The Moving Process: Part II

Well, contrary to what some of you might be thinking...we did not drop off the face of the planet!! We did make it to our final destination...but I've had this post sitting here waiting to be finished for quite some time! Phase two of the process was spent with my parents in Michigan. We had a relaxing few weeks visiting, playing games and doing a lot of lauging!! Here are a few pictures from our time there...as you will see, they are all pretty much of David! I guess that's just where the camera gravitates these days!


David on Christmas morning. :)


A present from Grandma and Grandpa West


Along with some clothes...he got our old tickle me Elmo :)


Do you think anyone was excited to have him around?? haha!


He got along well with Krystle & Andy!




Looks like he should just let go and start walking!


Hangin' with Grandpa West


Grandma West making David laugh! :) (I can't figure out how to make this one larger...)


Just drinking his morning coffee... :)



Hopefully I'll be able to get back on here soon and fill you in on the extended phase three of moving!! But it will have to be another day...nap time will soon be over and I've yet to accomplish anything productive!

The Moving Process: Part I

So we packed up everything from our apartment in Minneapolis on Tuesday, December 23rd. I apparently thought our van could function like Mary Poppins magic carpet bag and hold way more that meets the eye...but alas, it was just a regular non-magical van and we had to get rid of like 3/4 of our things. My wonderful husband kept gently telling me that there was a good chance I was not going to be able to fit everything that I was continuously piling up in the corner of our living room...but I was in denial. He even called up one of his friends from school who is getting his degree in engineering to find out all the equations he needed to use to figure out how many things could fit...

Even once I got my "box of space" I still believed that I could fit more. Oh the silliness of me. Because of this false ideal I had in my head we basically had to unpack and repack almost everything. Thus leaving 7 1/2 hours later than expected! So, the apartment didn't get as clean as I would have liked and I accidentally left the milk in the fridge (oops!) and I had to get rid of a LOT more than I had hoped to...but we finally made it out were on our way to Michigan! Our van was stuffed to the brim with just enough space for the three of us. Zach made sure we had a little window so we could still talk during the drive. :)

David was a tooper while we rushed around like mad men! He had to watch his Praise Baby DVD like 10 times our last few days as we tried to make the most of every moment. At one point we had all of our pillows and bedding stacked in the corner, so Daddy took a break and he and David played for a bit :)



Due to our super LONG last day and the fact that everything was packed and ready to go in the van...David also had to take all of his naps on the floor. Poor little guy! :( He did great though!


Once we got on the road, our 5 1/2 hour drive took us 9 hours with the stops that needed to be made, but we finally arrived at my parents house at 4:00 in the morning and were thankful to be done with the first step in our moving process!!