Our First Week in Our New House.

So this week hasn't been pretty and I wouldn't say it's been fun either. It's been a lot of stress, readjustment of expectations, patience, and trying to see the potential. 

Here's how it went...

Friday

We got the house! We went in and signed all the papers and waited for the county to record that it was our house. Then we went out to lunch to celebrate!

I packed a few things but thought I could finish the next day no problem.

Saturday

Tyler worked from 6 am - 3 pm. So I packed and organized and got the house as ready as possible with two little ones in tow. 

Then Tyler got off work and the real fun began. We got the UHAUL and then family came over to help us lift some of the heavy stuff. After they left we were up loading the UHAUL until 1 in the morning! It was exhausting. Then we had to sleep on the ground because our mattress was packed so that was fun.

Sunday 

We get ready and clean the house. By 11 am we were on the road. 

It was actually really sad for me to leave our apartment. I mean that was the place where my girls have had all of their birthdays and where I brought Violet home from the hospital. It had so many memories and I just wanted it's next residents to take care of it because it had done such a good job taking care of us. 

Continuing... When we got to the house we walked in and it smelled like a dog. You know the smell. As we unloaded the truck it started to sprinkle and the heater wasn't working and the flies decided to set up camp and I was going crazy! Not to mention I was in a dress because I was dressed for church and all my clothes were at the back of the UHAUL. It felt dirty and gross and all I could think is "what have we done?!". Fast forward to that evening when all of the windows had no curtains and it was like we were in a fish bowl. I couldn't take it so I nailed up all our blankets to the windows. 

As I went to bed that night I was really disappointed. I mean we left our nice temperature controlled, good smelling, flyless apartment for this? 

Monday

Things started looking up. We got the UHAUL unloaded and bought a couple of fly swatters. 

Tuesday

We discussed the smell and came up with a game plan to get rid of it. 

Wednesday 

We bought blinds and a carpet cleaner. That night Tyler set up the blinds in the living room and cleaned the living room carpets. He's so awesome. 

Thursday

Thursday was the day where I remembered why we bought the house. It was sunny and the girls and I spent a few hours outside and they love it here. We have horses next door and a view of the mountains and I'm going to try my hand at gardening in the spring. That night we all chased each other around the living room in our pajamas and we didn't worry about disturbing downstairs neighbors. The girls play more here and it seems as if life is slowing down. We came up with a list of projects and it all seems more doable. 

We are no where near what I want the house to feel, smell or look like but we will get there. And I don't think we made a mistake I think this is just the beginning of a big learning and growing process. 

I'm excited to share it all with you guys! 

xoxo Dani