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Move In Day! Hallelujah!

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Today was move in day! There isn’t much to say as moving is actually pretty boring, that and we are all exhausted. But, we are in!
We were up bright and early this morning but it was easy to get up. The excitement and anxiety got us moving pretty fast. We stopped for a quick breakfast and by the time we made it to our house, the movers were there and ready for the day. They jumped right in a quickly we watched the boxes start coming up into the house and into the garage. Before I knew it our living room was stacked high with boxes, our bed in the master bedroom was built and everything that was packed tightly in the truck was now out. What a sense of relief!
And so it begins… Thank Goodness!
Surrounded by a sea of boxes in the living room. Cant wait to unpack all of this!
After the movers brought in the last box and cleaned up their items, they took off and we were left with the last task of dropping off the truck and the tow hitch. Lucky for us, that was all done “without a hitch” and within an hour the truck and all that was rented with it was out of our hands. I think we did a little dance in the truck rental lot too. We pulled away from the lot relaxed and then decided to treat ourselves at Teddy’s Bigger Burger, a new favorite for our family. I think its the fish tank that the girls love, not the food.

Eating with the fishes!

The move up is finally over! We have a lot of unpacking to do but that’s easy and less stressful then the stress involved with driving a truck, packed to the brim with our belongings over 1200 miles. What a relief. I cannot wait to start setting up!

A Little Prep Time Before Move In!

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Its nice to be in Seattle and no longer on the road. I don’t think I can describe how good it feels. We are not completely out of the woods yet, but a lot of the stress is done. Our last hurdle will be move in day tomorrow but once that has been completed, the truck will be dropped off and out of our hair for good.

Most of the day today was prepping some of the house for move in tomorrow. Shaun’s back spasms during our trip up a week and a half ago kept us from building the furniture that we needed finished, so his plan was to do that. The most important of those being Abby and Ellie’s new beds. Having their room set up and decorated as soon as possible is very important to us. A move isn’t easy on little kids, so we wanted to make sure they feel settled as soon as possible.

We slept in a little this morning, needing the extra rest and then headed out to get our day going. After breakfast, we headed to the house for the first time with Abby and Ellie. Abby had been with us when we looked at it back in May but she had yet to see it empty and with the changes we had made. They loved the house and when they saw their pink room, they were ecstatic. Both of them really wanted a pink room and we delivered.

New House New Rules! No Shoes!
Checking out our cool new balcony!
Enjoying a good run through the very empty living room.
Loving their new pink room!

After showing the girls around the house, we went out for a while so that Shaun could work on their beds in silence. The girls and I did some needed shopping at Target and then showed Ellie the new “pine cone park” that I know will become a fast favorite. Shaun attempted to put together their new beds while we were away but that task ended up being a bigger project than we thought it would be. One was accomplished and the other had to be left for tomorrow. Its a good thing we are still staying in a hotel tonight, otherwise only one of us would have a bed to sleep in!