I do not know how much of an entry I'll get out right now, but I feel like I have so much to write about that if I do not start somewhere you'll have to read a really long update.
The going away party last Saturday was really nice. Much lower key than I expected. Some people weren't there that I expected to be, like our pastor and his wife, but R1ck's longtime best friend and his wife was there. Our friend R0bert made a really neat Texas cake, but I forgot to get a picture of it. Even though no packing got done that evening I am really glad we went. My ILs watched the kiddos that night after much cajoling on our part. They really felt that 4 hours was a bit long to keep their grandchildren that were leaving in two days that they wouldn't see for at least a year. My FIL actually called us at 9:45 PM to make sure we'd be there by 10 PM.
Gah.
Sunday morning we headed to church for our last service and I lost it big time. I started to cry as soon as I walked in and cried until we left. It was so hard saying goodbye to our church family. They truly are our family, closer than even R1ck's family in Texas.
We went out to lunch with some friends and then went into a packing/loading frenzy. We had friends come out of the woodwork to help us. It was really amazing to see so many people come and help us. What a blessing!
I picked my mom up from the airport at 9 PM and did a little more packing before heading to Br@d and R@chelle's for the night. We only had one bed left assembled so we needed somewhere to sleep.
The next day we got up pretty early and headed to the house to get more stuff done.
Dev1n hadn't been feeling well for about a week. We chalked it up to stress and such (she hadn't gotten her period either) until she started falling asleep everytime we turned around. I asked her a few days before Monday if she thought she was pregnant. I kind of threw it out there not expecting it to be a possibility. She said no way. Monday she said she shouldn't be pregnant, but may need to take a test just to be sure.
The positive line was very dark and definite.
We ended up spending three hours at the pregnancy center. They couldn't tell us how far along she is, but spent a lot of time talking about adoption. She is positive that she wants to adopt the baby out to a couple. Which we all agree is the best option. She will not have an abortion and she will finish school.
She has yet to tell us who the father is. She knows, but is afraid to tell us, I guess.
We went to the OB/GYN that Dev1n saw back in March on Tuesday. She did a vaginal sonogram and D3v is 9 weeks. The baby is due March 5.
Dev1n went to her school orientation and talked with the couselor. She will be able to continue at M@rcus, but had to change her schedule from track to health.
R1ck's X's husband, (didya get that?) is very angry about the whole thing because he said they can not afford for her to be pregnant and he is angry that we did not put her on birth control back in March when he told us we should. He is sure that all this would have been avoided had she been on BC.
Sigh.
We are still trying to digest the whole situation.
It was very hard for us to leave her in TX, but we feel like that is where she needs to be right now. She may change her mind at Chr1stmas and if so we will figure it out then. For now we are praying harder than ever.
And we'd appreciate your prayers, too.
Obviously, that whole situation altered our departure and such.
I'll write more later. It's time for Kari's nap and I need to get back to unpacking.
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Ouch..... - Friday, Aug. 18, 2006
Yesterday Was my Birthday.... - Thursday, Aug. 17, 2006
Kitchen Clutter....BE GONE! - Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2006
That Sound You Heard is my Head Exploding..... - Sunday, Aug. 13, 2006
Some Crap, Different Day..... - Wednesday, Aug. 09, 2006