New Adventures

Well, as some of you may already know, Chris's career has taken The Nickell Family to Phoenix, Arizona. We left the beautiful city of Denver, Colorado just a few weeks ago. We really enjoyed our time there. We fell in love with some new things like mountain biking, hiking, snowboarding, and most of all our beautiful Arabella. Good things come in small packages. We were blessed with our tiny package in Colorado.

So now we are here and settled in in Arizona in a little town called Surprise. Yes, Surprise, like in "SURPRISE!!!" It has been so comical changing all of our address over. I think each and every operator has said, "Surprise, as in SURPRISE!" And, each time, I have to say, "Yes, as in SURPRISE!" It's been fun! It is a cute little town. It's a newer part of town just west of Phoenix. Chris as taken a position with DeVry. He's the Director of Academic Affairs for Carrington College Group overseeing ten schools. He's quite a busy guy. So for now, it's perfect for me to be able to be at home with our little girl. There's no other place I'd rather be. I am finding that I really like being a stay-at-home mom. I love that I am the one with her all day. We are very blessed that I can do this for now.

Arabella is adjusting to her new home too. It took getting through all of the boxes and clutter to everything and hung up to settle in. I felt so bad for her. The past month of cleaning and packing and unboxing has been crazy. We were able this week to start to relax some. She enjoys it. She's developing so quickly. She's been scooting around like a little worm for a while now. But yesterday, she started going from her scooting/crawling position to sitting up on her own! And, by the end of the day, doing a good job of it too! She's pretty stable. Last night I was running her bath water (She loves her evening baths with her spa bathtub!) when I turned and saw her in a bear stance. Arabella is starting to work on standing! This was way too much for Mommy to take in for one day. She's just growing up so quickly. I just want to hold on to her and squeeze her and never let go! She's just amazing!

Well, please keep watching the blog. I'll try to keep it updated often. I hope you are enjoying watching her grow as much as we are! Hope the summer is treating you well! We'll send our new address to you soon. Take care!

Love from The Nickell Family!