It's been awhile since I've updated the blog so I'm going to try and catch up quickly. We are adjusting well to having a new baby. Caleb has been amazing! He is a wonderful baby boy and we are thrilled to have him as part of the family. The big kids love their little brother too and are great little helpers. When Caleb is crying they will give him a "nunny" (pacifier). The kids came up with the name nunny which we think is really cute.
In addition to having Caleb (as if having a new baby isn't enouh) we thought it'd even more fun to move across the country at the same time. :) We are moving back to Wisconsin. Roberto was offered and accepted a new position with Harley that is based in the Milwaukee area. He will be starting the last week of October. We had a house-hunting trip in August, but didn't find anything... We saw a lot houses, but we just struck out. Caleb was quite the trooper as he looked at the houses with us while the big kids played with their grandfolks.
After a disapointing house-hunting trip we kept looking online and found one a couple of weeks ago. After lots of negotiations we now have an accepted offer on a house in Menomonee Falls and close Oct. 15. Roberto's new job will be based at the plant in Menomonee Falls so it will be really nice for him to work close to home.
I officially quit my job at WellSpan and did not go back to work after my maternity leave ended. With us moving soon it just didn't make sense for me to go back to work. So, I'm officially CEO of the Rivera household and now have three little bosses. Somedays I think my three little bosses are much more difficult than my one boss at work. :) But, my little bosses are a lot more fun. Although I am going to miss the great people I worked with. I was lucky to work with a very talented group of people and for a good organization.
It's definitely been an adventure trying to get our house ready to sell and find a new place in another state. We are looking forward to all of the madness ending and being able to get back to a new normal.
Moving out to PA six years ago was one of the best decisions we ever made and we are very thankful for the opportunity to do this. We met so many wonderful people and know that many of them will be life-long friends. All three of our babies were born out here so we'll definitely have to come back to visit. Because we didn't have family here we had to create our own "family" and the vast majority of our really good friends also don't have family in the area. We managed to form a network of friends who all happen to have kids around the same ages as ours. It's pretty incredible how that all worked out. We joined St. John's Lutheran Church shortly after moving here and through that church met so many wonderful people. We also were lucky to make a lot of great friends through our jobs. I don't think we'll be able to find another church like St. John's, but I'm sure going to try!
It was a scary day when we drove out here six years ago and now it's going to be a very bittersweet day when we leave. I'm excited to see our family more often and to reconnect with old friends, but I'm incredibly sad to leave the wonderful friends we've made here...
We are now trying to make the most of our remaining weeks as Pennsylvanians.
