Goodbye Orlando!

We have made it to Louisiana!!! Aiden was a very good boy and slept most of the way. He was probably awake for only 2 of the 16 hour trip! Which made it go by MUCH faster. We had to stop most often when he was awake so I am VERY glad that we chose to drive through the night. Ben did a phenomenal job at driving! Poor guy packed us all yesterday and then had to drive for 16 hours so he was very exhausted. This morning we got in to Bossier City at around 10 am and visited with my aunt deb, cousin brittany, and papaw for a while before we took showers and got ready for a fabulous lunch that deb prepared for us. Then it was designated nap time. I took a 3 hour nap and ben and aiden are still snoozing! haha

We are so happy to have the majority of our trip behind us. We are going to stay here tonight and then head on to mamaw's (dallas) tomorrow morning. That is a very short trip compared to the one we just did. Should only take us a couple hours. Thank you for all of your prayers and thoughts as we were driving. We greatly appreciate them!

Now I just have to say that ben's mom (mary ellen) just absolutely saved our lives by coming and doing what she did to help us move! That woman is amazing!!! She cleaned, she organized, she watched the baby, she supervised the packing, she saved us with her packing ideas, she made us an incredible last meal in orlando, the list could go on and on. There is no doubt in my mind that we just absolutely could not have done it without her. I would have had several melt downs and cried and it just would have been a nightmare! So thank you SOOOOO much to mary ellen, there are not enough words to tell you how grateful we are. You are amazing!

Now I do have to say that as we were leaving it really started to hit me and I got very emotional. It was harder than I anticipated to leave the place where we started our lives. I kept thinking how this was the first home ben and I had together, this was where I brought my baby home, our first home as a family. It was hard for me to leave it. Orlando was good to us and it will always hold a special place in my heart for those reasons. We are looking forward to the new chapter in our lives and whatever new home we will share as a family.

I took pics of the packing and moving that I will post when I get to texas tomorrow. Thanks again for all the thoughts and prayers. Keep them up tomorrow! Love to all.