Moving Day

All pictures are from the real estate listing.

Thursday, September 15th was one of the longest days ever.  It was moving day!  We were up very early to get a few last minute things done and the kids and I were out the door by 7:40 to get the girls and Henry down to Gretna for school.  We were in such a rush to leave, it didn't seem real that we wouldn't be coming back to our home.  The first home we bought as a family, the place we brought 2 of our babies home to, the house we (mostly Henry) put so much time and effort into.

 

Meanwhile, Henry was packing a few valuables and breakables (the tvs) into his car.  Then we met at 9 am to close on our new house.  Closing went pretty quick, and was relatively painless (other than the fact that we walked out as owners of two homes).  Then we headed over to our new home.

We noticed the carpet needed stretched in the hallway and two bedrooms, so I quickly called around until I found someone that could come right away and have it done before we started moving in.  Henry left to pick up the truck and then headed back up to Blair to start loading everything.  Sara and Steve met him there and Steve and Henry worked their tails off loading the truck.  Mom and Dad came up and brought our queen bed that we had been storing at their house and then they also went up to help.  Katy came and helped me do a little cleaning before everything was moved in.  I stayed at the new house so I could get Henry from preschool, keep the little kids out of the way, then pick up the girls from school.  They had so much fun running around the empty house.  

Shortly after the girls were out of school, Henry and Steve showed up with what became the first load.  One of Henry's coworkers came to help for a while, but 3 other people we thought were coming to help didn't show up.  We are so grateful for those that were able to help and how hard they worked to help us.  After a quick dinner of pizza, Mom and Dad took Ellie and went home.  Mom cleaned the Blair house and they both worked so hard and we really wouldn't have be able to do it without them.  I got the kids beds made and got them to bed since they had school the next day.  Steve and Henry headed back to Blair to get the rest of our stuff.  After they got back and unloaded the truck again, Sara and Steve headed home.  Henry returned the truck and finally got home and fell into bed around 12:30 am.

 

We were immediately welcomed to the neighborhood by the neighbor kids.  We had one on the truck trying to unload our stuff and I came home after getting dinner and there was another kid IN our house.  Coming from a neighborhood with very few children, it will take some getting used to.  But the kids made friends the first night and that made the whole thing a little easier for them.

And now the fun part...unpacking.  After having every possible storage area filled, I am going to love extra, unused space.  My goal is to always have some of that.  And I have such good helpers.  :)

9/16/2011

We have decided......we are NEVER moving again!  :)