{more updates on California // Zack found the bacon!}

Oh for goodness sakes, the mister sure is handsome, isn’t he?

Our biggest, craziest, cross-country move // adventure to Santa Monica, California begins in just 6 days {gulp}. We decided to pull out from our our Minneapolis driveway and head west a day early because really, what is one extra day? Except for the fact we’ll be able to get into our home a day earlier. Hopefully…

I know this all seems very brave of us, but I’m nervous about our move. How soon until we find a church? How soon until we find friends? And what about a groove for our family? One second I have butterflies — I’m really excited to decorate our new home, and of course the beautiful weather waiting for us, the next second I get a giant lump in my throat. This is by far our biggest family adventure. And of course, Minneapolis has given our family so many big “firsts” — the launch of Gussy Sews, and just this summer, a little baby arriving in March. It has to be good though, because God is good.

OKIE DOKIE, TIME FOR MORE UPDATES ON CALIFORNIA:

— we are still looking for a house or apartment to rent + would love your continued prayers/warm wishes in this area. If you know of anyone that needs someone to sublet for them, or that has a guest house we could rent, or ANYTHING similar, please let me know. We’re looking in the Santa Monica area // surrounding cities.

— Zack has accepted a 3-month freelance position, which is sooooo exciting! It’s exactly what he wanted {yeow!} + he starts right after Labor Day. Way to find the bacon, babe! ;)

— our garage sale on Saturday was SUPER SUPER successful + we feel very blessed!!!!!

— the Gussy shop WILL remain open while we move. My assistant Cambria will be shipping all product so there won’t be any down time. However, we’d still like to sell as much as we can before we move on August 27th. Thank you for your continued help with sharing the Gussy Sews shop with your friends :) Click over for more information on our summer sale, too!

— we have a full editorial calender for August + September planned, which is making me sooo nerdily excited.  Get ready for more business posts + a couple of new blog series!

— October is going to be a BUSY month for Gussy Sews. First I’ll be flying to Indianapolis to be a community leader at Influence, then I’ll be flying to the Philadelphia area to speak at Allume {see full speaker list here}. If you’re going to either event I can’t wait to meet you, yeow! :)

— This little babe in my belly is almost 12.5 weeks old. Every week I find more + more energy, but I can tell my body is already starting to change. Like how I could go to bed at 8:30pm every night ;) Certain clothes aren’t fitting the same way so a couple times I’ve worn a Bella Band that sweet Tracey mailed me. And as for food, all I want to eat is fresh fruit + veggies. No meat, though. And a tiny piece of chocolate after dinner is fun ;) Every time I talk to my mom on the phone she asks how I’m feeling, what new things have we thought about {decorating the nursery, cloth diapering, etc} and it makes me feel so important. I love it, and you Mom!! :)

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PS. We sold our red couch in our garage sale — BUT! BUT!, I’m excited to go thrifting for a new couch and I’m secretly wishing it’s red :) Or maybe dark gray!