Well, it’s been a week since the move and we’re still in chaos! Things have been pretty eventful the last 7 days: the furnace got replaced (took 4 days instead of 2), we moved in, our internet didn’t work, the dishwasher didn’t work, we set up a TV for the kiddo, got things moved to “resemble” a living room, cleaned and sealed the concrete floors downstairs, cleaned up all the trash, chris kept up with his day job… As you can tell it’s been a little crazy.

I’m posting this from my phone because we still don’t have our office set up. The furnace took much longer than they thought, which means we couldn’t clean the floors, which means we couldn’t seal them, which means we couldn’t unpack our computers, etc. Which also means I’m earning $0 because virtually all my work from home when not baseball or football season is done on my computer, so that’s hard.

The kiddos are transitioning okay. Zoe had a rough first couple of days, but now seems to be doing a lot better (she got a present each morning when she slept like a big girl in her new big girl room). Merritt on the other hand is a bit of a mess. Poor kid. She’s having a super hard time going down for naps, but has gotten a lot better about bedtime. She’s got SUPER separation anxiety going on. Already that time for a lot of kids and combined with her routine and environment changing so drastically. For several days she would erupt into tears when she didn’t see me. And she went a few days with very very very little napping. The separation is going better, but she’s currently crying about napping right now. Poor kid.

The GOOD news is that despite my completely frazzled self at the moment, the new house is AMAZING. AMAZING. AMAZING. It feels GOOD to be here. It feels GOOD to have space. It feels GOOD to have a yard that Zoe (and soon Merritt) can run around and play in. It feels GOOD to feel so at peace – we walk outside and the birds chirping, at night the stars are clearer and the green rolling hills we look at out the back every day are enough to make me swoon. Ahhhhhhhhhh.

Don’t worry, I’m hoping to get to posting soon. We’ve got lots of updates: where we’re at, the new concrete slab in the garage, the new furnace, asbestos tile abated, floors sealed, we’re hoping to start exterior paint next week, Picardy goes on the market later this week…. I just need those computers hooked up. And a couple minutes to get it done 🙂

I hope you stick with it with us!