The Sound of Sirens

Ahhhhhh, back in the South. You don't realize how much you miss it until you are really gone! The past few weeks were pretty stressful trying to figure out what we wanted to do, but we kept the faith that everything was going to work our for the best. I could not be happier to be in Oklahoma City. We are only 6 HOURS or so from our family!! We frantically found a place to rent after Andy accepted a job here and really, I am shocked that we lucked out with such a nice place. It is a little bit bigger than our ND townhouse, one story - thank goodness since I busted my rear coming down the stairs a couple weeks ago - huge yard, two car parking, and I think we are in a pretty good spot in the city. We are very close to Sam's, SuperTarget (praise Jesus!), Sonic (praise Jesus again!),Lowe's, Hobby Lobby, Michael's, 2 malls, and tons of new restaurants to try! LF has played outside every day and the fur babies have been worn out at night from having a huge yard to run in! We took our morning walk around the neighborhood, and there is just nothing like the sound of sirens before 8 a.m.! A real city - yay!!

I am going to miss a few things about the North though:

Eala's 2nd Birthday! I am so glad we got to share this day with them!

1. Our friends -  Don, Nicky, Kaiden, and Eala (Lila Faye is really going to miss her best bud from school, their sweet girl Eala), Rosie (who was so helpful keeping Brutus and Hazel when we went for our Southern visits AND she is still checking the mail for us), our sweet neighbor and letting us visit her kitty cats, the lovely UPS ladies, and LF's sweet teachers at her daycare.

 2. The LACK of BUGS - I completely forgot about biting flies, roly poly's, stink bugs and we have killed too many spiders for my liking - eeek!  Lila Faye is really good at making sure that Dada is aware of and takes care of any bug or fly that has crossed the threshold. The bug man has already sprayed and it is better but wow! I think I saw two spiders the whole time we were up there!

3. The McDonald's - I know this may seem strange to some of you, but I swear, it is the best Mickey D's I have ever been to! The fast food tasted better up there for some reason!

4. Mountain Time - I really kind of liked being on Mountain time...the few shows that we consistently watch were over by 9, so it was nice to always be ready for bed before 10. I have to get back in that habit too because my little princess has been waking up before or by 7 every morning so I really need to be in bed before 10, since I get up 2-3 times a night!

That is the Uhaul Andy drove down...it actually
 snowed while we were finishing loading it that Saturday!

I am grateful that we had the experience up north, and it was truly a life experience that we'll never forget! We got to see a lot of things that most people will never see in their life although the one thing that we did not have enough time for was getting our passports done to cross the border. I know we can say that we will definitely go back for a visit and have to squeeze that in then!





The dogs are buried somewhere in the back! Our last trip across the ND!

We checked out the OKC zoo this past weekend! It was so fun!

Lila Faye catching a ride on Dada.

Lila Faye and I are trying to convince Andy that we need a baby elephant :)

They had a little petting zoo which was really fun for Lila Faye!

Tiger cubs less than a year old and they were very playful.

We ate dinner with friends at a Hibachi grill (it was fantastic!) Sunday night and on the way home, Andy asked me if I was happy here. My response was that I am ecstatic to be here and love Oklahoma City so far. I know we have only been here a week, but it just feels like home. Who knows where we'll go next but we signed a year lease at this place, and I told Andy I have no plans to move before then ha!