The Calm before the Storm

The week leading up to the big moving day brought in Grandma and Grandpa Hill from Illinois. Grandma Jill helped us move last year and she decided that she had so much fun she wanted to come out and help us again. We were all eternally grateful because the prospect of moving everything with a little Lily in our midst was somewhat overwhelming.


So we enjoyed all the best things of Summer complete with a run and latte every morning, nap times, swimming in the pool, reading lots of books (Pat the Bunny is her current fav!)


and play, play, play. Jill brought the little one this awesome new toy that has little things that pop up when you do stuff (I know, not a very technical definition, but you get the point). Lily loved it!


It was actually really challenging all things considered. There was a nob to turn, one to flip, one to move side to side and one to push. Poor Rocky was just about beside himself with the toy because the push button had a squeak in it which drove him bonkers. No Rocky, you can't eat the baby toy. It was almost as if Lily knew it bugged him because she would push it and then watch him with a big smile. Poor Neurotic Rocky!

Grandpa Steve was awesome with Lily and kept her thoroughly entertained. She especially loved playing with him in the laundry basket and swimming with him in the big pool. What fun.




A couple of days before the big move we all piled in our car. Yes, Me, Bob, Lily, Jill, Steve and Rocky along with our luggage including a pack and play for Lily squished inside our little Nissan and headed down to Charlotte for a visit with Aunt Darcie and Uncle Brent. Darcie scooped up the little one for some quality Auntie time right away.





Lily gets bigger and bigger with every visit. When Grandma, Aunt D or Daddy wasn't snuggling with her she was on the floor motoring about. She is officially on the way to crawling right now.


It is so cute because she does the whole army crawl on her elbows while pushing with her feet. Let me tell you she can motor about quickly when she wants to! Lily watched Brent cook our wonderful meal and Darcie and Bob fed the hungry bear cub.



Lily is such a great eater. She eats anything and everything these days. Darcie learned really quickly though that you should give the veggies first because after a serving of fruits, the veggies don't go down as easily. They do go down, but its harder to keep Miss Lily focused.

The next morning all of us (Baby included) headed down into Charlotte for a morning run. Bob pushed the baby and all of us headed on our 8 mile jaunt around town. Darcie and her running buddy move fast so all of us finished our 8 miles in around an hour and 13 minutes. What a run. We all felt great and finished strong.

After a much needed breakfast and a Starbucks run, we packed all of us back in our Nissan and toodled back to Raleigh, went to bed early and prepared ourselves for moving.