Moving day

Big change happening around here. We will be moving in a matter of two days to a new house. It's been a very long road considering. Back in April we made the decision to put our house up for sale. We had only been in our house for a year and a half at that point but we were already starting to realize how big Layla was getting and nursing staff were starting to mention how they will hit a point where they are not allowed to carry her up and down the stairs. Unfortunately, there is no way to build a bedroom on the main floor and not enough space (nor money) to cover getting a lift or elevator up to the where the bedrooms are. So we listed. We had offers fall through on our house which made offers fall through for us to make other new houses- there were so many road blocks. It was very discouraging. We continued to update our pros and cons list but knew this was a necessity. Finally, just over a month ago we had an offer on our place stick. The house sold but there was no where for us to go. Plans were made for us to move our things into storage and stay with family while searching for the right place. It wasn't ideal but it would work. Then a week and a half ago we found a vacant house that we deemed worthy of an offer - had a few back and forth offers until they accepted. The best part is that the transition will be smooth. Thank goodness. The new house is not perfect but it hit 80% of our wants/needs so we're happy with that. We will still have to build a ramp off the back side of the house to get Layla inside but once she is inside the bedroom and bathroom are on the same level which will make life a lot easier. The back yard is big and beautiful. The neighbourhood is great- fairly flat for walking. There's a nice elementary school within walking distance. It's minutes away from where Aaron plays soccer regularly. It's closer to his work, our friends and family. There's a lot of great things though right now all I can think about is the piles of boxes surrounding me and the imminent move. Just gotta get through this weekend.
A quick note on Layla's progression. She's been doing a block of speech therapy and it's been really cool to see unique ways that we can get her to communicate. For the past four weeks we have been using Layla's vision as a way to communicate "more". We will hold up a toy that she likes, that plays a jingle, once played we will move it just out of her line of vision and ask if she would like "more?" if she moves her eyes to find it we will take it as that she wants it to be played again. So simple but she's doing it! It's the basic steps that will take her towards choice making. We have been using specific items for object cues to help her know what is coming up next. One cue is a red cloth. I will say "It's time for a bath." and then give her the cloth. Let her touch it and hold it for a while as we make our way to the tub. Soon we will decide on an object to represent going for a walk. Eventually we hope these items could be held up and she could be given the option to choose which she would like to do and then use her eye sight to choose. It only seems right to let her have a voice and an opinion in what she does.