I felt like we had almost everything packed before we went on vacation and we did have a majority of our boxes packed but the things that we hadn't packed took forever to get packed up! We signed the papers at about 10:30 Thursday morning and we were almost completely moved in by Friday night. We put our bed together late that night and spent our first night here. It was so surreal.
Mark and Nate brought a car and truck load of stuff over Saturday and then got our new refrigerator. We are totally in love with it! I spent the majority of Saturday unpacking the kitchen. Considering how small our kitchen was; I never would have guessed that it would take the longest to pack and unpack.
Sunday we went to church and then straight to home depot to get blinds for our windows. Mark just couldn't take one more night of being on display to the world. Ha he hung them in all the front windows and in our bathroom that night. It was a great having some privacy!
On Monday I cleaned up the old house and crammed everything left into my car. It was a great feeling to know that we were finished with everything there.
I didn't get home until around 8 that night which meant we were spending New Years at home. I was a-ok with that. It had been an exhausting 5 days. Tuesday or Wednesday I finished unpacking. Friday I bought paint for the door and shutters and began painting them. I thought I would be finished by the time Mark got home from work. Nope. It took me until Monday and I still have 3 shutters that need a second coat of paint.
On Saturday Mark began dismantling the mantel. That took all day and made a HUGE red dusty mess. It took hours to clean up. He spent every free moment for the next week building our new fireplace area/built ins.
For the last 2 weeks I have been scouring Craigslist multiple times a day looking for the perfect furniture pieces. So far I have found a dining room table for $25 that is currently in the process of being painted white during nap time and a side chair that was also $25 and it will eventually be painted and most likely reupholstered once I find our other family room furniture pieces.
I was really worried about Brigham for this move. He was getting a new house, new church, moving from nursery to Sunbeams at church, and going to a new school. It has been a flawless transition. He loves his new school. It isn't play based like his old school and it seems like he prefers the more structured environment. He loves going. That was not the case the last couple of weeks at his old school. I love that his new school is 5 minutes away, starts at 9, and is only 2 days a week. Brigham LOVES our new house. I'm not sure why but he has called this house the Gangnam Star house from the first time we came to see it. He has never asked to go to the old house and when I say we are going home he always confirms that we are going to the Gangnam Star house. Church had also been a seamless transition. The first day he said he wanted to see Oliver at church. Luckily I didn't have to feel bad since Oliver's family moved the same weekend we did. Ha. Brigham had been super awesome at sleeping in his own bed every night! He has come in our room 3 or 4 nights. The first night I walked him back to his bed and he cried until he laid down and he seemed to just go right to sleep. He has also come in our room the last 2 nights. I let him get in our bed the first night (without lion). After sleeping for a while he decided to get back in his bed. Last night I walked him back to his bed and some time later he came back to our room and I let him get in bed.
Aubree has had a seamless transition. She sleeps the same and she loves the play room!
We are so happy here and we love our new house and neighborhood.
