First post as a Georgian...lol

O.k. y'all. I've tried to post pictures from most of the big events that have happened in the last few weeks. Can you tell I've had a little bit of blogger withdrawls? Jakob would do something cute and I'd want so badly to post it, but had no internet, or no time! Glad my good friend is back. Home doesn't seem quite so far away when I can view Facebook. :) We are now residing in Cartersville. Leaving home was soooo much harder than I thought it would be. I actually did really well until the day we left. I think we were so busy running around trying to get the house ready and make sure we had everything we needed I didn't have time to think about actually leaving. Yes, I did cry off and on the whole way to Georgia. When I walked into the apartment and saw all the boxes and stuff piled around the living room I cried again. I felt so totally overwhelmed. Didn't I just do all this packing??? And now I have to unpack again. (please forgive my whining, but I am being real here) The first couple of days this place seemed more like a hotel than a home. It just felt generic, like you should be here a couple weeks and then leave. Not knowing when we'll be able to leave made it a little harder to be here I think. I don't have anything against apartments, but it's hard to go from a house back down to an apartment. Not to mention most of our belongings are in storage, so we have to make due with what we have for now. We've had to make a couple trips to Wal-mart for things that you just cannot do without. (broom, soap, microwave) I have had to get used to hearing footsteps overhead all night long, I think our upstairs neighbor works swings or something, they just get to moving around about 6 or 7 o'clock at night. Our poor neighbors have heard their share of Jakob screaming which we found out today was because of his ear infection. In my own house we would only worry about the baby, not about whether our neighbors will turn us in for being noisy all night long. The second day here I cried all day long. I just couldn't get a hold of myself. Every thought of home, or family, or friends just made me cry all over again. I wanted to go back. I hated the fact that we took Jakob away from his grandparents and aunts. Family is the most important thing to me. It's funny how you don't appreciate things until they're gone. I miss my cute little house. I miss the ability to hop in the car whenever I feel like it and go see my mom. -I know this post is soooo depressing right?- It wasn't until the second day when me and Jeremy sat down and talked that I got a change of perspective. While I sat and grieved, and I was sad, I didn't stop to think that maybe Jeremy was sad too. I just figured he's a guy and guys aren't that attached to many things and he's just fine. Well, he wasn't. He missed home too. He wondered if we did the right thing bringing Jakob here away from grandparents and aunts and church family. On top of that he is still dealing with the fact that he had to leave a job he loved because his "friends" (his bosses at Jackson Guard) didn't see him as important enough to keep. Of course in men these things don't manifest themselves in uncontrolable fits of tears, but I saw that we were both feeling the same way. We agreed that the time will come when we can go home again, but for now we are gonna experience some new things in life, and we will adjust and be o.k. From that time till now I've been alot better. I have almost broken down once or twice...when Jakob's been so unhappy and fussy I wished I had someone to help me out and let me take a nap (spoiled, i know) When we visited our first church we got to talking about home and our little house and I started to cry, but quickly dried the tears and moved on. I think my sister is right when she told me that you find out you're much stronger than you ever thought you were through things like this. I'm trying to lean on God and trust him to make me strong and grow me through this situation. If you are a military kid, or just like to move you probably think i'm a baby, but this is major stuff for me. I swore I'd never leave Florida. Things are looking up for me. The past couple of days I've been to town shopping and today running Jakob to the doctor and to the pharmacy. Knowing that my baby will be feeling better soon helps me feel encouraged, as well as knowing sleep is in my future :) We're gonna enjoy living here in Georgia, and I'm already learning valuable lessons that I will keep with me no matter where I go. Love you all and will try to blog about my "house hunting " experiences on Wednesday!