We’ve been busy over here in the Rabbit household. Not busy making any new bunnies, mind you, but just busy doing life. Although, as busy as we’ve been, life is about to get a whole lot crazier, because we’re about to pick up and move across the country!

Mister Rabbit, if you remember, is in the military and because of that, we move pretty often. We thought Georgia was going to be home for at least another year, but the military had different plans, because we’re actually moving to southern California in just two short months!

California palm trees in vintage style.

We are beyond excited about this move, because even though we have wonderful friends where we live now and we love our home, we’re over the moon about all the different possibilities San Diego will have for us. Sidewalks, parks around (almost) every corner, the beach (!!), lots of play groups, ample places for date nights, etc. We’re already seeing our new city through rose-tinted glasses.

Bunny (3 years) is pretty excited, too. I don’t think she fully grasps the concept of moving, but she keeps asking if she can take stuff with her. I’m assuring her that everything is coming with us, but she keeps double checking about different, specific things. She also gets really excited when people bring up the move and tells them that we’re moving there, “tomorrow.” Her sister, BunBun (1 year,) could care less, of course.

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My list of things to do before we move gets longer by the day, but I know it’s all doable. We also just found a house to rent, so that’s one huge stress reliever that I can check off our list. Other than that, our main goal between now and when the movers come is to figure out our road trip. We’re going to take our sweet time getting to California by making a nice, long road trip out of it. The girls usually do well for the many road trips we’ve already taken them on, so I’m crossing my fingers the streak will continue.

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Our road-trip plan is to make a vacation out of it. We’re taking the long and slow route—which really is the only way to go when you’re traveling cross country with two kids under three and a dog! The plan is to drive for a day, spend the night in a new city and then stay there and explore the next day. We’re expecting the whole journey to take a little under two weeks.

Our tentative plan is to stop in the following cities:

  • Nashville, Tennessee
  • St. Louis, Missouri
  • Kansas City, Kansas
  • Colorado Springs, Colorado
  • St. George, Utah
  • Las Vegas, Nevada

Besides getting to see new parts of America, I’m excited because my parents are even coming out for the adventure! We’re going to rent a mini van and caravan across the country with them. We own a Ford Escape, but cramming the four of us, our dog, and whatever essentials we want to take with us inside our smaller-sized SUV would be extremely cramped. When we broached the idea of them coming along with us, they jumped at the opportunity. My favorite part about them coming along is that now we’ll have built-in babysitters if Mister Rabbit and I decide to go on a date night in a new city!

Do you live in one of the ares on our road trip? I’d love to know some fun, family things to do on our day off!

Since my mind is very focused these days on things I need to do, I haven’t had much time to think about things I want to do (like write on here and share our adventures). I’d love to hear from you about things you’d like to know regarding our move. Would you like to know more about how the military moves families? Maybe you want to hear about our plans for the road trip with the girls? Or perhaps you’re curious what we looked for in getting a new home? And if you’ve done a similar cross-country move before—tell me all about it and how you stayed sane with little kids!