Jayme asked me last week if he could go to dinner with one of his work buddies on Tuesday night. I of course said yes, as this man does not get out enough! I told him stay out as long as he wanted- please! He deserves some fun.
He did have some fun, but his car also broke down, due to the gas pump filling his car with water instead of gas. When he went to leave the restaurant Tuesday evening it wouldn't start, and after a conversation with the car dealership, we went to the gas station, and they were prepared for us! We filled out an incident report and they will cover all damages, so for now we have a rental car, BUT I am digressing.
I mention the car because, unbeknownst to me, he was worried about being late to pick Abby up at the airport!!!!!!! When she returned to Beijing at the end of July she just didn't feel right about it. She didn't have the same excitement about her job or the city, and knew she wanted to be back in the States, thankfully in Florida! After seeking counsel from our parents, grandparents, and a few other family friends, she made the decision to not start her school year and to return to us! Woohoo!!!
She is starting a degree in forensic psychology with Walden University, and has applied to teach kids online, through one of two online schools. Pray for that job to happen soon! We want God's best for her, and also for us (haha). So hopefully for the next couple of years she will be in Florida.
I had absolutely NO idea about this decision, so imagine my SHOCK when she walked through my bedroom door at midnight!!!! I thought "Am I seeing things??!!! What is she doing here??!!!!" only to find out she is done scratching her living abroad itch- lucky us! I stayed up with her until 1am talking, then Asher was up at 115am and Hannah from 2-245am, and then Hannah was up for the day at 6:30am, but we pushed on and made a quick trip to Palm Coast to surprise Amanda with the news (myself, Amanda and Juan were the only ones who didn't know about this- kudos to everyone else for keeping it to themselves recently!!). I'll have to post the videos soon of both my surprise and Amanda's!
So we get to enjoy Abby here in Jax through next week, and then will deposit her to Grandma and Grandpa in DeLand for the next few months.
We've taken it easy, just relaxing and letting Abby try to overcome her jet lag as well as Hannah continuing to recover. Hannah is doing really well, though she did have a super tough morning yesterday. She just cried and cried and cried. Nothing could console her- not me, TV, food, her pacifier...she just either hugged me and cried, or laid on the floor and cried for about 2 hours off and on. I finally put her in her Zippy, gave her the iPad in her crib, let her snuggle her blankets and she watched Bubble Guppies for about 40 minutes and then fell asleep on her own, sweet baby girl of ours. Just love her. She slept for 3 hours and woke up much happier, thankfully!!
This morning we met Dawn for donuts and then went to the pool for a bit! Perfect, relaxing, fun, amazing week! Happy Friday to all!
Reunited and it feels so good!!!
Asher actually got brave enough to go down the slide and climb in the play place!
Donuts and pool this morning
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