So this is the new place!!! I have not blogged in quite sometime due to the craziness of being now almost 32 weeks pregnant and running around chasing my crazy mobile toddler. Oh, and the fact that I was packing packing and packing for a few weeks to prepare ourselves for our move to a new home, in a new town and even in a new state!! Yes I said state! If you know me you are probably thinking, yeah right she would never move away from good ol' OK. But yes in deed my friends, I am now a permanent resident of Overland Park, Kansas.
Josh had a new job opportunity arise that would allow him to get out of retail!! No more weekends, no more night time closing shifts, AND HOLIDAYS OFF?!?!?! I am not even sure what to make of that one yet. I was fortunate enough to have my first retail free holiday season last year but it was not the same with Josh still participating. Yet now we both get to sit back, relax, and enjoy 4 days off during Thanksgiving and a nice 3 day weekend for Christmas!! As long as everything continues to go smooth with my pregnancy then we plan to pack up the family and celebrate Thanksgiving in Oklahoma with our families. However since baby boy is due only 10 days after Christmas we will be staying here and having a small Pluid family of 3 celebration. Just a few days after Christmas we will be lucky enough to see all the family we missed because baby boy Paxton will be joining us and everyone will come up our way (so everyone keep your fingers crossed that the weather treats us nice so our Okie family can drive up here!!)
So far our transition with our new town and our new home has been pretty much seamless. We enjoyed our short 9 months in Duncan, OK and the biggest reason I was sad to go was the fact that I got to see one of my best friends Katie and Harper's BFF Keller, every single day. Not many people get the joy of living so close to a friend and having their kids get to play and love each other! Katie has been a true blessing in my life. She will know things about me that no one will ever know or understand. She has been there for me through some of the most difficult times as well. The day I went to say goodbye to them was definitely the most emotional time I had. BUT, I am now looking forward to having "girls weekends" and meeting up with her with no kids and having a great excuse to shop, pamper and catch up!! =)
So the fun part about being in our new town is that we definitely feel as if it is a perfect fit for our personalities. Josh and I love to go out and try new restaurants and get involved with fun community events. Overland Park has so much to offer with festivities and fun kids events and the simple fact that I could literally walk to Target from my house makes me such a happy girl!! I am pretty sure I have made up for not living in a town with a Target in just the few weeks I have been here. We absolutely love our new neighborhood which has lots of families and young kids. We were drawn to this area because of some friends we knew and worked with in Oklahoma that moved here a few years ago and raved about how much they loved the neighborhood & all their neighbors. I can literally walk to the elementary school, the park, and the pool from my house! We are definitely going to get use out of our little red wagon this next summer.
Well that is all the rambling I am going to do today. I will post more house pictures as I get the rooms all completed and pretty =). I'm trying to get that done as quickly as possible so I can have a few weeks of relaxing before baby boy arrives! Ahhhhh I can't wait to meet him!
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