Good-bye, Texas

We had a lot of good-byes to say and with an inadequate amount of time (we knew about this move for about 6 weeks before we actually left, but where does the time go?) we did not get see everyone we wanted or spend the amount of time with them we needed. But here are a few parting shots and thoughts:

Talk about huge truck! Yep, the entire contents of our house and our car fit onto this bad boy. The movers boxed up and loaded everything in about 13 hours. I got a little choked up as we did the final walk-through but I made it. It was just a starter home that was too small and poorly laid out in some areas, but it was our first house and Noah's first home. His room got me the most. I actually felt guilty about taking him away from his security in being there.

So, we had over 20 showings in 8 days. (Word to the wise: trying to sell the house you are living in with a baby to tote around and clean up after is not recommended! It was a pain.) But God is good! On the 8th day we sold the house for the asking price. We were able to recoup about 2/3 of the money we put into updating the house. Jeremy also sold my Civic in about three days, since the moving company would only transport one car for free and he wanted something new anyway. We visited with most of our family before we headed out. Here is Noah with his favorite (and only) aunt, Mandi. Mamaw (Jeremy's mom) came to stay the last night at our house and she was a huge help. We stayed our last two nights in a really cool hotel suite in Lewisville while we were being packed. It was basically a two bedroom apartment with a full kitchen. Would have been perfect to live in while we find a place in WV!

Noah and visited my parents in Paris for a couple of days. He had a great time playing with Papa and Mimi and entertaining all the other family members that visited!

First time in the tree swing!

Papa took him for walks in the stroller and out to visit the friendly neighborhood cows.

A little visit with Pop and Nanna (Amy's grandparents).


Hangin' with his cousin Madison.

Waiting for our plane in Charlotte, NC to take us to Roanoke, VA. Both times I have visited this airport, our flight was delayed. Noah was a great traveler, eating and sleeping through most of both flights. I think the drone of the airplane just knocks him right out. Then he slept through our one and a half hour drive from Roanoke to Lewisburg. We left our hotel about 7:30am Central time, and arrived about 7:30pm Eastern time, after a flight delay of one hour and some issues with getting the rental car set up. Long day!

More to come...