Move in day

Today is move in Day!  It was probably one of the worst days ever.  Let me set the stage for you....picture a tiny apartment, 5 moving guys, Scott, the kids and me, boxes everywhere, the door propped open for easy access to the apartment.  Scott and I directing where to put the boxes, trying to keep Mikey occupied and out of the way (while he wants to help, aka; get in the way), keeping both kids on schedule (feeding/naps).  Keeping Katie entertained, while I immediately want to start unpacking and putting things away.  I am completely OCD..... it's driving me crazy that I can't do it all, all at the same time.  It was a hell of a day, one that I'm glad is over!  Here's just a few pics of that day.

Mikey giving the little bug a squeeze before we start our day.

Ready for our walk around the corner to our new apt.

It was a cold day, so Miss Katie was bundled up!

What is to be our living room.

The kids room.

Master room.

Keeping Katie occupied while we finish the unpacking.

Passed out from exhaustion. (He can work an Ipad like the best of them!)

Passed out while his hands down his pants.

Who's walking who?

Bailey wanted to come on a walk with us to see the tractors too.  Well, not sure if she wanted to see the tractors but she definately wanted to go on a walk.  Since staying at my parents house a full month so far, Bailey has proven herself to be a great dog and not wander off.  They are able to not put her on a leash and she stays in the yard!  Good bog Bailey!

We let Mikey hold her leash, and I think it's the first time that he's walked her...or maybe she was walking him.  It was pretty cute and everytime the leash dropped he yelled "Ot-oh!"

Here is a few pics. of our walk and some fun photos!

Tractors behind nana and papa's house!

Sooo, what did we do while waiting for our truck to deliver our things and vehicle to the storage facility?
We explored trucks in the field behind nana and papa's house!

They even had a shifter that shifted the rocks and stones out of the dirt.  What you are left with is great top soil.

Mikey was in HEAVEN!

"They call me bulldozer, or just dozer for short"

Uncle Matt and Mikey.

Moving Day

The packers arrived at 9:00am and packed our entire home by 3:00pm.  Pretty impressive as that would have easily taken us between 2or 3 weeks to pack.  Now, tomorrow they come back to pack everything onto the truck and will deliver things into our storage unit in PA on Monday afternoon and then the rest of our things to NYC on either the 1st or 2nd of March.  We only have 1 more week of living out of suitcases. 

I'm looking forward to living in NYC.  Of course there will be a period of adjustment and I'm sure there will be things I love/hate about living in the city/apartment.  I'll take the good with the bad.  It's all one big adventure for me!  I feel especially alive when we move to a new place, like I'm doing something with my life....living my life.  New places bring new friends, new opportunities, new possibilities.  Can't wait to experience it all and share it all with you.  Won't you come along with me to NYC?!! 

The next post you'll probably get from us will be either from PA or from NYC.  Check back in a week or so.

Packing everything in the kitchen.

Lots to pack!

Our dining room became a dumping ground for everything in the house.

Bedroom all stacked neatly agains the wall.

It took the driver an hour to get up the cul-de-sac in the snowy weather.

Even though they got a late start to the day they were outta here by 4:30pm, on schedule!

Doesn't look like much at the moment but everything is stacked to the top of the truck.  Luckily we have the entire truck to ourselves.

Nice and clean living room.

I scrubbed down everything while they were packing, so it was ready for the new renters!

Dining room was cleared out too!

This is what's coming with us.  It has everything we'll need for the next week.

Someone's 2nd airplane ride!

Katie's opinion about the move to NYC

Here's our girl - (she does this a lot!)

Here's a pic. of her blowing raspberries!

Still no teeth coming in!

Forgot to add this to the last post.  She was happy to have her own seat on the airplane ride!

Moving chaos

Before leaving for 2 weeks to go to PA and apartment search in NYC, we cleaned our home top to bottom and made it spotless so that while we were away our listing agent could show our home to potential renters.  Having 2 little kids, it's impossible to have a kept home for more than a few minutes so we were HOPING that we'd find a renter while we were away.....and we did! 

Now our home is complete chaos as we hurry to go through all of our belongings to figure out what we are taking and what's going into storage, now that we know the space that we have to work with.  Here's the current state of our home.

I try to walk around with my eyes closed so I don't stress out too much!

First Baking Lesson

I was busy today baking some cupcakes for Mikey's teachers at school.  I thought it was a great opportunity for Katie to learn the art of baking.  Her 1st baking lesson!