Wow...it's been awhile since I've posted....sorry about that. We've been at our new apartment about 3 weeks now and everything is finally almost in it's place and put away. It is really looking great and we love that we are right above the office so no loud neighbors below, or on either side of us!!! Oliver has a huge room which is great because he has started crawling full force now. He was scooting along the floor on his belly and every once in awhile he would get up on hands and knees....then one day he just took off and hasn't stopped since.



Needless to say we quickly learned to pick up stuff left on the floor if we didn't want it to end up in Oliver's mouth.
The other new adventure he has recently embarked on is trying out new food.



He has since learned to keep his hands mostly away from the spoon and his mouth and now eats proudly in his new high chair.

We've moved into a bedroom in Nathan's parents house and this will be our home for the next month or so. It's pretty cozy!!!

I know Rachel always posts with cool pictures of Oliver for everyone to ooh and aww at, but I'm posting now because I've got too much time on my hands.



I spent about 2 months solid looking for full-time work. Everyday I was spending most of my time online applying for work. I would occasionaly get a number, make a phone call, have an interview, but they all turned bad. I finally made a great contact through my parents in Houston, and now I've finally got a job. Rachel sent out an email to a Follett bookstore in Houston and a day later was offered a transfer. I guess the timing was perfect because they just happened to need someone at a store in Houston around the exact same time I was offered a job. It was very cool.



I'm going to be working in fast food management for a big Wendy's franchise called Emerald Foods. They offer great pay, plus massive opportunity for advancement. I don't plan on being in this position for long.

The hardest part about leaving Longview has got to be leaving our church. Mobberly Baptist has been a great place.

We started going there because we got involved in the Worship ministry so quickly. It wasn't long after we joined that Rachel and I got offered positions teaching for the church-sponsered music academy. Rachel reluctantly began teaching piano lessons. She was more qualified than she thought she was. I jumped head-first into teaching guitar.

I was making $30/hr and had a full Monday evening schedule. It was great part-time work. I continued teaching after I quit my job at the call center, and it was a great way to make ends meet for the 2 months I was out of work. It's been tough leaving my students, but I may still get back into it later in life. It's definitely improved my guitar playing.

So, now we're going crazy trying to pack everything up. It looks a little bit like this

except without the chickens. Our move out date is tommorow (Saturday the 25th). We will miss all of our East Texas friends. We will always remember this place as the place where our family began, and the people who were with us then will always be a part of that memory. (unless we find cooler people and forget about everyone )

So long everybody! We love you all.