Saturday, May 31, 2008

Life Can Change in an Instant

It is amazing how quickly life can change. There has been so much that has happened in three weeks it almost feels like it should be an eternity. Last week Cruz learned to roll over. Brendan and I have been waiting for this day for about a month now, because Cruz has been struggling so hard to roll over. Then like that he did it. After he made it over once, it was like he had been doing it since he was born. I think my payment for having such a good baby is that he is going to be a little mover that will never stop. You can already tell he is trying to work those little legs so he can crawl.

This is one of Cruz's first attempts to roll over:


Not to successful.

Here is an actual success, to bad it is a week after he learned to do it:


Now he is a rolling over fool!! Once I lie him down, he is already on his stomach.



The biggest change that has happened over the past three weeks is that the Marchant's are moving!! In past three weeks we have sold our business and have bought a new Pillar To Post franchise in the great area of Olympia, WA. Well, actually an old business, we bought an existing franchise that has been running in Olympia area for the past eight years. Along with the county Olympia is located in, we were able to purchase three other counties.

If you had asked us four weeks ago about buying this we would have said, "HECK NO!!!". We were so happy with where we are currently at and didn't want to have to start all over again. What made us change our minds? A number or reasons, but I believe we were really guided to make this move. As we negotiated and looked farther into things, everything just made sense of why we should be doing this. What is amazing is that I feel so good about this change, even excited. Usually the thought of change stresses and scares me to death. I hate change!!

As sad as we are to be leaving Issaquah and all of our friends, we are so excited to start this new adventure in our lives. Short term it is going to be tough to really get this up and running again, (the guy we bought it from hasn't been working his territory for the past year), but the long term benefits far out way the hard work we are going to have to put in. Our projected move date is about June 20th and we still haven't found a place to live. Ahhh, we have so much to do!!!

6 comments:

Jodee said...

Awe what? We will miss you here! I am glad that you feel so great about it and feel it is a good move- I know how scary that can be. Let us know if you need any help!

Justin and Stacey said...

Congratualtions! Good luck with your new exciting adventure. That is so awesome to find such a good opportunity for you and your family. Hopefully everything works out, which I'm sure it will. Good luck finding a place to live!!

Cruz is a cutie!!!

Britley said...

What?1? I heard Brendan talking about his business at the bbq, but I missed the detail that you are leaving! So sad!

jhoopes said...

Those videos of Cruz are so sweet! It is so cute to see him trying so hard to roll over! It's amazing how much they learn in a short time. And congrats on the new adventure, but we will REALLY miss you guys around here. You will definitely have to keep up your blog!!

Tommy and Monique Shelby said...

Congrats on the growing business!! And good luck with the move!!!

Ann-Marie said...

we need an update! give us the goods on your new place and what cruz is up to!