So this is the new year

So Scott got a promotion. We did a crazy thing. 

We moved to a different state, to a city we know nothing about with a 5 month old baby, in a new car we know nothing about. 

holy shit right? 

Yeah thats why I never wrote about it. When Scott came to me and told me about the position that was offered to him I thought he was crazy. Is he crazy for thinking I would even say yes to that? hello I have a newborn and we know no one in Winston-Salem North Carolina. 

But subconsciously I always knew I wanted to get out of miami. What kind of person am I not to want to take that chance when my puny little life has only known a comfortable life in Miami Florida? I'd be leaving a job I really loved... Friends I knew, family. I mean we could still visit.. but it would mean we would have to fly.. and flying with a 6 month old isnt horrible but its not as easy as getting in a car? 

and the pros where pretty sweet. I wouldn't have to work, I could be that stay at home mom I wanted to be. I'd be in a city, in our own place that was super sweet. I would get to have this and make it with my husband. I dont know that whole thing sounded so great. 

And it was. Oh my god guys it was such an amazing adventure, it still is.... 

We saved up enough and bought a newer ford explorer since someone ruined our beloved passat station wagon. We had friends come over a few days before we left to help us stuff our tiny things into a trailer, shoot the shit one mo-gain, and then we left.

I know it sounds crazy but wait theres more... 

So we leave in this SUV with our 2 hairless cats and our daughter, who by the way.. did so fucking amazing [yeah I said fucking, she did that great]. We made a few stops to change Ripley and just walk around and we stayed the night at Hilton Head South Carolina. We settled into our room, we ordered a pizza and Ripley fell asleep right on schedule so of course Scott and I sat on the balcony talking about how we couldn't believe this was happening right now. Did we just do this?! 

the next morning we went for a short walk after breakfast on the beach. I was crisp and cool. The beach seemed to go out for a mile and was very compact, enough for us to roll Ripleys stroller out on to it as if it were concrete. We went back to the room and packed up the rest of our stuff and headed to our new apartment. 

It was classic, we had to spend our first night here on the floors with nothing in the apartment except cereal and Ripleys formula. Once we got all of our stuff inside it didnt take long for us to put everything away. It became the new Duckworth home. 

Yeah... we totally just did that... and im so happy we did.  So far everyone has been so nice here. I had an hour long conversation with a total stranger who was around my age about having kids and how awesome it is... its been like that pretty much. 

Side note: Ripley got this insane elaborate finding nemo jumper off of craigslist for 30 dollars, I saw it at target for 240.00. I'll be make a post soon about all the things ive learned so far about being a new mom.