We're on the home stretch! The past few weeks we've been staying at Uncle Brett and Aunt Karen's while Dan works during the week and then back to Toronto on weekends to pack (theoretically - not much packing has actually been done!). Today we're back to T.O. after Dan finishes work and then Bodhi and I will stay home until the end of the month while Dan returns on Sunday night to work another week in Kingston. I can't believe we're only a week away from moving! More than that, we're a week away from picking up our lives completely and transplanting them into a new city. I think going back and forth has actually been a good thing for us all. It's allowed Dan to settle into his job before having to worry about moving, unpacking and settling into our new home, and its given Bodhi and I a chance to explore our new city and hang with family before having to worry about those things as well. I am ready now though. I am ready to get home, get our stuff in boxes and hit the road. I'm ready to unpack and make our new home. And I'm ready to start the next chapter of our lives. I feel like I've been so busy lately that I haven't really stopped to think about what we're doing. I had a moment of sadness this morning and couldn't figure out what it was. What I realized is that it was finally hitting me that we were leaving Toronto. The city where Dan and I first established our life together, where we got married and where our sweet boy was born. Toronto has been so good to us and holds so many amazing memories for us individually, as a couple, and as a family. We're leaving very close friends, good jobs, closeness to Dan's family, and some very strong roots to take a gamble on a new place. I'm so excited, but sad at the same time.
On a brighter note! This week we've been lucky to have Brett, Karen, Sophie and Clara back home to hang out with! Bodhi has had the time of his life running around and playing with other little people (he doesn't get a lot of that in Toronto). He was a bit reticent the first couple of days, but gained confidence by the middle of the week (and by confidence I mean taking a couple of nibbles out of his cuzzies - whoops). We've been to the Playtrium (I've rarely seen Bodhi so excited!), to the pool (the most comfortable I've ever seen him in a pool), to new friends' houses and had many plays in the backyard. It's really nice to see these little people getting comfortable with each other since they'll be seeing so much more of each other soon. I love that Bodhi and Clara are so close in age and watching them interact is hilarious and cute. And Sophie is such a doting big sister/big cousin - helping them into their little chairs and handing them toys to play with.
Bodhi is so lucky to have so many cousins and little friends to look after him - Sophie, Lucy, Clara, Kurt, Ben, Morgan and Quinn. And pretty soon he'll finally have someone smaller than him when their newest cousin joins them in October. I want Bodhi to grow up close to his cousins and understanding how important family is. These little guys are all going to grow up and have each other to lean on, talk to, and experience things with and that is a real gift. We are lucky, lucky people - whatever city we may happen to be in!
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