Moving Weekend!!

I have some major catching up to do. I think I'm going to have to do multiple posts. Yikes! Blame it on the move... errr... baby... err... traveling? Whatever you want! :) The first of several posts will be move in weekend. It was crazy/hectic/fun/exciting/overwhelming/blessed. Dad & Carol & Kate arrived Friday afternoon. We worked really hard to load up the boxes that were scattered around the townhouse so we could make our first trip to the new house. We figured we'd get a head start, and it was supposed to rain, so we wanted to get the big stuff in before it started. (Dad had brought my dresser from home which is the "big" thing I'm referring to.)

Well... we got to the new house... unloaded the things we brought... and the rain hit. But it wasn't just rain - it was pouring down, crazy wind, weird lightning rain/storm... and the power went out. haha! Our first attempt at moving and no power. (Lord... what were you trying to tell us?! lol) So... what else do you do when you have no power? Go out to eat! :)

Saturday morning started bright and early (Thanks again to Ashley for watching Meredith allllll day long - this includes getting out of bed much earlier than her norm, heheee.). We brought biscuits for the guys helping move and sure enough, by 9 am, we had a bunch of helpers.  Grapes, Billy H, Wes, Phil, Dad, Joe, & Billy (Carol & Kate helped some too!) started loading alllllllll of our crap up and bringing it to the new house and unloading allllllll of our crap into the bonus room. This went on all morning.

The bonus room just kept getting more and more and more stuff in it, which overwhelmed me, but it had to be done. Also - I want to insert here a few things.

1) When we moved the first 2 times, I had everything packed, labeled, and organized. This time... not so much. Oh I had everything that was packed organized and labeled.. but there was A LOT of crap that didn't get packed. My excuse? I was 7 months pregnant & had a 3 year old. The end. :)

2) The guys that came to help us had to pack up a lot of our crap by throwing it in to boxes to get it out of the townhouse and into the new house. Bless. Their. Hearts. and... Thank you. :)

3) The unpacking didn't take long and we were settled and livable without boxes everywhere by Monday. :) For that, I'm proud of myself. :)

Anyway, after we fed the boys at lunch, the organizing and unpacking and setting up began. Poor dad started feeling like crap. I was exhausted. Carol went to the townhouse to start scrubbing and cleaning. Billy had to go pick up our fridge and I'm pretty sure Katie had a headache at this point. lol :)

Have I mentioned how much the crazy unorganized overloaded bonus room stressed me out? K. Just wanted to make sure.  Basically we worked in the new house til dinner time... We went to the townhouse to get all of our clothes... and let me introduce you to the way an Eastern Shore family moves clothes! :) hahahaha...

That's right - load 'em on a trailer and cover it up! :) It works - promise. :) We got everything for all 3 of us in 1 trip, lol. We got food at Arbys (dinner of champions) and then took Meredith to see her new room (which by the way has already been rearranged. haha).

She loved it... and was very excited about her purple wall. :)

We spent the night there for the first time, got the kitchen organized, worked on the bedrooms the next morning and tried figuring out how we wanted the living room. It was a productive and exhausting and exciting weekend... Whew. But... we're all moved in...the townhouse got cleaned... we turned in our keys.. and our new home is now on Richland Drive. :) It became official when we got our "D" flag from the Nagy's. :)

Welcome Home...



 Thanks Dad... Carol... Kate... all the guys who helped us move... Thanks for all your hard, exhausting work... and for keeping me sane. :)

-The General (the name Grapes dubbed me with all weekend!)