Wow, can't believe my baby is at Preschool right at this moment! I am so proud of him! Getting ready this morning could not have gone more smoothly. We had breakfast together and then got dressed (easily! Which is hard to come by some days!) As I sit here wanting to throw out so many words at once, I take a breath and realize that this is a good thing for Noah AND for me. Not only am able to spend some quality time with Kamryn (which I am extremely excited for, what mom wouldn't be?!), I will be able to do some things for myself; like workout, morning dates with friends, get stuff done, or even blog...
I am so excited that Greg was able to come with us to drop Noah off at school. He has been on leave for 3 weeks and of course today was his first day back to work. He was able to go to work at 6:30 this morning, workout and come back home to drop Noah off, and then back to work! I think I would have been way more emotional if Greg wasn't there! Ha.
Super excited! He was ready an hour early!
Cubby!!
When we got to school, Noah went right in and straight to the toys. He said hi to Miss. Theresa, he told me "aw I'm going to miss you. No hitting" haha. He gave us a kiss and I made sure to tell him we love him and that we were going to come back and pick him up. He was completely fine. As we walked out the door, Miss Theresa handed him a puzzle and he sat right down and played. My job was done and it was time for me to leave. Proud and emotional mama over here! We will see how his day went....until then! :)
We're here and this place is BEAUTIFUL! I honestly feel like I am on vacation. We arrived in Key West on July 24th. It's been almost 2 weeks and we are slowly getting settled. Greg's Mom, Cathy flew with the kids and I which I will forever be grateful for! We were both very nervous to fly in the middle of the night. We assumed it could go either way; Noah overtired and a hot mess or a perfect angel ;). Well I must say the kids did AMAZING. They slept most of the way and there were no tantrums! Honestly, the flight went quick and is kind of a blur to me now. We had 3 stops and there was no layover; we got off one plane and on to the next. I feel lucky, the airline lost only 1 of our 7 pieces of luggage! haha. Unfortunately it was one suitcase with ALL the kids close. Luckily, they found it and it was delivered to us the next day.
Noah was very excited to see Daddy <3
While Cathy was here, we were able to unpack all the boxes and put everything where it needed to be. This house is a lot smaller than our house in Cape May so it was definitely a challenge to find a place for everything. I am starting to feel like we were very spoiled in Cape May. We had closets that were empty in that house! Now we are struggling to find a home for everything! As much as I would love to put photos of our house, it's just not ready for that. We are slowly putting things on the walls but there are things we want to do before showing it off ;)
Don't worry, we didn't unpack the whole time Cathy was here! We went to a couple beaches, visited the boat, and enjoyed the community pool as well...
Of course when we first got here we had to check out the beach...This is Smathers Beach...
We also checked out the downtown area. Being down there REALLY made me feel like I was on vacation. There was live music, outside bars, pools, vendors, and lots of entertainment.
Another evening, we decided to grab dinner and bring it out to the beach. We ate and went swimming! The water is SO warm!!
Visiting the Boat!
We also drove about 35 miles to a beach called Bahia Honda. It's gorgeous! It's a beach Greg heard about from a friend that has actual sand (not rocky.) We all enjoyed the day. A sprinkled a little at one point but with it being so hot and the water so warm, it didn't bother us!
Found a good spot to watch the sunset on base by our house right by the water..
The swimming pool was a big hit for Noah. He has gone from holding our hands and stepping in the water to full on running and jumping!
Greg and I were finally able to celebrate our 3 year wedding anniversary (thank you Cathy for watching the kids!). He surprised me with where we were going for dinner. We went to a restaurant called Latitudes. We took a water taxi to an island where the restaurant faces the Gulf of Mexico where you can watch the sunset.
First we walked around the downtown area and grabbed a drink before leaving.
Dinner at Latitudes..
Beautiful view from our table...
Amazing Food!
Greg had the Yellowtail Snapper
I had the Tenderloin, it was DELICIOUS!
Last night we enjoyed the sunset as a family! <3
We are settling in very nicely around here. We realized that our house is in an area with not many kids but just down the street and over the bridge, there are a bunch of kids and a big park. We have been hanging out over there most nights meeting new people. Everyone is very welcoming which is always comforting!
Well that's all the time I really have on blogging...back to the kids! ;)
