As we did our house hunting in Louisville this weekend it really hit me that we are moving. AND we are moving with 2 children this time. We attempted on Saturday to drive around the Louisville area but quickly discovered that wasn't an option as we were on the curvy backroad countryside going from one subdivision to another. I was in the backseat holding a bucket for our carsick Savannah ready to lose it at any moment. We got her out of the vehicle just in time. (whew that was a close one). As I was sitting in the backseat between the 2 children I look over at Carson who is just grinning from ear to ear that he finally can see me after only hearing me for the past 2 hours. Jeff and I grew tired and frustrated trying to care for Savannah while attending to a needy toddler. We got very little accomplished. You could cut the tension in the car with a knife and neither one of us was enjoying this task. We decided that we would need to ask for back up for the following day as we drove home.
Saturday night we lay in bed looking over more and more houses to map out our next quest. Savannah earned herself a babysitter and an afternoon away from the car. Our neighbor gave us a phone number to a great high schooler who came over to watch Elmo with Savannah and give her full undivided attention. I watched the rolling hills, changing fall colors, and watching all other surroundings as we drove down again yesterday. There was so much I missed while attending to a sick toddler in the backseat. There was laughter in the car. We found the joy of imagining this next phase in our life come to a reality. I was so glad to have that enjoyment back. Carson was thrilled to have a DVD player all to himself. He enjoyed watching Baby Einstein which he rarely gets to watch because Savannah trumps him with Elmo demands. We didn't find a house yet but we found 2 really great houses that we both liked and could make work. We want to continue searching to make sure that we have a thorough grasp of the area and choose the perfect house for this next phase. Jeff starts his new area on October 29th which doesn't leave us with much time to look. The sooner we find a house and close on it, the sooner we can be joined as a family once again.
Until then I am busy prepping our house for the real estate market, making phone calls to arrange all the details, and trying to find relaxing time to recoop from some of the stress at times. Promotions for Jeff are such an exciting, stressful, joyful, disarray, and all other emotions. I really hope that Savannah handles this move okay. She understands what "home" is now and announces to me when we are getting close to home. I told her that we would be moving and we would have a new home. She responded by saying "move?, sure."
