Am I crazy?

coleby914

2 weeks from this Friday we are leaving AZ to move back to the midwest...eek!  Ever since we moved out here we always said we'd move back when we had kids since that's where both of our families are. I've been happy with our decision up until the last week or so and now all of the sudden I'm freaking out. Yes, I'm excited that we will have family near us, that's our whole reason for doing this but part of me thinks I'm a little crazy to be leaving a place that's gorgeous and sunny pretty much year round. I keep reminding myself that I'm doing this for family and not for the weather but it's hard when I'm such an outdoor person and am outside nearly everday. I'm not looking for advice or anything but maybe some stories on how much you love having family close by would help

rosiemomma

yes I live away from family and it is hard, when i visit them I have people to watch my daughter that I trust and she has a ton of cousins to play with. I think about how it would be easier to live closer to them! but that isn't going to happen anytime soon!! HAHA

BlindysWife

While sometimes my family drives me nuts and I want to escape them it really is a blessing to have them nearby. We have several different family members we trust to choose from when it comes to babysitting our son, in contrast to some of my co-workers who sometimes struggle to find a sitter for their kids.

Also, I have really great memories of growing up spending time with my grandparents, cousins, aunt/uncles and I'm excited for Linus to have those experiences as well.

coleby914

BlindysWife:

While sometimes my family drives me nuts and I want to escape them it really is a blessing to have them nearby. We have several different family members we trust to choose from when it comes to babysitting our son, in contrast to some of my co-workers who sometimes struggle to find a sitter for their kids.

Also, I have really great memories of growing up spending time with my grandparents, cousins, aunt/uncles and I'm excited for Linus to have those experiences as well.

Thank you! This was helpful  I'm really am excited, just got nervous when I saw the high was 8 there yesterday and 70 here. Where in the midwest are you?

WyoGal

I would love for our families to live closer (most of the time ) and I'm always surprised DH wouldn't consider moving back "home". Regarding being outside, I totally understand.  I was in NM for a while and it was really tough to head back to a climate that always seemed too hot and muggy in the summer and too cold and gross in the winter. For your first winter I'd try out some new winter sports.  We've just started snowshoeing and xc skiing this winter which are great ways to explore and there's lots of neat gear out there for getting kiddos out warmly.    We're loving it so far!