In the New House!

Let me tell you, moving is a lot of work and we hired movers! All day everyday there is something to do to settle better into the house. We have a million boxes to unpack- and it seems like whatever you need it is lost in the garage (where most of our boxes are living at the moment). That being said, we LOVE our new house.  It is big but it feels like a home already. The kids are adjusting a bit. Ryan is having trouble getting to sleep so he is exhausted- a four year old exhausted is a force to be reckoned with.  He moved into a big boy bed today so hopefully he will start looking to bedtime a bit more.

It’s a bit of a trial by error about where to put things.  We have realized we have a lot of some things and too little of others. We are learning where things are in the area and how best to get from point A to point B. Ryan is out of school so we are trying to figure out a new daily schedule. It’s a lot of figuring out at this point.

Don and I actually went out on a date now that we live so close to my mom.  It’s nice to have her come over and to have the option of dropping them off even if it’s for a short time so we can efficiently get something done.  I can tell already that we have made the perfect choice for our family.  

Moving On

Tomorrow is our last full day in this house. While I am the one that pushed for the move and I 100% know that it is the right move for us, now that it's upon us I'm overwhelmed. The process of moving is very physically and emotionally draining.  There is a lot to do, way more then I thought was involved in this process. I've signed a million forms (okay that is a SLIGHT exaggeration), packed more stuff then I was aware we owned, picked new preschools, made our house show ready over 20 times, and I've made a ton of hard decisions all while continuing a semi-normal life for the kids. Even without the emotional toll of leaving a place filled with so many memories it would be a lot to deal with.

So much has happened in this house in the last five years (Strangely enough we are moving 5 years to the day from when we moved in):

- We brought two kids to this their first home
- We hosted birthdays, Christmases, Thanksgivings, Easters and so much more
- We have made life long friends

We have learned a lot here, we were newly weds when we bought this house and we are moving out with two kids. There are a million memories, and it's hard not to focus on those as we are leaving- I need to focus on all the memories yet to come in our new house.  It is simply time to turn to the next page in the adventure.

I'm a Ninja!

Today some of my friends and I ran the Ninja challenge. It was a 5K with lots of challenges along the way:   monkey bars, climbing ropes and hay bails and walls, monkey bars, ice bath, Ninja star throwing and my favorite was after the race which was drinking a beer in celebration. Good times, great friends! 

Kids in a Box

Sorry for the lack of posting, I have impressively destroyed both mine and my husbands computers in just one week. Luckily I married a computer guy who is slowly bringing them back to life. Anyway... we are down to one week before the move. It's hard to decide what to wait until the last minute to pack and what we can pack right now (it feels like everything has to wait until the last minute which will make for a really stressful last minute). I think this weekend will be the final push where we will pack almost everything. 

Today the kids decided that they wanted to make sure they were taken to the new house so they packed themselves in a box. Ah... kids in a box, is there anything more fun?

Bigger

I think my kids got bigger while I was gone. Maybe it is being taken care of by someone else that makes them mature a little bit, but I think they also physically got bigger. It's crazy when that happens, you would think at this point I would be used to them growing but when I notice the change it still surprises me. 

Mexico!

Don and I celebrated our 5 year wedding anniversary in Mexico this last weekend! My wonderful brother gave us the trip for Christmas- and not only that, he came down from Chicago to take the kids while we were on vacation. It is the first time that Don and I have left the children for more then one day and the first time we have been more then maybe 25 miles away. It was such a wonderful trip- the weather was great- Lot's of sun. It was an all inclusive resort so we ate wonderfully and never had to worry about anything. It was such a re-energizing trip which after such a hard first half of the year. I am so thankful to my brother- while I can't imagine a time in which I would not like the trip- the timing of this trip was absolutely perfect and I feel like a brand new person. 

Don had never been to Mexico- while we didn't explore outside of the resort we did get to hang out a lot on the white sand beaches in Cancun. We read, ate, slept and then did it all again the next day.  We never got on the internet and except for watching Harry Potter- avoided almost all electronics (minus my Kindle which was perfect for this trip). I was so relaxed I hardly took any pictures ,yeah okay so there are about 25 posted here- but for me this was tame! 

Birthday Party

 Getting ready for the party

Super Hero Theme

Besties

 Cape (Each kid got their own)

Ryan and his friend Ben had a joint birthday party- they were born only two days apart and we had a lot of mutual friends- and it's a lot easier/ more fun to plan a party with a friend)

Wolverine