September 24, 2011-Moving Day Part 2

We're IN our new house!
Highlights from today: (Click here for pictures)
  • After our middle of the night Walmart adventure, Robby and I were pretty tired.  We slept like logs until 5:30ish when we woke up and couldn't go back to sleep.  We must have been pretty excited about the day-but I tell you, moving is like checking out of a big hotel room.  We are very fortunate though because we have not yet closed on our Gamble house so we have time to come back and get other stuff (like all my pictures on the walls, our outside stuff that would live in a garage, our shed and swingset...oh and Belle too).  
  • Anyway, at 7:30 I left to pick up Graham who had slept very well at Grannymom's house along with everyone else.  Graham and I headed to the Saturday clinic to check his ears (yesterday he was crying about them).  We waited and waited it seemed like forever (maybe because I had a few other things to do today! Ha!)  Anyway that poor little guy did have a pretty bad ear infection.  So we switched antibiotics and hopefully that will do the trick.  
  • My next assignment for the day was to call Best Buy-our fridge which was scheduled to be delivered today didn't look like it would arrive (found that out when Robby tried to call and confirm early this morning).  Anyway, my fridge was on back order until Mid October-thanks for updating us Best Buy.  Since we really can't live without a fridge we went to the store later in the day.  We were able to find a replacement-for a few hundred dollars more and that was after Robby had to ask to speak to the manager and get a price cut.  Seriously, here is the current naughty list-Best Buy, AT&T, septic man and one of the yard men.  If people would just do what they say that would do-hmmm, life lesson for the kids.  Off the soapbox, the new fridge will be delivered Wednesday.
  • The kids spent the morning at Nonna's house and when I was driving there, Reagan said "when you didn't come and pick us up, I thought you might have been hurt."  Dagger through my heart.  I told her that she should have asked Grannymom and Grannymom would have let her call and talk to us.  I also tried to explain that I was headed to get her but that she was already asleep.  Now, yesterday she was the same child who told Nonna that they had not been taking their medicine-the medicine that takes her about 20 minutes to take every day. 
  • I picked the kids up to eat lunch at the new house and they were a bit disappointed that the movers had already come and gone.  But seeing the big Ball Team truck is pretty neat.  And looking at their playroom all put together and seeing where their beds were was a big deal.
  • After lunch, Grannymom drove them to her house and apparently they even went to the dollar store.   It was quite a treat though I could never understand what was bought.  Soon we were nearing being done around here and the kids came back.
  • Oh, in the mean time, Pops and Jason worked outside with a few yard guys who cut down some branches, Nonna put on sheets and scrubbed furniture, Grandpa took apart a swing set and fence, Grannymom vacuumed and cleaned Gamble, Robby unloaded a few truck loads full and I had a nap...ha!  I do deserve one since today is my due date but maybe tomorrow.  
  • Our nearby neighbors, the Atwoods, came by and dropped off supper and a baby gift.  That was very kind of them and the BBQ was delicious.  Robby and I ate like we were log rollers tonight at supper.  
  • It is amazing what a few hours can do-this place is 80% unpacked (and that is counting what is left at Gamble).  The kids were pretty impressed too with their beds and toy room.  All is well around here-quite eventful days.  We just can't get over that a little over a month ago we weren't even dreaming of buying a house and here we are!  

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