The Stegman Family: Ready to blog...finally

John swinging in GA before we left

Hi all, we're finally up and running on the internet. I've actually been avoiding coming to my blog because it was so relaxing to not blog for a while, but alas, we're back. The move went smoothely and we're settled in nicely, with only a few things left to do. We all love the new place, so do the cats. They're quite at home and love to run around the circle that the apartment is layed out around. Soon I'm going to screen in our back deck so they can go outside too! We don't have many pictures of the move because the camera went dead, but it went like this...1) House exploded into ruins 2) Ruins get packed into boxes 2) Boxes get packed into truck 3) Drive truck across country 4) Unload boxes from truck 5) Unpack boxes. Yay, that's it.

Goofy tired boy playing mini-poker

John is doing really well, other than the occasional tantrum and battle of the will. He's getting more and more stubborn, yet he still obeys and is mad while doing so. He stomps and yells while doing what mommy told him to do, it's actually really cute, but we have to crack down on that attitude soon. We are all missing our church and friends in Georgia. Sunday I was really sad not to go to National Hills and see all the kids in the nursery, and we both missed our Sunday school class and church. This coming Sunday we're going to try a new church here that some of our friends go to, and we'll probably keep hopping for a while until we find a good fit.

Wearing mommy's vest around

We've actually already seen Jen and Ryan and the boys (hi Jake!!) and had a blast showing them our new place Friday (1 day after John and I got there!), and hanging out Sunday at lunch. My friend Christy also came and spent a day here with me and John, and I hadn't seen her since Christmas so it was a wonderful visit. I sure miss all my friends. Hmmm, what else? There really isn't much going on. Isaac has been busy working and God has already blessed us abundantly in Isaac's work. He worked his last home show last weekend and it went very well, and now he's working on getting settled into a good schedule of work and family. We've seen Jim and Kathy once or twice (we went to the home show with them) and they've been tremendously helpful getting us settled in. Kathy unpacked my kitchen and went through a lot of odds and ends for me, Jim drove our moving truck across the country and helped load and unload, and I'm very thankful for Jim's tools while we get settled.

I'm really excited now because my mom is coming to visit in 2 1/2 weeks! I can't wait to show her our new place and for her to get to spend some fun time with Johnny. We haven't seen them since July, so he's changed a lot. I'm looking forward to being able to visit more often since we're on the same coast now.

Going for a chilly walk!

Hmmm, what else? Yesterday at lunch, Johnny and I were praying for the food and before I could get out an "Amen", John said it! It was completely unprompted and very adultlike and cute. Today we are going stircrazy because it's raining yet again and we have no rain gear to go outside in. After John goes to bed I'm going to get him a rain coat and boots so that we can go outside when it rains and splash around. Nothing much else is happening, but we'll keep you all posted!