Moved!

It's official! We've moved!

All our stuff is moved in to our new house in Acworth, GA.  Still plenty of boxes to unpack though.  The moving process wasn't too bad thanks to so much help from family members.  My sister Jamie flew up June 21st to help and packed pretty much the entire kitchen.  My dad came up on the 22nd and we picked up the truck around 11.  The plan was to use that day to load and leave early the next morning.  But thanks to help from Jeff's uncle Gary and Aunt Candy as well as my dad and sister, the apartment was emptied and truck loaded before 4.  So we revised our plan and took off that evening.  Jeff  was left with a suitcase and an air mattress to tide him over while he finished out work.  My dad headed off in the truck while Jamie and I packed up the car and got ourselves ready to go.  We left around 5 and made it until about 9:30, when Claire started melting down.  This happened to be right by the same hotel my dad had stopped at for the night.  So we pulled in and were able to get a room right next to him.  I was very pleased with our stay in the Fairfield Inn in Seymour, Indiana.  Clean, quiet room with comfy beds, good shampoo AND conditioner provided, and a yummy breakfast.  They even put my stash of frozen breast milk in their freezer in the back for me!  (Every ounce is precious and if it had thawed I would have had to use it right away or lose it).

After breakfast in the morning, we made the drive to Atlanta.  We stayed at my parents Thursday and Friday night before the big move in day on Saturday.  That went smoothly and the truck was quickly unloaded.  BIG thanks to my dad, his friend DeeWayne, my brother, and Jeff's dad for all the heavy lifting.  More thanks to Jeff's mom, his cousin Carrie, my sis-in-law Jess, and Jamie for more unloading, unpacking, and organizing my kitchen while I spent hours on the phone with Comcast.  Another big thanks to my mom for hanging with Claire and bringing her up a little later and then helping with the unpacking. 

I decided not to stay in the house by myself and to continue to hang out at my parent's house, where I'd have help with Claire.  So our first night in the new house was Wednesday, June 29th, the day that Jeff flew down from Chicago.

We were quickly initiated into home ownership with cable and air conditioner issues as well as a lawn needing to be mowed, trees needing trimming, and locks to change.  But we're happy to take those issues along with all the good.  We're loving our new house and having lots of space to call our own!