Texas

We are officially residents of Houston, TX! We have been here for almost 2 months now and we are loving it here.  Our move went very smoothly as we packed up our apartment in Bakersfield, CA and Eric and Aaron drove the big truck towing our car.  The following day the girls and I got on a plane and flew to Texas.  I loved the "find my friends" app on my iphone.  I could track Eric the whole way to Texas.  His family was all tracking him too.  After 31 hours in the truck with a 5 year old he made it.
We love our house that we are renting.  It is bigger than our old apartment so we are definitely enjoying the bigger space.  It is still 3 bedrooms, though.  We only live 3/4 of a mile away from my older sister Kim and her family and about a mile away from Eric's sister Stephenie and her family and Eric's younger sister Bonnie lives about 20 miles away.  I see my sister almost on a daily basis and we both love having each other so close.  I hope she doesn't get sick of me. :)  It sure helps me get settled in here in a new town so I don't feel so isolated and alone especially when Eric goes to work.
Eric is enjoying his new job.  So far we really enjoyed half day Fridays but those are over now that summer is over.  He usually gets up at 5:15am every morning so he can be out the door by 6:15am for his 45 min - 1 hour commute downtown.  He usually works til about 4:00pm and then is home after 5pm to spend his evenings with us.  Eric is now working in the audit department of his new firm and is learning how to be a great auditor.  I think he is working on his first on-site audit today.
 Aaron started Kindergarten last week and so far I think he loves it.  He seems to have a great teacher and is already learning a ton.  I am so glad we moved before he started school.  I am having to learn a new routine in the morning so I can get all the kids up, dressed, and feed them breakfast before we start to walk to school at 7:45 in the morning. It used to be so hard for me to be ready to go anywhere before 9:30am.  The school is about half a mile away and since I don't have a car we get to walk every morning.  I actually kind of enjoy the walk even though it is a little hot and humid even in the morning.  I put Alanna and Kaylee in the wagon and walk with Aaron.
Kaylee is just enjoying her older girl cousins.  She absolutely loves to play with her 12 year old cousin Samantha when we are at Kim's house and whenever we go over to Stephenie's house Kaylee loves to play dress up and follow her 8 year old cousin, Danielle, around.
Alanna has transformed from that cute little baby who stays where ever you put her to a growing baby that can crawl any where she wants.  She loves her new found freedom of crawling and she is all over the place getting into trouble.  She is still my cute little baby.  I can't believe she will be 1 year old in just 2 months.
I think we are all adjusting very well here.  My kids love that they get to see their cousins all the time and I love that I get to see my sister and Eric's family way more often than we used to.
I promise I will post pictures soon.