Tyler, TX: It's good to be back!

After a very hectic week of packing, moving and unpacking, we are settled back into our place in Tyler.  It was hard to say how a 3 month old would do on the 5 hour trip but all things considered Brenna did quite well.  There wasn't a lot of sleeping and there may have been some fussing, but overall she was a rock star of a baby.  We arrived into Tyler around 10:45pm on Friday after a storm in Lafayette delayed us by 2 hours.  We were hoping to get in earlier.  Matt and his brother unpacked the truck and once Brenna's Pack N Play was setup she was out!  Poor little baby was up until almost 1am! Thankfully she managed to sleep a whopping 7 1/2 hours straight that night!  Like I said, rock star baby.


Our new place is just one door over from our old apartment but this time we have more space! Having the extra bedroom is nice for visitors and provides an office space for Matt.  Our back door opens up to the field where the puppies love to play and we have a first floor unit so there is no more trekking up and down stairs!


It's nice to be back in the land of the familiar.  So much of our journey has involved starting over in a new city.  This time around we already have friends!  We are excited to reconnect with them!


This move was relatively painless thanks to the help of Grandma Colleen and Uncle Eric! They arrived in Lafayette a few days before the move to help us pack and then made the trip with us to help us unpack! THANK YOU SO MUCH.  Our visit was filled with packing and unpacking but also with lots of food.

Matt and I have always had a passion for food.  Living in the south has  led us to love Mexican and now we can add Cajun to our list.  Unfortunately I didn't get to indulge quite as much as I normally would have since Brenna is not a fan of spicy food but I still got to experience a lot of Cajun food.  We packed the visit with stops at some of our favorite places: Deanos, Copelands, Feezos and 2Pauls. I even surprised Matt with a belated Simpsons themed birthday cake from Katie Bakes!  The eating continued once we arrived in Tyler. We visited Newks, Stanley's BBQ, Potpourri House, Chez Bazan and Andy's Frozen Custard. We sure packed in a lot of eating during their visit! I'm fairly confident Grandma Colleen is going to fast for a week. 


It was awesome to watch Brenna play with Grandma Colleen and Uncle Eric this past week.  Having family visit is definitely a reminder of how nice it would be to live closer.  I am appreciative of the extra help around the house and with Brenna but most of all I love watching Brenna smile and laugh for the people that love her! It was a very fun visit and things are definitely quieter around here since they left. Here are some highlight photos from their visit!

Now it's back to work for everyone!  Matt is already busy with Locals Love Us and I am working on all things mommy.  Grandma Colleen gave me some good pointers in regards to taking care of baby.  Top priority right now is getting Brenna on some sort of a day time schedule. Hopefully it goes well! So far she is doing great! She is currently napping. This makes mama very happy.  With the chaos of the move she hasn't been doing evening naps very well.  I have high hopes of using her nap time to blog and to catch up on my neglected needlepoint projects.  I hope to make a dent in Matt's Christmas stocking while we are in Tyler! 

Brenna is doing fantastic.  She is a very sweet and happy baby.  Although she does have her mama's Latino flare which leads to a little fussing when hunger or sleepiness hit.  I am currently on the search for a new pediatrician and pray I find one soon so she can go in for her 4 month checkup in a couple of weeks.  I still can't believe how big you are getting, Brenna!  Although it was bitter-sweet to leave Lafayette, I am already excited at the growth that will occur while we are in Tyler.  I am sure we will have a lot of firsts. I'll be sure to have the video camera on hand.


Other than that, we are just thankful for our many blessings as we continue on this journey!  We are scheduled to be in Tyler through mid December and after that we don't know! Praying that God would lead us and show us the way!


Sending all our love from Tyler, TX!