out with the old, in with the new

here's the last video from our old apartment. it was sort of sad cleaning the kitchen there for the last time... that was a good home we made for little elenora mae. that song "this is where we used to live" kept playing through my head as i moved the last of our stuff out.

we moved all our stuff on saturday with the help of friends. it was exhausting, especially since j. and i had moved so much stuff over just by ourselves during the previous week. after a lunch of subs and beer with our friends, i set to work pulling ella's room together so that she would have a non-chaotic space that felt like home.

the first thing elenora wanted to do when she came to our new home was to be placed in her crib to play with her friends. she was so excited.

momby brought us an amazing dinner saturday night. we ate on paper plates because i didn't unpack the kitchen until monday afternoon.

sunday morning we just sort of lazed around getting used to our home. then while ella was supposed to be napping (she goes days without sleeping during nap time) i went to the old apartment to clean for a few hours. i was so ready for a nap myself, but luckily momby helped me with the cleaning of the old place. then ella went home with her mamaw for a sleepover and j. and i finished cleaning the old place just in time to get dairy queen before it closed.

monday morning i worked, even though it was a holiday. i'm training the new auditor at work and wanted to start the week ahead of the game instead of behind. when i got home i unpacked the kitchen, which felt amazing. then we headed to the b's for a memorial day cookout. ella spent the night again so that we could stay after her bedtime and play games, but j. and i headed home early enough to take all the empty boxes out to the garage and consolidate them.

what a huge task it is to move house--even just a couple miles!

it was so good to get elenora back yesterday and have her in our new home after such a crazy weekend.

yesterday afternoon i went to target and bed bath and beyond to get a few home items. it was pretty discouraging to see the prices on things like curtains. but i found an activity table with chairs, some hampers, curtain rods, and a very cheap bookcase. i'll have to find curtains elsewhere. why aren't the panels sold in pairs???

here's a video of the upstairs of our townhouse, which is fairly well put together, though there are definitely things that still need to be done.

the downstairs isn't yet put together (other than ella's room) so i'll post video of that in a few days.