Louisville...day 3

Eli and I arrived in Louisville this past Friday afternoon, we are SO glad to be here and back together as a family.  Keith has been working here for the past 2 weeks and living in an extended stay so (if I can speak for him) I think he's happy we're here too!  Since we don't close on our house until Thursday and don't move until next Monday Keith found us a short term rental house and what a blessing it is!  It is close to downtown, close to parks and has a nursery--what more could we ask for?  The family who owns the house have relatives in the area so when they rent it out they just move in with them.  It is SO nice to have our own space and not live in an extended stay with a 1 year old!

I'm going to include some pictures from Eli and my time in NC as I tell you how we are doing...

While in NC we made a special trip to Virginia so Eli could meet his great-grandmother (and spend some extra special time with his cousin Caleb) It was fun to see the two meet and spend a little time together.  We'll be back at Christmas for some more togetherness! 

Overall we are doing good.  I am amazed at how many things have fallen into place and just how the Lord has blessed us through this process.  We are still grieving the loss of Austin and the community we had there but know in time the Lord will provide that for us in Louisville.  

making each other laugh! 

enjoying some time with Poppy at the Museum of Life and Science, this is a place I spent a lot of time at as a Child and it was fun to take Eli there.  The cousins came along the next week. 

We visited many sights this past weekend in Louisville (which I'll post about later) and visited a church that we think could be a potential church home.  At this point it is hard to imagine really "fitting" there but again know those things come with time.  

More than anything we are ready to be in our home and I am ready to stop moving Eli around everywhere.  For the most part he has done remarkably well with sleeping, meeting new people, etc but he is still a little apprehensive at all the changes.  

All 3 cousins enjoying time together.  It was such a special time and I think Eli loves to have "big" kids to play with.  

It was a blessing to spend the last 2+ weeks in North Carolina with family and it is good to be here now.  I've got a lot of blogging to catch up on, so more about our time in NC and others in coming posts.  Thanks to all of you who have prayed for us during this time.  We really do appreciate it!