Signed, sealed, delivered

The job search turned out to be a bigger more stressful process than anticipated. But we survived and are looking forward to the future. The end of last month we had our last and final interview and we knew where we were going since then. We were just waiting until the offer letter was signed to share it with everyone. As of Monday it's official. We are moving to Peoria, IL where Chuck will be the head of minimally invasive pediatric surgery!

We are so excited to put the training years past us and move onto bigger and better things. Yes, Peoria wasn't initially where we thought we would end up. All the other jobs weren't the right fit. We agreed from the beginning of the search we needed to find the right overall fit (job, city, school system , etc). Surprisingly, Peoria fit what we were looking for. Plus, we will only be 3.5 hours away from Milwaukee now! The group of surgeons that are there now are very excited to have Chuck join the group. Everyone we got to meet were so nice and welcoming.

We already found a house that we love and hope to put our initial offer on it by next week. It's in the Dunlap school system which is what we wanted for the kids. There are tons of soccer clubs for Carter and I already found a ballet studio for Audrey. Due to baby A3, the kids and I will probably go ahead and move beginning of June. That way we'll have more time to get settled into the new house and find a new doctor, etc. Chuck finishes the very end of June and will move after his graduation dinner. I will of course fly back down for his graduation.

We're excited and counting down our remaining time left here in Birmingham.