Little Underwood, Big Harte

Well just like that we are less than one week away from leaving Florida and Zoe is 7 weeks old. In some ways it seems like time has flown and in others it has crawled by. When I think of the move, I know we are doing the best thing for our family and we are genuinely excited, but there is that churning in my stomach every time I imagine the day we actually leave. I'm sure it has to do with transitions and change being hard plus leaving "the know" and our people here along with venturing into the unknown and having to make new people. Plus, there is some nostalgia for here ... the place we went from being a couple to being a family of four. I get choked up but know once the goodbyes are complete and the move is underway that I will be able to look forward more to what is in store.  We get our final FL reinforcements this week. BIL and SIL Mike and Katie arrive later this week to help finish packing, hang with the kids, load the truck and make the road trip with Stefan...

This year Mother's Day meant I was a momma for TWO little souls. Oh the blessings! We have been battling a spring cold and all taking our turn so things weren't too crazy around here. I got a lovely breakfast, not so much in bed given the newborn, lunch out followed by one of our fav dinners...Gulf shrimp (bfast and dinner courtesy of the awesome husband!). I also got some gifts that Gavin got to help pick out! Hilarious! We wanted until later in the day to try for a picture which just resulted in one tired looking mom! Oh well, I'm sharing anyway because with an energetic toddler, a newborn and a cross country move in two.five weeks that's just my reality right now. We also had Stefan's work going away early dinner at the beach and tried to get a family photo by the Gulf. Did not go well. Maybe we can sneak one in still when Mike and Katie are here to help facilitate. Would love a good one before we don't have the chance! Things are getting real and the go...

We enjoyed having Grandma Jo come meet her granddaughter! Thanks for all your help while you were and the freezer stocked of homemade meals (score!). It was especially helpful while I was down for the count with the mastitis. That seems to be on the mend, thankfully, and I'm trying to keep that in check so I don't have a recurrance.  We are now on our own for a couple weeks which will include packing up the rest of the house and saying our goodbyes to friends here (ugh, can't stand that part, even typing it makes me choke up). Then we await Uncle Mike and Aunt Katie arriving at the end of the month to meet Zoe, see all of us and help us finalize our move. We are so blessed with AMAZING  families! M&K will be accompanying Stefan and our belongings all the way to PHX via road trip while I make my way up to MI with the kiddos for a pit stop before PHX (since I won't have a car or anywhere to sleep while its being driven cross country). Without all of our support t...