New Beginnings

Springtime is a time for renewal and new beginnings.  Our family has taken this to heart.  New job, new home, new community, new adventures.  We have relocated 3 hours away from our home.  We are writing a new chapter in our life together.  This was a very, very difficult decision for us.  It was hard to decide to move to a place where we knew no one.  It was hard to leave that safety net of doctors, therapists, and teachers for the kids.  It can be pretty scary to take a leap of faith. 
I feel the leap was worth it.  Every step of this process has just felt right.  The pieces fell into place.  Justin moved away to start working before we had sold our house.  He would come home on the weekends.  I was a single parent who was keeping a house show ready with two toddlers.  It was hard you guys, single parenting is HARD and I had a lot of help and support.  Thankfully our house sold quickly.  I bought a house for us in record time.  We had two great realtors who really helped in the buying and selling process.  After our house was under contract I made a day trip to look at houses.  I saw 2 houses (real estate here is flying).  I really liked one of the houses and felt like it was in our best interest to act quickly since in about a month we would be homeless.  Sooooo I wrote the offer and it was accepted before Justin ever set foot in the house.  No worries he liked it.  It is home built in 1880, but has been updated.  The floors give away the age of the home.  None are level...Some rainy day I am going to drop a marble and see where it ends up.  We have a park right around the corner from our home.  The kids enjoy spending a lot of time there.  Our garden is in and the kids are not quite grasping the concept that plants take time to grow.  We are meeting our neighbors and have discovered that most of the town has been inside our home.  Which is weird to think about.
Justin really likes his new job.  He is enjoying the change of scene and the new challenges.  The best part is that our new home is about 10 minutes from his office.  We get to see so much more of him which is wonderful.  We are exploring our new community and have found some really great places for the kids.  The plan for the near future is to basically play tourist and get fully unpacked and settled. 
Thanks to Oliver swallowing a penny we met the pediatrician early.  The practice seems nice and everyone involved in the ordeal was patient with him.  We have also met his new asthma doctor, who I kinda just want to put in my pocket and take him with me.  He is great!  I was pretty upfront about my desire to keep Oliver out of the hospital if we can when he has a flare up, but also wanting his criteria for admitting if needed.  We have tweaked some meds and are on a trial run of some things. 
Anna is taking things in stride.  If anything she has become more independent and expressive of her desires.  Mostly related to her outfits, which is hilarious.  I love to see what she puts together. 
We miss our family and friends, but know that right now this was the right decision.  We are enjoying our adventure.