Last Week in Austin

So once again...I'm very late updating our blog. Things have been crazy not having a computer...this is pretty much the only contact I have with my friends and I have to wait til Jarrod gets home from work and I only get the computer if he doesn't have to work at night! Hopefully it won't be much longer til I have my computer back!

So most of you know we were in Austin last week while we met the movers and to close on our house. It was a VERY emotional time for me. I honestly tried to stay away from the house as much as possible. Which, having Bo helped because he was just in the way so that was my "excuse" to get out. We spent most of our time at John and Cheryl's playing with the girls outside since the weather was fabulous.

Friday they packed our things, I had a hard time going back into the house once it was packed. I was good until I saw Bo's room then I had to fight back tears. The hardest day for me was Monday. Bo and I were meeting Michelle, RJ, Joy, and Mack for lunch and on my way I stopped by the house to finish getting the "child proof" outlet plugs out of the walls and I had to meet the cleaning service. I was okay until I watched Bo start going to the kitchen cabinets where he liked to play in the pots and pans, he also loved to throw things into our big bathtub in the master bath so he was doing that as well. Then I saw him come waddling out of his room and I absolutely lost it. His room was by far the hardest to go in. I think if Bo hadn't been with me it wouldn't have been so bad, but seeing how much he's grown this past year and knowing all of those memories are with that house, made me so sad. I think I cried ALL day on Monday and Monday night. The last thing we had to get out of the house was the UT light switch cover that was in Bo's room...I couldn't do it. I called Jarrod and as I was sobbing on the phone told him there was no way I could go back into the house and take that out. So being the wonderful husband and daddy he is he went to the house and took it off for me. I never, ever dreamed that the house that drove me crazy when we moved in (no storage, small spaces, no cabinet space, etc...) would cause me to be so upset when we left. It just goes to prove it's not the house that makes it a home, it's the people and the memories.


With that said it was wonderful to spend time with all of our dear friends. We miss you all so much!