Hang Up The Heels

This is my first post as an official Bay Area resident.  Woohoo!  We are here and moved in and are almost done unpacking boxes and hanging the art.  This was a big job.  From finding tenants for our home to packing to movers to flights, uhauls and caravans to unpacking… we somehow how made it here in one piece.

~my sister Jamie in our empty house~

We honestly couldn’t have done it without the help from our parents.  They came up to LA and watched Sadie for us every day last week while we packed.  And my in laws drove our car up here for us and stayed the first two days helping us unpack and break down all of the boxes.  I don’t know where we would be without all of that incredible help.  So a HUGE thank you to my mom & dad and to my mother & father-in-law Pam & Joe… THANK YOU!!

There were some very mixed emotions on the days leading up to our relocation.  I was excited for the new adventure & looking forward to being in a more family-friendly environment.  But, it was terribly hard to say goodbye to my family.  I know they will all come visit me soon (right guys??) but until then I’ll be missing them.  I’ll tell you the truth though.  Having a small baby doesn’t allow you much grievance time at all.  When my sister & brother dropped Sadie and I off at the airport to make our one way trip to SF, I was a wreck.  I was crying on the sidewalk, hugging them with all my might and didn’t want to walk away.  But when I finally mustered the ability to say goodbye for the 80th and last time and walk into the terminal – I had about 10 seconds to snap back into Mom mode because I was flying alone with a baby who needed me and was becoming increasingly fussy.  And that was that.  I was allowed to be sad for only under a minute, then I had a baby to entertain.

~Sadie and I boarding our plane from LA to Oakland~

And now I am here in my new home.  And I realllllly like it.  Our street dead ends at a canal, and we live a 4 minute walk to the State Beach.  We’ve already met about 10 of our neighbors.  I wake up looking at the garden that sits off the back of our bedroom.  Berkeley alternates between laying in the grass and sunbathing on the deck all day.  And Sadie, our little lady Sadie.  She’s happy.  She loves bathing in her very own claw foot bathtub.  She loves sitting in the grass in the backyard and trying to eat pebbles and dirt.  And she’s really been enjoying our daily walk to the water with Berkeley.

~our new street!~

~the canal about 200 feet from our front door~

Devin is happy too.  I can see it in him.  I’m so glad we made this choice to move.  It is honestly hard to picture a better situation for us.  I feel so at home.