the move

there are less than 2 weeks left before my family and i move back to my hometown of dallas. i'm sad that we're going to be leaving our home and friends in austin, but excited for the opportunities that we'll have in dallas- for jobs, and for spending time with family and friends that we don't see as often as we would like. we're going to have to live with my husbands family for a while- we can't afford 2 homes at once- so we have to wait for this house to sell (hopefully we break even) and then need to save some money for a new place. we've been spending a lot of of our time packing and trying to do home improvements and i think it's stressed out the kids. they are both sick (no more fevers) but runny noses and grumpiness. elijah cries about every thing that we pack as if it's going away and he's never ever going to see it again. ever. it hurts me how attached he is and that we have to say goodbye. we brought our boys home to this house. they took their first steps here. said their first words. it's sad to leave that to someone else to call their own and make their own memories in. hopefully we'll be able to sell quickly and start looking for our own place again at the beginning o the new year.... hopefully.