!
Monday, Janaury 7th we had a full to-do list to get her ready for school in time....
We started off with school registration and tour.
Then it was off to get some uniforms, but first we had a lunch date together at PF Changs...YUM YUM!!
We found some uniforms that fit her great from American Eagle and Old Navy....
Then it was off to get lunch box, binder, school supplies and lunch food....
And after we shopped until we dropped, I was not in the condition to make dinner so we let her choose dinner at Chilis...she said "Man I am so glad I chose to live here..."
Haha we quickly made sure she knew every day wouldn't be this fun...but close to it!! Man we are glad she chose to live here too :)
Then it was tackling her bedroom, which we did over the course of last week since she didn't have any homework.
I only remembered to take pictures AFTER we cleaned out about 5 bags of JUNK!!! But we did a little rearranging and we have her new bedding on order and it should be here this week!!
We mostly had to tween-a-fy her room....it was a little under aged and we really wanted her to LOVE her room so we let her pick out some new bedding...as long as it went with the current wall color...Josh and I both avoid painting at all costs!!
Items still on the list to do:
Paint the headboard and desk white
New bedding
New curtains
New dresser that stands up instead of goes side to side
desk chair
We did some major organization of her closet...cleaning out a ton of toys and clothes that she had outgrown and donated them to Goodwill and to families that we knew would enjoy them! We also seperated her stuff into bins on the top of her closet and shelves on the bottom area.
We had a great first week adjusting to all of the changes and it now feels like our family is complete knowing that we are all together under one roof!!
What a HUGE answer to prayer this is for our family!!! We have been SO amazed by God during this journey!!! This picture is just a perfect depiction of God's faithfulness!!
We are truly blessed....
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