First Trip to Orlando!

After the boys got out of school on Friday, we loaded up and headed to my parents' house in Georgia. My mom hired a sitter from their church to watch the kids for the weekend while she and I went house hunting in Orlando. We had a lot on our agenda, but we got it all done and even found a house. Who knew that renting a house would be so tedious, though! I'm convinced it's a lot easier to buy a house than rent! Ha! Anyways, my mind is kind of boggled from the weekend, so I'm gonna hit the highlights in bullets so I don't have to form sentences. :)

• Orlando is HOT! Here it is mid-January and people were walking around in shorts, t-shirts, and flip flops! I definitely have some shopping to do before we move!


• We are planning to move mid-February if all goes as planned.


• We put our house on the market this week, so it is for sale/for rent/for lease...whichever gets it off our hands the fastest. Let me know if you're interested! ;)


• Houses there are so different- almost 75% of the homes we looked at have pools. (The one we are looking at has a pool, and I'm super excited but super scared at the same time.) And the homes are right on top of each other! "Our home" has almost no yard at all. :( I'm highly disappointed about that, but there is a park down the street, though. Man, I hope we have good neighbors! Especially since we'll be right on top of them!


• The people we saw in Orlando are definitely "different" than anywhere I've ever lived...even Atlanta. I'm all of a sudden the one with the "southern accent" again.


• I miss Tyson terribly. He flew out for his interview January 12 and started work immediately. We've gotten to see him twice but for a short period of time both times. He's been busy recruiting all week and weekend long, so that stinks. :(


• Tyson seems to really love his job so far and the people he's working with.


• It costs exactly $8 in tolls from 75 South to our house. Just sayin.


• Disney World is about an hour away from our house. And Sea World is even closer! I can't wait!


• I've already found a good preschool close to our house and Jake will start as soon as we get there. Walker will start in the summer.


• I work my last shift at Children's this weekend, and then I'm taking a little break from nursing to just enjoy being a mom/wife/personal assistant to my husband for a little while.


• We will be almost 4 hours from Tifton (Tyson's mom and my sister) and 6-7 hours from Thomaston (my parents), but 3.5 hours from St. Simon's Island (my parents' beach house).


• I think I've handled this all pretty well, but it still hasn't hit me yet that I'm actually leaving Birmingham in 3 weeks. I love it here. I know I'm gonna be super sad when I have to say goodbye to everyone. :( I've already gotten choked up thinking about how far away I'll be from my grandparents.


• I am so excited, though, about our move and Tyson's new job. I can't wait to get to Orlando and meet the other coaches' wives and kids.

On our way back to Thomaston, we made a quick stop at Amy's and got to see this cutie pie:

I think she has mine and my dad's eyes.

And once we got back to Thomaston, we got a "police escort" to my parents' house. :) I'll spare you the details, but the nice police officer did let Jake sit in his car and turn on the lights and sirens. Jake thought he was hot stuff!