I will be calm. I will be focused.

I just got an e-mail about my 7 Month old: WEEK FOUR. It was talking about when and how, they start to WALK. ::blink::
Then, as I was looking at the calender, I realized that my birthday was just in a week and a half. then, a few days later, I should be heading to visit family for a week or so and go to a reunion! When I get back, we will have TWO WEEKS to get ready for the movers to take our stuff to Japan. Then, leave for a month. Visit Arkansas and Texas, come home, the movers take our things and a few days later WE FLY TO JAPAN.
A million things are running through my mind:
What about all of our stupid junk we have? What do we need to take on our express shipment and what can wait to go in our household goods shipment? What bills do we need to cancel and when?!

I have a feeling I will be making lots of lists, doing lots of googling, and lots of praying.

Making More headway on submitting our package!

On Thursday, I was able to finish up my dental work, get cleared and head to the doctor for them to sign off on my health forms. ( They won't let you go if there's a thing wrong with you!) Thankfully, our family is blessed with good health and everything was ( in Marine Corps terms) Good to go. On Friday, C went and turned in the information to be submitted for our Area Clearance. Some times, they have to send them to Japan, which takes about two and a half extra weeks, thankfully, they were able to go ahead and submit our info! That means we just have to wait one to two weeks to actually have our area clearance. After that, we will be able to get our flights scheduled and "officially" process our TMO order! After it's all said and done, it should be an estimated 32 day process until everything is complete.

The Moving company should be coming September 28th and everything will be gone on October 1st! This still sounds like quite a bit of time, however, we will be spending the entire month of September visiting family and will get back the day before the movers show. So everything had better be ready- or else!

Our new car is up for sale, we have a buyer for Red's truck and our garage is ready for a garage sale at any given moment. We had one yesterday. We only have a mattress in our bedroom after selling our bedroom suite a while back and keep most of our clothes folded in laundry baskets. I feel like the adventure has officially started!

I promise I have not forgotten!

I had to take a blogging break. I tried to blog about making A's food, but the pictures were being difficult, so I quit. Then we went to Panama City Beach, FL ( !!) and had an amazing time. Then, my mom and dad came to visit before we left for a Family reunion over fourth of July weekend! It's been crazy busy here. However, we have settled down some. We're all un-packed, laundry is done, and the only piece of furniture in our room is our mattress.

My Child is crawling up a storm now. She stands on everything, and she's 7.5 months. I'm not quite sure when she got so big but I love it and hate it all at the same time. I love that she can move on her own more, I hate that she can move on her own more. Her arms have gotten a million miles long and enjoys spilling drinks on the end table. I love that she can come to me and crawl up my legs and reach to me. However, while trying to pay the bills/ do the dishes/ dust/ clean, etc, it makes for a difficult time. She decided it was time to ditch her sleeping through the night thing. She prefers to wake up and party, demanding there is some one in the room with her while she is awake. This, needless to say is frustrating, and if you can make her stop, please come immediately. I will provide airfare and lodging ( at my house) and All of your meals will be provided ( I am getting better at cooking, promise!). I'm getting a little desperate for a good night's sleep!

In other news, we have roughly 6 weeks to finish getting everything ready to go to Japan ( ah!) Since we will be vacationing the month of September, and the movers come like, the day after we get back home. Six weeks to sell our vehicles, find a renter for the house, find a home for Izzy, sell/ donate the stuff we don't need and document everything that we're actually taking with us. Yes, this makes me very dizzy- but excited! Except for the whole finding a home for Izzy thing.

In cooler news- My momma started a recipe blog of awesomeness! Check it out!