One week to go...where'd the time go?

Seriously, we are moving in a week.  Brad likes to think about what state we will be in in ___ days. We have packed a lot.  We have taken a lot to DI.  We have a lot of empty walls and shelves.  But I still feel like there is a lot to do.  All the little things need to be packed (toys, bathroom drawers, night stand drawers, clothes for the drive, toys for the drive...).  Ugh when I think about keeping Tacy happy during the drive, I get anxious.  

We had an early birthday party for Tacy on Wednesday with all of Brad's family (minus Kimber and Sam because they were in the hospital with their new baby).  It was fun to have a last little party with everyone and Tacy got some cute clothes and fun toys.  She got two different fake toy tablets.  We didn't spend much time with them (i know one does spanish, and that the other had letters and piano keys) because I quickly hid them from Tacy.  They will be great entertainment for the drive (granted I might go crazy after hearing "n" for 2 hours...).  Tacy and our nephew Grant had a fun time playing in the pools out back and Brad's water contraption he made from his ladder ball game.  They love water so much.  They kept climbing into the pools and then slipping right onto their backs and laughing so hard.  They were pretty wet.

We also ate cookies and ice cream (two things Tacy loves).  No big party, just a little family time.  Tacy had fun and that's what was important. 

I've looked on pinterest for car activity ideas.  I just have no time to make anything.  So the new toys will be great.  Brad found our portable DVD player, now we just have to unpack movies (we only left finding nemo and little mermaid out).  Then Tacy can watch more than just Frozen and Robin Hood.  I might run to the Dollar store on Monday and just buy a few cheap little things that I can wrap and give to her each day of the drive as a new toy.  I dunno.  

We've been real fortunate that our jobs have provided us with lots of boxes.  Working at Skilled Nursing Facilities, they order boxes of supplies every week.  So we can always get boxes if we just ask.  

I'd say that we are living up our last few days in Utah with lots of activites and things we always wanted to do, but we are working and packing.  Granted, Tacy and I did go to Waffle Love for the first time Friday after our doctor appointments, and I have always wanted to go there.  Other than that, it's all the last of packing, working three days in a row, and I get to go to the dentist for some fillings the day before we move.  Crazyness.  

Looking back, I am sad to leave Utah because it really has been a good place to live.  We have been lucky to live close to so much family and these beautiful mountains.  I know that North Carolina will be a great experience and be good for us.  It will be hard (Tacy finally was happy to go to nursery and did not cry when I left her today), and I have to get out of my bubble to make new friends.  But it will all be worth it.