John and I left Omaha on Friday the 31st of July for our move to Bloomington, Indiana. We loaded the truck up Thursday night, and then stayed at my mom and dad's house before heading out in the morning. John drove the moving truck, and pulled the Alero. I drove the Pilot, and luckily had my mother-in-law come along to entertain Makenna on the drive. We drove 3/4 of the way on Friday, and then finished the drive on Saturday. Makenna did great in the car, thanks mostly to Grandma CeCe!
John's Mom, Makenna, and my mom on Friday morning:
What I got to drive behind for 2 days:
We have spent this week unpacking, cleaning, shopping, and organizing. Moving has been a lot of work, but we are finally starting to feel settled.
Here is what our living room area looked like on Saturday evening:
We are now living in a 3 bedroom 2 1/2 bath townhouse with a garage. Now that we are almost done packing (we still have 1 more box of misc. stuff) I am really starting to enjoy our new home. There are some awkward things about it (the living room layout for instance), but overall, it is a big improvement from our 2 bedroom apartment. I haven't taken pictures of the "finished product" yet, but will post some soon. John starts his jumpstart classes on Monday, so I am sure that I will have more than enough time to blog next week, and for the next 2 years!
Makenna has done great with the move. She is still on her Omaha sleep schedule, which means that she isn't going to bed until 10:00 here, but other than that she has really enjoyed having more places to play, and especially being able to go play outside so easily (our previous apartment was on the 3rd floor). On Sunday when I took her to nursery, I was planning on staying with her since she didn't know any of the leaders or children, but she just walked right in, and turned and waved to me and said "bye bye ma ma"! She also went potty on her toilet for the first time yesterday, and then again tonight before bed. I am not planning on embarking on potty training yet, but we bought a little potty a month ago just to introduce her to it. I guess it is working...John and I are so proud :)!
5 comments:
I'm glad you guys made it there safely! I had been wondering how your move was going. Your apartment sounds really nice, I'm excited to see some pictures! :)
Wow, you guys are really fast unpackers. You have to show off your new home with lots of pictures. I am so glad that Makenna has adjusted well. I remember when we moved to here that Lauren stopped sleeping at night. It has only been recently that she sleeps through the night 99.9% of the time. Happy to here that all is well in Indiana
I'm so impressed you're almost unpacked! Jon and I have been in our house for six weeks and I still have a fairly large pile in the corner. How do you do it with a child?
Looking at your pictures makes me excited to do the same thing in 2 weeks! What size truck did you get?
Looking at your pictures makes me excited to do the same thing in 2 weeks! What size truck did you get?
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