We made the long, much anticipated move almost 2 months ago. I do NOT recommended moving during the holidays, by the way, unless you are a super organized person who finishes all Christmas shopping in August. I am not one of those people, so it was a little busy, to say the least. (I was the lone shopper at Target on the 23rd...it was surprisingly quiet.) Thanks to all of our wonderful family and friends, moving day was a smooth transition, and we collapsed into our beds that night with a lot of gratitude for people's generosity!
To tell my favorite moment of the day, I'll need to give a little back story....
For at least 2 months before the move, Kristina asked every time we came to the house(which was like everyday) "Is it done yet?" and I would reply every time, "No, it's not done yet," until the moment we pulled into the driveway to spend our first night here, and she asked, "Is it done yet?" to which I replied with a very enthusiastic, "YES!"
Her look was priceless.
Then she walked up to her room and peed all over the new carpet.
Good feeling's gone.
We think she was marking her territory.
The next three days were vomit, followed by a week of the runs, which all managed to fall on the brand new carpet, of course. A big Thank you to KIDS 'N PETS-the best invention. (And thank you, Shannon, for introducing me to it:)
Needless to say, we were broken in by the time Christmas rolled around. Which was good, because we had 25 of our most favorite people on earth here for Christmas Eve dinner, and it was so nice to relax and visit with everyone and not worry about what might get on the new carpet, because it had already seen everything.
Enough chit-chit. Here are a couple of pictures of the new house some of you have been asking to see:
This is the entryway. I'm so happy with how it turned out!
This is the empty family room, for now, and my fast attempt at decorating for Christmas.
The kitchen is still a work in progress. We have to finish the backsplash and paint the legs to the island-which Shawn and Dan built the day before Christmas Eve so we could have a place to put the food! I just ordered chairs so in a week we'll be able to sit around it and enjoy. It is a pleasure to cook in this space, let me tell ya!
Another view of the kitchen and dining area
We finally have a mud room which has been the greatest thing! Since we just have dirt for a yard right now, it is so nice to have a place that catches all the mess!
A few weeks after Christmas we got over a foot of snow!
The kids missed the entire week of school and we didn't leave the house once. It was nice to have somewhat of a forced vacation. A much needed breather!
We are enjoying our new surroundings so much. I get to look at this when I do dishes:
We are so happy and feel very blessed! I'll post some more soon about some of our comings and goings, and a visit from our family that was so fun-we will never forget it!
