The movers came! yay!

So, I don't know if i can do photos from the laptop, sorry. The movers came and took all our big stuff and it's SUCH a relief to have all that gone. Now we're living on gov't mattresses and blankets and small stuff. Sloane got her first tooth on moving day and it's adorable. She's cranky but very quick to giggle as she's such a little laugher now. She still makes it known when she's in a mood- if she's happy you can see it from across the room because she's beaming...and when she's not, there's no doubt about her angry frown. I am still sure that her cuteness is in direct relation to her neediness and it's all designed so that you can't ignore her...even when you want to. She is totally the most adorable being in the universe.
while we're moving and down to one van we wouldn't want to have the kids not in 25 activities so we still have karate. Billie is testing for her yellow belt tomorrow and we've been practicing that kata for 2 weeks now. Each evening we're doing Vacation Bible School - Billie is in the Kindergarten class and loves it. Jackson came along with us yesterday (I'm the crew leader for her class) since the movers were here, he did well and can really hold his own with the 'big' kids. He's taller than many of them and super smart.
We've got a lot of cleaning to do, plants to pull out, lightbulbs to replace....before our final inspection, express shipment pack-out, and then moving into the hotel so i won't write much again. We will be seeing all of you very soon, this is actually happening and it's sinking in!! We'll be in Illinois on July 1st. It's time to start thinking about flights-- if only the plane had a little baby saucer like we have here...then, I think it'd be fine. I think we're going to sit apart. Not because Bill and i are fighting anymore (we're back in love) but he's going to take Billie and Jackson because they're super easy and a video can ameliorate any situation under the sun. I'm going to sit with Sloane because she requires full and constant attention.