Today Lila is 7 months old. And today we leave for Texas. Here is a quick look at where our road trip will take us. The Mojave desert for a two night campout. Then Sedona, AZ for another campout. Then to the Grand Canyon for the day and spending the night on route 66. Santa Fe, Fort Davis, and then Wimberley.
The last seven months have been the most amazing and joyful and sleepless and amazing and perfect seven months of mommy and daddy's life.
The list of things I will miss about Santa Barbara; the views, the mommies and their babies, the beach, our backyard, the farmers market, trader joes, and the pretty walks. But what I will miss most is spending all my days with Lila, holding and kissing her while she naps, walking to the mission in the afternoon, going to our morning activity (infant times, pep, mamatotos, or just trader joes.)
Although I think Santa Barbara is a pretty weird town, I have so many amazing memories there. I will always look back at this time and remember the walks ( then hugely pregnant waddles) on the beach.
When I first moved to Santa Barbara I hated it. I didn't meet anyone I clicked with really... I never found a salon I liked. Everything closes at 8 minus bars (which were not really my scene) and I was looking for food.... Jeff worked at least 6 days a week and probably 70 hours... Our house was terrible. I didn't like it from the beginning but we didn't have too much choice. It made it even worse that some dumb girl kept her stuff there (half packed) for well over a month. Yuck! I start to feel irritated and cloister phobic just thinking bout it. I did find a job I liked, weddings on the weekend. It paid pretty well and I learned a lot. I liked it so much I decided to start a business of my own. I started going to the beach more, which is amazing. The beach is Santa Barbara wasn't really for swimming. The harbor side was sandy and pretty but the water oh so cold! The west facing beach was my favorite to take walks on. So beautiful with cliffs and tide pools too. Those thins were nice but just fluff. I need substance.
Then in July of 2010 I found it. It isn't come from an outside source or new friends or somewhere fun to go. It came from within. We discovered Lila. Santa Barbara will always be so special to me because of the last 11 months there. In January we moved to a cute little treehouse on the Rivera. It was a perfect place to spend my days rubbing my Lila belly (and watching it dance around) We nested and made the house our home. We filled our home with sweet memories for seven months... Oh Lila we shared the beat moments of my life at 1828 loma.
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