In the mean time, we are anxiously awaiting the arrival of Baby Deuter any day now! Chris keeps asking me if he's an uncle yet? Dylan (my brother) and Cindy's due date has come and gone, so hopefully the little one will arrive soon. We are excited and Jake will be happy to have a cousin. He'll whisper "baby" at the site of him/her. Hurry along little one! We're all anxiously awaiting your arrival.
Tuesday, December 17, 2013
And it's off!
After waiting most of the day yesterday for the movers, they arrived around 3 P.M. And we're gone in an hour. I guess this means, it's really happening. I feel more at ease now. It was nice to get that first shipment off, now if we missed anything, we buy a new one or live without, but I don't have to stress about what to take anymore. Now it's a matter or wrapping things up at work (in the CA National Guard for me and at DLI for Chris) and we'll be on our way. And we'll get to send a shipment direct to Jordan, which will be packed up in January. I'll be flying back out to Monterey to pack up while Chris starts his Army course and Jake stays with my wonderful in-laws. And then my mom is flying to CA so I have someone to drive from CA to AL with. I'm excited for our mother/daughter road trip across the country.
Monday, December 16, 2013
Getting Started on Our Adventure
Today is the first of many days to come...The first of our household goods is to be picked up any time now. I've been at home all morning waiting to see what 600 pounds looks like.
Chris finished his class at the Presidio of Monterey's Defense Language Institute (DLI) and we are parting ways with Monterey, California. As it is with every move, this is once again bittersweet. We moved to Monterey in June 2012, and Jake was only 8 weeks old. In this duplex-house, he learned to crawl, walk, talk, run, and jump! He's grown so much here in the past 20 months so it will be sad to say goodbye to his first home. We are also leaving behind a great neighborhood with some wonderful friends, who I'm sure we'll cross paths with again one day. But by far the saddest part is leaving Atticus behind. He was a wonderful member of our family and he will be missed dearly.
But today begins our next adventure. We are headed to Amman, Jordan, but have a quick stop in Huntsville, AL, along the way. We'll be in Huntsville for about 4 months and that is why we only get to pack up 600 pounds of household goods. The remainder of our stuff will either get put into long-term storage or shipped to us in Jordan.
As I'm waiting for the movers to arrive, sometime between 11 A.M. and 4 P.M., I decided to start thinking about our annual Christmas letter. And since we have no forwarding address yet (at least without inundating my in-laws), I decided that I'd create this blog, sometime I was going to do eventually. Now the blog address can go into the Christmas letter for friends and family to enjoy or discard, whichever they choose, and they don't have to worry about trying to send off a return letter or card to us.
We are all excited to begin our new adventure. Chris was successful in learning Arabic, passed all his tests, and is clearing post this week. Later this week, we'll be on our way home to Georgia for Christmas and then on to Huntsville. I'm not sure what I'll fill this blog with during the next 4 months, but the idea is to have it ready when we get to Amman so I don't bombard my Facebook page with pictures, but the pictures will be here for those who want to enjoy them.
So begins the Baldwin Nomad Adventures...it is true that "Home" is where the Army sends us!
Chris finished his class at the Presidio of Monterey's Defense Language Institute (DLI) and we are parting ways with Monterey, California. As it is with every move, this is once again bittersweet. We moved to Monterey in June 2012, and Jake was only 8 weeks old. In this duplex-house, he learned to crawl, walk, talk, run, and jump! He's grown so much here in the past 20 months so it will be sad to say goodbye to his first home. We are also leaving behind a great neighborhood with some wonderful friends, who I'm sure we'll cross paths with again one day. But by far the saddest part is leaving Atticus behind. He was a wonderful member of our family and he will be missed dearly.
But today begins our next adventure. We are headed to Amman, Jordan, but have a quick stop in Huntsville, AL, along the way. We'll be in Huntsville for about 4 months and that is why we only get to pack up 600 pounds of household goods. The remainder of our stuff will either get put into long-term storage or shipped to us in Jordan.
As I'm waiting for the movers to arrive, sometime between 11 A.M. and 4 P.M., I decided to start thinking about our annual Christmas letter. And since we have no forwarding address yet (at least without inundating my in-laws), I decided that I'd create this blog, sometime I was going to do eventually. Now the blog address can go into the Christmas letter for friends and family to enjoy or discard, whichever they choose, and they don't have to worry about trying to send off a return letter or card to us.
We are all excited to begin our new adventure. Chris was successful in learning Arabic, passed all his tests, and is clearing post this week. Later this week, we'll be on our way home to Georgia for Christmas and then on to Huntsville. I'm not sure what I'll fill this blog with during the next 4 months, but the idea is to have it ready when we get to Amman so I don't bombard my Facebook page with pictures, but the pictures will be here for those who want to enjoy them.
So begins the Baldwin Nomad Adventures...it is true that "Home" is where the Army sends us!
Photo Taken: November 2013 at Emerald Bay, Lake Tahoe, California
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