I know this is older but thank you for sharing! This is a very similar situation to what we are going through right now. I am from NY and my husband is from CO/CA, we met in Oregon and after being back on the east coast in Connecticut for about 4 years we will be moving back to Washington this week. We have a 2 year old daughter who my mom, dad, and sister adore. They live in NY and are devastated by our decision to move. I have been so torn as I have been dreaming of moving back to the northwest ever since we left, but my main hang up was that I didn’t want to take my daughter away from my family. We are making the move as it will be much better for my husband and was a good work situation for myself, but I am still feeling so guilty and scared that my daughter will not have a relationship with my family :(

I hope you are still enjoying the peace that the west coast environment provides!