Last Post from the Old House

Well folks, we are finally moving, this Wednesday. We are about to go insane for sure. Moving with 4 little kids, while pregnant is not highly recommended. I really, really, really hope that we don't have to move ever again. To top off our massive stress levels, our new house isn't finished yet. The walls are there. The floor is down. The bathrooms and kitchen work. There's even some parts that are painted. But all the electrical isn't done. We're praying they finish up the essentials by Wednesday, but clearly they will have to be working on that while we live there. There's no phone lines or cable lines yet. The deck isn't finished so we can't use the back door. The new kitchen counter top still has to be installed. We have no curtain rods. We don't have enough curtains. None of the closets have shelving or rods installed. The pantry also has no shelves. Our nice mudroom also has no shelves or storage yet. And on top of all that, there's tons of construction mess everywhere. Our head contractor was supposed to be over there cleaning up the junk today. Dan is over there now checking up things. Some church friends and I are going over there tomorrow night to clean everything. That should be an adventure.

I'm still working on packing things. If you've ever moved, then you know how hard it is to live in a house while all your stuff is in boxes. So today I packed suitcases with clothes and all the basics for 5 days. Sort of like packing for a vacation. We'll have to see what to do about packing up the kitchen since we still have to cook and eat until Wednesday. Whew. My pregnancy hormones aren't helping the situation at all. I'm near tears every other minute.

Even with all the madness, we're still excited to live in our new house. I hope the house is done enough for us to be comfortable. Too bad we don't have tons of disposable income. Sometimes throwing money at a problem really does help!! :-)

After all the moving fun, this Friday is my ultrasound. I just hope we don't forget about it with all the distractions. We are really excited to find out if we're having a boy or a girl. I'd like very much to share with everyone our news right away. We're really not the "Call everyone personally to deliver the news" kind of folk. So don't feel slighted if you don't get a phone call. I like to email and/or blog about it. But with all the moving madness, I don't know if our computer will be up and running yet by Friday. At the very least, maybe Dan can email everyone with the news from work.

So that's it from here. I hope to be in contact with everyone again soon...from the new house! Please keep us in your prayers. We need all the help we can get.