Closing the Doors

The days leading up to our move were extremely busy, which was both a blessing and a curse.  A blessing because my mind was taken off of how sad I was feeling about leaving and a curse because I am pretty pregnant and was utterly exhausted.  The days flew by, the finally boxes were packed, we closed on both homes, and sold some of our larger pieces of furniture.  In the end, it still felt like our house but it just wasn't the same.  The kids were troopers throughout the whole process and were excited about the excitement of the movers and their new house.  That was a huge relief!

We had the help of my dad and Mary and would not have settled in to the new house as quickly as we did without all of their efforts to get us set up.  My dad helped Eric paint the kids' bedrooms, he installed can lights, dimmers and swapped out our good lightbulbs from the old house with the ones from the new.  Mary did whatever I asked and by the end of the day we had unpacked the kitchen and made multiple trips back and forth between houses.  By the time dinner time rolled around and they had to get on the road I was physically and emotionally drained.  Lots of anxiety about whether or not we were making the right decision leaving our wonderful street of friends.

On Sunday we continued to unpack and Eric finished cleaning up Sunridge before we walked through one last time with the kids and locked up.  The kids could have cared less.  Quinn walked in and said, "well, no one lives here anymore," and neither one wanted to check out the empty rooms for very long before jumping in the car to head "home."  Eric and I on the other hand took our time walking through each room and mentally processing all of the memories each one held.  I found it hard to finally walk out because I knew that once we did, it wasn't ours anymore.  

Each day gets a little easier but I still miss that house and street.  We have to drive by it twice a day when taking Nolan to and from school so it is weird to look at something so familiar to me and have to turn off my autopilot and drive to a different house.  However, the new house is slowly beginning to feel like home and we only just moved a little over a week ago.  

As I type this, the kids are having a blast digging and raking our dirt front yard.  As long as they are happy, everything will be okay.

Luckily we had day of nice weather before the move so Quinn and I were able to do one more bike ride around the neighborhood and say goodbye to the alligator.

Keys to the new house!

Two days before we moved the blinds were installed.

The kids came to check it out on Thursday after school and met the little boy behind us.

Dinner at the new house on Thursday night.

Couches and refrigerator were delivered on Friday and the speakers and alarm system were also installed.

Last night sleeping at the old house.  Nolan's room looked so bare.

Unfortunately, I did not take any pictures during the moving process.  Wish I would have.  I did manage to snap a couple of the kids sleeping in their new rooms that first night.

Sunday was the day we said our official goodbye to Sunridge.

Thankful for a nice day and the time we had to say goodbye to a wonderful home.