We Made It!

Well, we have arrived in our new home and our belongings have arrived as well!  We really couldn't be happier!  We had a week of "camping out" at the new house.  But as of yesterday everything has arrived and we are settling into our new home.  First and Foremost I owe some huge thank yous!

• Thank you to Bo and Grandma:  It was wonderful spending a week with you.  Thank you for welcoming us (and all our chaos!) into your home.  We couldn't have gotten so much unpacking accomplished this weekend if it wasn't for you guys.  Thank you Bo for watching the kids so I could go to the inspection.  Thank you so much!
• Thank you to Meme, Grandpap Bob and Nana:  Thank you for letting us crash at your house for a week as well.  Thank you Dad and Nana for watching Carter and Dawson while I met with the moving company at our old house.  Thank you Nana and Meme for all the wonderful meals and clean laundry.  I was so spoiled, I wish I had personal assistants all the time!  Thank you!
• Thank you Aunt Tiffany and Uncle Jason:  It was wonderful to be able to go house hunting with no little guys.  Aunt Tiffany, I know that was an exhausting day and it really meant so much to us!

Yes, I know I should be writing thank you notes to each and every one of you.  I know this is not a good substitute, but with all that is going on right now I know that I won't get to it.  We love you guys so much!  

But onto some pictures:

Our very first meal at our new house:  deli rotisserie chicken and some raw veggies. 

Wouldn't you know that the eating on the floor thing didn't work out very well, so we ran out the very next day to pick up the table I had been pining for.  In case you are wondering, Carter wears his sunglasses whenever and wherever the mood strikes him.  And also, the coffee was for me, not Dawson.

As soon as I find my good camera, I will be taking pictures of the kids in their new habitat.  I bet it is with the remote controls for the TV and Carter's walkie talkies.  Oh, the joys of moving!

Some funny tidbits about our new home:

• Although we are living in a neighborhood with close access to plenty of shopping, our new home is more rural than our last home.  Recently while driving around we passed a field that had been newly fertilized.  Oh, the drama!  Carter was hyperventilating and yelling "Nobody breathe in, only out!"  Ava was yelling "It smells like a dog that pooped it's pants around here."  I was laughing so hard!
• This new home is (obviously) not child proofed, and it is actually very difficult to do so.  We are still looking for a cost effective way to block off the bottom of a stairway that is close to 13 feet wide.  But Dawson has been loving all the newfound freedom.  Anytime he is out of my vision he will crawl up the stairs as fast as his little legs will carry him to check out my shower.  He is obsessed with all the buttons and sprayers in there!  (Just like his Dad!)
• Lately sharing a room with Ava and Carter has not been working out.  Ava is a night owl and wants to party while Carter the morning bird wakes her up too early, resulting in one cranky girl.  So tonight they are spending their first night apart in a year!  I'm happy to report that night one was a success.

Well, that is it for now.  I really should be unpacking, organizing and cleaning.  But instead I'm going to go enjoy a glass of Shadle cranberry wine and my hubby!