Well, our life has certainly turned upside down and inside out in the last couple of weeks!!! Kayli’s hives, doctor appointments, round-the-clock medicine, etc. continued right up to, and through our moving. We both had “more on our plates” than we bargained for, but TOGETHER we survived the move!!! We are so thankful for all the help we received from our family and friends! Getting a new house is SO exciting. Moving is NOT!
As we neared our moving date, I was feeling sentimental about leaving my old house of 16 years! Kayli was feeling sentimental about leaving behind the only house she’s ever known. We read books about moving. We talked about houses, families, and memories. We talked about all the great memories we have of time spent in our old house, and all the new memories we would create in our new house. We took pictures… and said good-bye to all that was familiar, and hello to all that is yet to come...
Friends came to help...
Kayli had to stop, now and then, to soak the itchies...
Our neighbors,
Mike and Linda,
invited us over for a farewell pitcher of Margaritas...
Bruce and Teri,
our other good neighbor friends,
came to say good-bye too... Kayli was glad she brought her toys to entertain Bruce!
Kayli spent some quality time with her favorite canine pals, Lexi and Toby...
We took some pictures and said good-bye to our favorite Pooh Bedroom...
Kayli got to go on a "sleep-over" at her toddler friend,
Lily's house, while I stayed behind to orchestrate the move!
Natalie brought Kayli home from school on Friday,
to her NEW HOME!
She just had to try out the new swingset! Wheee!
Kayli enjoyed her first dinner at the new house... her favorite Mac N' Cheese...
Jake just wanted to see the house one last time, and reminisce a little bit...
And, it was about midnight that I sprung up in bed with the realization that I had left all my cookie sheets, muffin tins, and bread pans in the bottom drawer of my stove! I climbed out of bed and hunted down a scrap of paper, then managed to find a stray crayon, to write myself a note about this, as if I would forget by morning! The new owner will take possession of my home tomorrow afternoon, so I had to get over there before he took possession. Oh, and of course the AT*T installation was scheduled for the whole morning where I would be held hostage from 9-11! Yikes!
So, Suzanne offered to come over, but by the time she got here, the cable guy was leaving, so she, Kayli, and I all got into the car and headed over to the old house. Once there, we retrieved the pans that were indeed in the bottom drawer, then took some time to walk around the empty house. It looked so big and EMPTY!
On Sunday, Kevin and Karen came over to deliver our kitchen table we had been storing at their house. Kayli "helped" Karen put the legs back on the table...
Natalie and Linsey came over to "put my kitchen together" and at the end of that day I sighed a big sigh of relief at all that had been accomplished!
Later that night, after we had emptied and refilled the new hot-tub, Kayli just had to try it out, even though it was still COLD water, like a pool...she still loved it!
Monday morning came way too fast! The great thing, though, was...sleeping later and leaving later, because we are only 5 minutes from work and school, WOOHOO!!! I KNOW we're gonna love that!!!
Here's Kayli on her first school morning in her new house, all dressed and ready to go, and we even have a few minutes to spare before we have to head out the door! Hmm, what to do with this extra time in the morning? I know, I know, it will be absorbed quickly!
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