Moving in

This post seems to have been waiting for me to write it but I just haven't gotten around to it. We moved in to our new home about a month ago and we love it. It is so much bigger than our last house (I still miss our old home sometimes) and we love the neighborhood we live in. Our house is 3 bedrooms with a garage, back yard, and tons of extra closets and storage areas! Here are a few pics of the house before our stuff moved in, during the move, and after we settled in a bit.

our front entry way

Our kitchen

The view of our kitchen from the hall and our sliding pantry

Our walk in pantry that holds all of our extra kitchen stuff like a break maker, icecream maker, bowels and other stuff

Our half bath off the hall way

The guest bath between the craft room and the second bedroom 

The craft room

The little office area in the hall

The second bedroom

The master bath

 The master closet and the sinks for the master bath

The master bedrom

The backyard

The truck pulling in with all of our stuff

Miles watching The Lorax while the movers brought in stuff

Rediscovering toys

Carl marking off the list of boxes they brought in

The boxes to unpack in the kitchen

Our living room-starting to look more like home

The back of the living room-Miles' play area

You can see how the kitchen and living room connect

Our play area finally finished!

The living room finished too

The view of our neighborhood... beautiful sunset.

I will try to take a couple more pics of the finished rooms soon so you can see what they look like.. it is a big difference in what our old home was like to this one. Miles has room to grow and run and play. We have a park right down the street with friends only a few houses away and family 10 minutes away. I love having Carl's family so close and my family is only 90 minutes away. I am so glad we chose to move here and can't wait to see what the next 3 years brings!

Our very temporary home

We moved and knew that we would have to live in a small hotel for an undetermined amount of time. We got here, moved in, unpacked about 6 boxes of food and clothes and other needed items. We went to the housing office and found out that we couldn't even be out on the housing list until Monday. We waited and went to the office first thing Monday morning. We found out there was a house open and ready for us to move into if we like it and wanted it. We saw the house and decided to take it! 

We expected to have to wait at least a month if not two and we only had to wait a week and a half! We get the lets tonight and move in tomorrow. We are so excited to finally have a home and a place to grow a few roots. I'll post a blog later about our new home but I thought it'd be nice to remember our little one bedroom temporary home and how good it has been to us. 

Moving day

It is moving time. We have packers here packing everything up while Miles and I hang out and Carl does last minute things. Miles and I are going to leave today to go to my mom's house so we are not underfoot while the movers come and load everything tomorrow.

I will honestly miss this house. It has been good to us. I brought my baby home here. I had my first teaching job here. We did medical school here. This was our first house and it is full of tons of memories. We have loved living here and having Miles grow up here. It has been the perfect house.

Our two packers names are Tom. No kidding... Tom A. and Tom B. and yes, there last names do start with A and B. They have been packing for about 30 years and have done a fantastic job! What took me a month to pack when we moved here, is only taking them 2 days! Here are some pics of what they have accomplished. 

  Tom A. packing up the kitchen. He finished this in about 4 hours.

Our living room after a few hours... full of boxes ready to be filled

Miles and I hanging out on the couch before nap time

Our last dinner together in town.

The beautiful sun pouring in this morning (I was up way too early- hello 5 am, it hasn't' been long enough since I saw you)

Our living room and kitchen all packed from yesterday

Another shot at the packed room

My bedroom, bathroom, and closet all packed up after only 2 hours

Another living room shot

Our living room

Having our house all packed up without having to do anything more than buy lunch has been great! Miles has been super well behaved and after nap we are on the road... I will miss you little home. Thanks for the great times and the warmth and shelter you provided us for the last 4 years. You will always be the home I had my first baby in and the home that Miles grew strong in. Thank you for that.