Moving In

We moved in May...it's now August and I'm just getting around to talking about it. Let's be honest...it wasn't the easiest move on me. Yes, we moved into a house and that is nice in it's own right, but I had a baby who wasn't even a month old and a 20 month old who was exhausted and adjusting to having a baby in the house, we spent about 3 weeks getting the house ready beforehand, packing was not an organized production (hard for me), and I was dealing with a lot of change.

The house isn't actually ours. We are renting from Nathan's brother. We don't know how long we are going to be here and a house didn't make sense. David wanted to buy and he is here more permanently but it's just him. It's smaller than our apartment and that has proven to be it's own challenge. We have lots of storage space which is a blessing but it's hard to fit everything I don't want in storage in the small space.

We were blessed to have family here helping during the transition. There is no way we could have done it all without them. 

The closing date was May 10th and after that was three weeks of hard work. This included lots of cleaning, painting, yard work, and more! 

Here are some before pictures and picture of the process:

Can you tell why the kitchen didn't get done? Haha...there had to be a place to put everything!

Here are some of the after pictures. A lot of other things were still done after these pictures though and pictures have still not been taken of the kitchen after it has been finished painting.

After we moved in we continued working by cleaning and painting the kitchen which there wasn't time to finish, redoing all the flower beds, moving and installing fence, tilling a spot for the garden, planting a garden, and more, of course.

We are now feeling a little more settled but still very cluttered. I feel like it's been a slow process and I haven't done much for a few weeks because I just haven't had the creative energy or desire. That and I am secretly hoping that one of the jobs Nathan has been applying for will come through and we will be moving back West.

Either way it's been really nice not having to worry about being in an apartment and dealing with the problems we dealt with before. I love having the opportunity to work outside in the garden and flower beds as well as the space that is available for Kamden to play outside without worry. I love living in a house!

Life as of Lately

I got out of the habit of blogging about our usual adventures and activities. Honestly, I just didn't feel like blogging...so I didn't. I've been in a bit of a slump lately but I feel like I'm finally (hopefully) getting back into a groove and feeling more alive! I can't tell you how much taking your supplements and getting some daily exercise helps a mom to feel human.

Anyways, in the last three months a lot has happened! Kaliana was born at the end of April, we started remodeling, cleaning, and painting David's new house about 2 weeks later, had Nate's parents her for 2 weeks and my mom here for 2 weeks, we blessed Kaliana, packed up our apartment a few days later and moved into David's new house. After we moved in we completely revamped the flower beds in the front yard, planted some flowers in pots, created a garden spot and planted a garden, moved a section of fence and installed it to complete the fence line of the house, and tried to unpack everything in the process. There are a ton of little things that I can think of relating to all of this that just make me tired thinking about it all. I still have boxes that aren't unpacked and there is nothing on the walls yet!

Let's be honest...life has been a bit upside down. However, we have tried to have some fun here and there with our huge to-do list. I have a lot of posts to catch up on because I really do want a lot of what has happened documented. Hopefully, most of these updates will come in the next month. I am traveling to Idaho with the kids on Wednesday though to see family so don't expect too much to happen in the next 1 1/2 weeks on here. I'll try though.

In the meantime, let's admire some pictures of my little water babies!

 

You can't really tell in the pictures but Kamden was very insistent on holding his little sister (even though he wasn't really holding her) and when I tried to take her away because she was crying it took a bit to pry his little hands away! It was so cute and warmed my heart that he is getting more attached to her! Love my little ones!