{"id":18682,"date":"2011-07-13T05:55:00","date_gmt":"2011-07-13T05:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/abeandlily.com\/?p=18682"},"modified":"2020-02-01T05:56:12","modified_gmt":"2020-02-01T05:56:12","slug":"we-moved-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/index.php\/2011\/07\/13\/we-moved-3\/","title":{"rendered":"We Moved!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\nWarning: I am tired. I just reread this blog and noticed many instances \nof poor syntax. I am really too tired to fix these parts, but I am too \nembarrassed to do nothing. So this is something. You are warned!

\nIt is time for a blog update. We now live in Utah. Surprise! It has been\n a craaaazy couple weeks, but for those who do not yet know the story, \nhere it is:

\nAbout a month or so ago, Abe and I wrote down our life dream. It \nincluded, among other things, living in Salt Lake. We didn’t know how \nthat would happen, but we thought that maybe, if we were lucky, Abe \ncould get a job transfer in a couple of years.

\nFast forward to Thursday, June 23 of this year. I was cooking in the \nkitchen loving my little Chicago home. In the middle of my peaceful \nthoughts, I got a call from Abe. He told me he’d been trying to call me \nall day (I am very bad about answering my phone), and that he hoped it \nwas okay with me that he had pretty much accepted a position in Salt \nLake and was flying out to NYC immediately to interview with his company\n CEO to make everything formal.

\nI asked him when we were supposed to move and found out that Abe’s new \nposition started on July 1st. We had one week to pack up, get our condo \nready to sell, and move.

\nIt was a little stressful.

\nThank goodness for Abe’s family! They just happened to be in town that \nweek, so I had help. I really don’t think I could have done it alone, \nespecially with Lydia. But there were so many heroes who came to our \nrescue. Abe’s brothers, my brother, Abe’s stepmom, uncle and cousin all \npitched in when they were in town. Huge thank yous to all of them! And \nthen the day before our flight to Utah, Abe and I worked from 3am to 1pm\n to finish everything up.

\nIt was hard to say goodbye to friends in Chicago\/Evanston, and I don’t \nknow if we’ll go back anytime soon. I grew up there, and so it felt very\n odd thinking that by the time I get back there, things might have \nreally changed. But who knows? Maybe we’ll visit sooner than we think. \nMy grandma lives in Springfield, and we really want to visit her, so \nwe’ll just have to see how everything plays out.

\nAnd now we are in Utah living happily ever after. No, really, it is \nwonderful to have so many friends and family members everywhere. And I \nlove having so many babysitters!! Before I told Abe we weren’t ever \ngoing to do anything without Lydia because I am super scared of leaving \nLydia with anyone besides family. Since we didn’t really have any family\n in Chicago (except when Clark was in town), we never ever left Lydia. \nNow we can theoretically go on dates again, assuming Abe is ever home.

\nHe travels 1500 miles a week in his new job. I don’t think I’m \nexaggerating, but I wouldn’t know because I can’t actually ask Abe if \nI’m exaggerating since  he is on a work trip. Ugh. That is the only part\n of this that I don’t really like. I hate being apart so much! But, \nthankfully, I have lovely people around to distract me. For example, \ntoday I took a beautiful walk in City Creek Canyon with my mom and \nLydia. I can see my mom all the time now! It is rather heavenly.

\nWe are currently living with his dad and stepmom until we move into a \nhouse Abe’s mom is renting to us. I am grateful to his mom for being so \nsweet, moving out and giving us such an amazing deal on her house, but I\n can’t lie–I love not having to be alone during Abe’s trips right about\n now. His dad and stepmom have been so fun, and I love visiting with \nthem and watching them interact with Lydia. I keep wanting to throw \nmyself pity parties about how much Abe has to be away, but it is hard to\n do that when I get to hang out with Tom and Suzanne. Suzanne calls Tom \nthe “baby whisperer” because Lydia adores him. When we are at our wits’ \nend trying to calm her down, all Tom has to do is pick her up, and she’s\n a calm happy baby again. It’s amazing! I don’t know what I’ll do when I\n have to calm her down all by myself again.

\nOh, and that brings me to my next subject: Lydia. She is a trooper for \nholding up under all this change, but lately she’s had a couple very out\n of character meltdowns. I think it is all the change and the fact that I\n started supplementing with formula during all the craziness of the \nmove. There was just no way I could keep up with pure breastfeeding. I \nknow that formula is fine for some babies, but it isn’t really good for \nLydia. She gets really constipated, gassy and fussy on it, and so \nstarting yesterday I completely stopped supplementing. So now instead of\n going to bed like I am dying to do, I will pump a ton first. The fun \nnever ends! More next time…\n\n\n\n\nPosted by\nLily\n\n\nat\n10:24 PM<\/abbr><\/a>Email This<\/a>BlogThis!<\/a>Share to Twitter<\/a>Share to Facebook<\/a>Share to Pinterest<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Thalia Randall<\/a>July 14, 2011 at 2:06 PM<\/a>Yay\n for moving and yay for this post!!! I understand everything so much \nclearer now! I did not notice ANYTHING objectionable about the syntax \ud83d\ude42Reply<\/a><\/li><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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