We are here in Reading!

I don't have any fabulous pictures to post today because well I am still exhausted from our lives of late. I feel like I haven't had a chance to breath. Megan is keeping my full attention because she is an official crawler! We've never had one before so this is a new learning thing for us. Lylia just went straight to walking at 10 months. Megan is also wanting to start walking all of the sudden, and I now find her in her crib standing when she wakes up. She is also not making my sleeping life any good. She wakes up 4 times at least. We started doing solids on a more normal basis thinking this would help, but it hasn't at all! Actually it has gotten worse since we started that. I need to get her into the doctors but we haven't had the internet to look any up. Now that we do, I guess I should be doing that instead of this!

Justin loves his job!! It has been challenging for us to get use to the on call thing, but hopefully in 30 years we will finally be use to it just in time for him to retire! So how Justin's schedule works is that he works Monday through Friday from 8 to 5 technically but most often it goes longer than that. Then every other day and two weekends a month Justin is on call 24-7. Which means that even if he has to work at 2 am in the morning for a few hours he still has to go into work that day for his normal scheduled hours. He hasn't had to do the 2 am thing, but he has done very late nights. So we are learning to adapt, and make the most of our family time together!

 Our apartment is amazing! It is so beautiful and the carpets are so clean! I know a wierd thing to like about an apartment, but if any of you saw our last apartment floors you'd understand!

As far as how does it feel to live in a funeral home? Well so far it is good. We are on the learning curve for how to be quiet all day when there are viewings, arrangements and funerals all day long, but we try and go out to the library or walks to get out some much needed singing, dancing, screaming, and tantrums. The only part that I am still working on getting used to is of course the people resting downstairs. On our first night before a funeral Justin came upstairs after doing his rounds of the funeral home downstairs and said, "Oh it is so beautiful downstairs. All the flowers and everything is just set up!" I looked at him and said, "Is someone down there?" He hesitantly replied, "Yes." He asked if I wanted to go down. I said I would need to think about it. Well after we put the girls in bed, I decided I wanted a tour of the funeral home. So Justin took me downstairs, and that is where I saw Helen laying so beautifully in her casket. I cried for a few moments, realizing the great loss that this family is having right now. Justin and I earlier had been talking about professional mourners and I have decided that I might be able to employee myself easily! lol. I cry even when I don't know them, because I can imagine the loss they are feeling.

Since that first night I have had the chance to meet two others resting, and I am finding that I will continue to meet those individuals who grace this beautiful funeral home. The Spirit of God resides in this home, and it is so peaceful and wonderful to be where I believe the veil is thin. Last night while I was feeding Megan I did hear some noises and thought, what if that is a ghost, and quickly went in to snuggle with Justin! lol. So I am not totally perfect at this yet, and I still can't walk into the chapel alone when someone is in there. So like I said it is good, but I am still learning! Think of the tours I get to give families when they come to visit!! lol.

Well I better go, I have some more unpacking to do. We send our love and soon will post pictures!