Catching Up

The couple weeks preceding Jacob's birth were very busy ones! I already posted about Maggie's party and announcing our move. Since that time, our realtor has brought by a stager who recommended we move half the items out of our house. I may be exaggerating a little, but I couldn't believe how many non-personal pictures/art pieces she wanted removed.
Anyway, Daniel and I started packing right away but he was scheduled to start work on Monday 9/10 starting with orientation in Atlanta for two days then on to Nashville the rest of the week. Since that was the 39th week of my pregnancy, my MIL came down for the week so I wouldn't be alone with two kids and very pregnant. Fortunately, I did not go into labor while Daniel was out of town, answered prayer. My MIL and I spent the week cleaning and packing...turns out I had to pack the last two weeks of pregnancy anyway:) She was also helpful watching the kids while I went to the doctor and I even got to take Will to the park one day, just us two. :)

Our moms timed things perfectly- Claudia left Friday mid-morning and my mom arrived a few hours later. I needed to go to the grocery store to pick up ingredients for dinner 'cause I wanted to make one of Daniel's favorite dishes since he had not been home all week but first we ran by Budget to pick up the truck I rented and were there an hour waiting! I was terribly upset and my pregnancy hormones almost kicked into overdrive leaving me a teary, soppy mess because I wanted to have dinner ready when Daniel got home, but this put us so far behind that did not happen. Everything worked out fine, Daniel's brother, Edward, arrived Friday night and my dad surprised us Saturday morning to help move things into the storage unit. We got to work first thing Saturday and it turns out I had more left to pack than I thought. It really felt like Claudia and I got it all, but that was not the case. So the moving took a little longer than anticipated. I didn't take any pictures at the storage unit (I know you're upset, it was so exciting) but here's some of the mess at home and Will in the truck:

The rest of the weekend mom and dad helped deep clean the remainder of the house that Claudia didn't already do. So it was nice and clean and ready to put on the market. Dad left Tuesday morning- he wanted to be here for Jacob's birth and as I mentioned in other posts, mom stayed all week to help with the kids and the initial transition when we came home from the hospital. We're so blessed to have family willing to jump in and help us when we need it!! Thanks everyone!