Paul, Sara, Adelyn and Baby Moerman: Emotional Rollercoaster

This past weekend was an emotional roller coaster for me. A couple of weeks ago we found out that my grandparents house, which my grandfather built in the early 1950s, finally sold after being on the market for 18mos. We had 2 weeks to clean it out, so my mom and I went down there Friday afternoon to clean out some belongings and take some furniture we all wanted back up to Brunswick. The moving process itself was relatively easy and we were packed by Saturday around noon. The thought of never going back to that house, however, is something entirely different. My mom and her siblings were raised there, we, as grandchildren, have our own memories in every nook and cranny. It was very difficult driving up 1041 sunset drive knowing that it was the last time we would pull in and to see familiar orange tree out front of a blue concrete/brick house with a half painted chimney. In actuality, it has not been the same since my grandfather passed away 6 years ago yesterday, and we havent had the familiar, jovial man 'running' out the kitchen door to greet us with a big kiss. Perhaps it was fitting that this was the weekend we ended up choosing. A good bye to a chapter of our lives. It is just a house, and the memories will always be there, but the finality with which it occurred is very saddening. And this is my point of view, I dont know how my mom and her siblings are dealing with this, saying good bye to their childhood home....

1041 Sunset Dr.

Mom and I initally thought we would stay until Sunday; however, after the movers had loaded the uhaul, we decided that it would be best to go ahead and get on the road. After going through more pictures and letters, mom did a final walk through and we left around 1 or so. The good thing about this is that I was able to meet up with Paul and Adelyn, who is feeling much better, on Sea Island to help celebrate Mama Alice's 84th birthday! We had a lovely dinner with Nana, PopPop, Mama Alice, Daddy Joe and Aunt Cissy and Uncle Bill.

In other news, Adelyn is now capable of climbing out of her crib. Paul informed me that he woke up saturday morning to a loud THUD followed by crying. This morning I went in to get Adelyn out of bed and she had her leg on the crib rail and was pulling herself up.... I will most likely order rails to convert her crib into a big girl todler bed in the VERY near future! She really is growin up.