Dear California...

We miss you... Thank you for your amazing send off.

The month of February was bittersweet (and an absolute whirlwind). Mark received a promotion and an incredible opportunity to grow his career (sweet) which meant that our family was leaving the beach and heading for Colorado (bitter). Mark commuted back and forth for 6 weeks until we found a place in Colorado, which left me as a single mom alone with two little ones during the week. I honestly could not have pulled off this past month without my dad and without Mark's mom... seriously, they were my life line.

When Mark was home on the weekends we spent our last moments in California doing our favorite things.

Enjoying the outdoors of our beach town with bike rides.

One last shot in front of the beach cottage.

Walking to the bluff in the mornings and getting coffee with my munchis.

Our families threw an amazing and heart warming goodbye party...

there were so many of our favorite people in one room (and all of their kids!!), it was completely overwhelming to think of moving away from this community.

We shacked up with family for the last week or so... it was chaos, but it was wonderful to spend those last days with them.

And Peyton turned 8 months (in February, this is late).

Peytee girl, little miss, baby girl, you are our joy.

Your hair is amazing, it grows only in a mohawk pattern and sticks straight up most of the time. You are an observer, you are as tough as you are sweet, and you love just being with our family. You do not like loud noises, you easily scare. You are indifferent to food, which makes you so petite. You love being held by your mama...and you belly laugh with your daddy. You add beauty to our family. You just got your bottom teeth, and dont seem overly eager to move, you are my late bloomer...just so content to be who you are.

I love my girl so much.

ps. sorry you only got to live in cdm for 8 months...

trust me, it was a great 8 months.