Florida Girls Again {our move}

Whew!

We've just come out of a whirlwind adventure. Just as we were coming up on our year mark in the Folkston home, that had such meaning to us, it sold quickly. We are so thrilled for Mom and Dad and it was the push we needed to make a move. While our time in GA was unexpected (long), it was so nice having family close. I know it only made Lilly Rose's bond with Yaya and Papa 10x stronger. I'm thankful for that foundation she now has with them. 

 

Since we had to pack and move in a matter of weeks, we decided to rent near Billy's job. And lucky for us his current store is minutes to the beach. The past couple weeks in our new place have been SO nice.  I feel our quality of family life has improved greatly. We have Billy home for lunch/dinner and his drive to work is literally 3 minutes. Big change from the past year! We've already enjoyed several walks on the beach, exploring new parks, family date nights and it feels so good!

 

Meanwhile, Lilly Rose has been such a trooper through all the change. We didn't bring her crib with us (stored it at yaya's) so the first night here was in her big girl bed. Such a milestone and with everything going on, I didn't have a moment to think too much about it to get emotional. Thank goodness! **i will have to find the not-so-great pix I took the first night or take some soon to add to this post.**

For Lilly Rose it was a big change and a little traumatic at first. I feared we made a mistake but by the 3rd night she was sleeping through the night again and telling me goodnight with that wide beautiful smile. She adjusted so well, I'm so proud of her! While we were unpacking I showed her the bedding I had purchased a while back and had put away, she was the cutest thing watching me open it from packaging. "Oh, mama, it's SO beautiful! I love it! So pretty!!" Ha! I love her expressive, appreciative little personality. Now, she's really loving her new bed and she likes to tell me "I love big girl bed, mama" - so glad, sweet girl!! It's extra special to us since it was MY little girl bed, too. Nothing sweeter to see her so happy in my old rod-ironed, well loved, double bed! 

I'm so behind in post I'll go ahead and post this and update more later...:)