Leaving Chicago

Tonight is our last night in Chicago and I can't sleep. One of the many joys of this pregnancy- insomnia so I thought I would take this few minutes to write down what has been going on with us and this move.
Man, it has been a really rough few days. My poor baby boy is not handling this move well at all and it makes me really sad. Yesterday the movers came and packed us all up. He was all out of sorts and had three accidents yesterday. He has not had a single one since I potty trained him months ago. I guess that it is really common when they are under a lot of stress and my poor baby is definitely under that right now. Today when they started packing up all of our stuff it was melt down after melt down. When he went to find his bike and it wasn't there, melt down. When he wanted his tools to help the movers and they weren't there, melt down. That was our day. I finally decided that I needed to get him out of the house this morning so we walked to the park. Poor, poor boy didn't play on hardly any of the toys and just walked around the perimeter of the park looking so sad. It broke my heart. I carried him all day long, I let him nurse whenever he wanted, I let him have his binky whenever, I did everything that I could to make today a little less painful and mostly I just felt helpless. I know the reason why I was suppose to continue with the nursing and the binky now. My poor baby needed as much comfort as possible to help him through this move.
We were going to stay in Chicago until Sunday but we decided that we just need to get him out of here so we are leaving tomorrow morning to make the drive. We are going to stop at a water park and let him play all day. Tomorrow is Jacoby's day and I am hoping we can get him back to normal.
I on the other hand am so ready to go. This has been the longest process known to man and I am just ready to be there and start this next chapter. I will miss Chicago a lot. I have thought a lot about what I will miss here and so many things come to mind. I will miss the lifestyle of walking all day long. I will miss my house so much. We have so many memories in our first home and I will always love this house. I will miss the lake front. I love running, walking and playing there. It is beautiful. I will miss the food. So many good restaurants. I will miss the salvation army- hands down my favorite store here. It is so amazing and I have gotten so many good deals there it's amazing. I will miss the zoo and living so close to it. I will miss the ward here. It was so refreshing to be in a ward with such a variety of people. I will miss my friends and knowing almost all of my neighbors. I will miss Jacoby's friends and seeing them grow up. But I think the thing that I will miss the most is Steph.
Two times in my life I have met people that I had an instant connection with. The first time was with Elisha and the second was with Steph. From the first moment I met her we had so much in common and hit it right off. I have learned so much from her about so many different things but the thing I have learned the most from her is how to be a good friend. She is truly one of the best friends I have ever had. She is that person that you would want for a friend or dream of having as a friend. I have learned from her how to be a better friend and for that I am eternally grateful.
Steph, I will miss you so much! I will miss your family. I will miss watching our boys be crazy together and I will miss watching B grown up. Thank you for all of the love and support that you have given me. There has been so many times that you have helped me make it through. I know that you were brought in to my life for very specific reasons and I am so thankful for you.

It's with very mixed emotions I leave this place for Cincinnati. I have grown more here in the last 5 years as a person than I have at any other time in my life. I am so thankful for my time in Chicago and all the wonderful memories that I have here, especially welcoming my sweet baby boy to this world.