Moving

We are officially in our new house!  Everything this weekend went absolutely fantastic.  We took two trips in the moving truck, and with all our friends we got it done before 2pm.  We were so grateful to have everyone there to help us.

Uncle Aaron was a huge help!

There were some minor hiccups (we had to take the door off the hinge to get Elijah's crib out of his bedroom, and then take it apart to get it up the stairs in our new house) (oh, and the $450 sectional that we bought specifically to go in the basement didn't even fit through the doorway, let alone down the narrow stairwell to the basement) but overall it went much better than I could have imagined.  Elijah also did much better than I hoped.  We got his room set up just in time for his nap, and he went right to sleep and slept for nearly 3 hours.  Which gave us plenty of time to get things done!  While Daniel and a bunch of the guys went back to get another load, I started to unpack boxes.  My dad and brother got us all pizza.  We had time to eat and unpack the truck before Elijah even woke up.  Then one particularly awesome friend stayed 4 more hours to help Daniel install our new garage door opener.  My dad bought us all Maggiano's for dinner which was delicious.  My dad also spent Friday demoing what was left of the old kitchen.  So we have been without a kitchen at all (no sink, no dishwasher, no cabinets, no countertop) for 4 days.  Really the only thing I wish we had was a dishwasher or kitchen sink.  It's very difficult to clean Elijah's tray and bib without a kitchen sink.  But really it's a very short period of time that our lives will be slightly inconvenienced, so I can manage.

Our first night in the house was not very comfortable.  I didn't sleep at all.  I woke up very tired and grumpy at 5am Sunday morning.

First morning in the new house

We couldn't find one piece to the guest bed which it turns out is kind of important.  In the middle of the night my dad fell through the bed frame.  We heard a large crack in the middle of the night.  It scared me to death, but Daniel knew what it was right away so I calmed down and (sort of) went back to sleep.  Then, on Sunday night, we heard a large noise three separate times.  The first time it was the contents of an entire shelf falling off the wall and onto the floor.  The second and third times it was the bed collapsing under the weight of Jackson this time.  I hope he learned his lesson and won't jump onto any (human) beds anytime soon!

Jackson has had quite an adjustment.  I can tell he likes all the space we have in the new house, but we haven't been able to let him outside.  He got out accidentally on Friday night, and ran around for a while before coming back on his own.  Which is what we expected.  Since then we've let him off the leash twice and he's done the same thing.  So no big deal, he runs around for a while and then comes back. But we can't just let him run around the neighborhood loose like that.  We have taken him out for as many walks as we can manage, but it's been 5 degrees outside for a solid week!  So we aren't exactly excited to go outside.  He also won't poop, and rarely pees, while he's on the leash.  We ordered an invisible fence that will arrive tomorrow, so installing that is a big priority.  Once we get that set up we should be able to just let him out into the backyard without worrying.

Bundling up to go for a walk in 5 degree weather

Elijah is settling in very nicely!

Other than those minor issues, we are settling in very nicely!  We have only a few boxes left (besides all the kitchen supplies of course).  I am very surprised how far along we are in the unpacking and organizing.  We even had time to put up our Christmas tree and decorate the fireplace!  Every night I sleep better and better.  It is so unbelievably quiet and serene in our new neighborhood.  I just love it.