Well, I never thought it would actually happen but Olivia and I have safely moved over to Western Washington. 4 years I told myself I was never going to come back to this place. All of my happy childhood memories were from Spokane and some of my most challenging times took place in Tacoma. The more we talked about it and the more I thought about it I realized what was truly important to me. Family. That's it! Olivia is the first grandbaby on both sides of the family and we want her to grow up knowing her family. I know that I have my 3 brothers in Spokane, but the majority of the family on both sides are in western Washington. We want Olivia to grow up knowing her grandparents very well. We were at a place where we felt that we could take a chance at moving and leaving our current jobs. So far things seem to be working out. Mike is enjoying his new job, for the most part, and his mom and step dad are gracious enough to let Olivia and I stay with them until we get a place of our own. Very blessed. I am so thankful to my mother for taking a day off of work to stay behind, help finish packing and cleaning after the party, and drive with me. If she had not been there, I would have been in Spokane until probably Thursday. It was definitely an interesting drive!
Note to self: It is NOT a good idea to take a little one on a road trip in the evening, while teething, and just after having shots that day.
Needless to say. Olivia was done. She has been in and out of the car several times yesterday before we hit the road. If I could do it over again, I would have left Olivia home with grandma while I ran errands. However, the problem was that I overbooked my last day. I totally over estimated the amount of time I had and th amount of time that each thing would take. Not only time, but I over estimated the amount of space I had in my car. As you can see in the picture above, there was no space. The cats were in the same carrier right next to Olivia. They have never traveled that far so I stopped and bought a "calming spray". Yeah, Tawnee ended up meowing most of the way anyway. We rolled in to grandma's house at about 12:30am. Daddy was there to greet us! We were so excited to see him. After just over two weeks, it was wonderful to be reunited and to know that even though we aren't staying in the same house yet, we will see each other more often.
These next photos are from before we hit the road:
Note to self: It is NOT a good idea to take a little one on a road trip in the evening, while teething, and just after having shots that day.
Needless to say. Olivia was done. She has been in and out of the car several times yesterday before we hit the road. If I could do it over again, I would have left Olivia home with grandma while I ran errands. However, the problem was that I overbooked my last day. I totally over estimated the amount of time I had and th amount of time that each thing would take. Not only time, but I over estimated the amount of space I had in my car. As you can see in the picture above, there was no space. The cats were in the same carrier right next to Olivia. They have never traveled that far so I stopped and bought a "calming spray". Yeah, Tawnee ended up meowing most of the way anyway. We rolled in to grandma's house at about 12:30am. Daddy was there to greet us! We were so excited to see him. After just over two weeks, it was wonderful to be reunited and to know that even though we aren't staying in the same house yet, we will see each other more often.
These next photos are from before we hit the road:
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| Grandma tried to throw the gummy worm out the window. Hahaha! |
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