Week 1
Mike worked his butt off this week. Between him, my dad, and his dad and brother-in-law, our house got a major face lift. There was wallpaper in about 85% of the house. All of that came down except for the bathrooms. If you're lucky, wallpaper will just peel right off. We were not lucky. Most of it came down in little pieces. And just when I thought all the wallpaper was gone, I would open a drawer and find some more.
Then the paint went up in every single room. Our room, closet, kitchen, laundry room, play room, and the girls rooms. Paneling came down in the living room and dry wall went up. A new refrigerator and microwave were installed. Bushes were cut down in the front yard. Gutters were installed.
The bathrooms are the only two rooms that are left to finish. They both still have wallpaper. Serenity now...
We also moved in a huge load of stuff from our storage building. Since we were not done painting we put everything in the playroom.
That weekend we were hit by Hurricane Matthew. Mike and I took a trip to the storage building Saturday morning to get another load. I was going to unpack all of the kitchen stuff during the storm since we couldn't really move anything else. We got SOAKED. On the way home the roads were so bad that we knew we couldn't go out anymore. We were very very lucky because we didn't lose power. Mike and my dad painted the living room while I unpacked the kitchen boxes.
We were out of school on Monday. We moved all of our beds and clothes from my parents house. My brother brought Lilly's new bed over (her cousins old bed) and set it up for us. Madelyn's crib was set up in her room. It was our first official night in our new home. Which meant it was Lilly's first official night of sleeping in her new big girl bed. After sleeping with us for the past 4 years I knew this would be a long battle. I was prepared for crying and screaming. What I was not prepared for was Lilly telling me to get out of her big girl bed and go to my room so she could go to sleep by herself. Um...... ok?
She LOVES her room. She LOVES her bed. She has done so fantastic. She has had a few nights where she wanted to sleep with us but I seriously cannot believe how easy it has been. She was so ready for this. She keeps her room nice and tidy. She insist on making her bed every morning. Her shoes have a special spot in her closet. The only thing left to do in her room is to paint her dresser white and put it back in there.
Week 2-4
We were living in the house but most of our furniture was still in the playroom. We slowly started putting things in their place after work each night. The living room furniture was moved, pictures were hung, and the playroom was put back together. Everything was finally out of the storage building. Everything was finally out of my parents house.
Week 5
I finally feel settled. The girls are adjusted and Jakey Boy seems adjusted too. There are just a few small jobs left to finish, besides the bathrooms. We are loving our new home. We have some really sweet neighbors also that bring us goodies! I'm really looking forward to Christmas morning by our fireplace. And all the other wonderful memories that are yet to be made. This was totally worth the wait.
