Moving Day

Thanks to a bunch of our friends and family over the past few days (to whom we are deeply indebted for the use of their arms, legs and backs – oh, and heads, since there were a few logistical challenges to overcome), we are now comfortably and happily moved into our new home.

The girls spent the evening romping around, goofing off for everyone and even breaking in the new house with the first stair-related injury.  Poor Susie tumbled down our back patio steps, giving herself a significant shiner in the process.  Fortunately, her injuries were still minor enough that she was instantly soothed by a handful of potato chips from our fast-thinking friend Jon.

I failed to document the moving process in pictures like I had planned (it’s tough to wield a camera while carrying boxes), but hopefully you’ll enjoy these few photographs I took at the end of the busy day.   

The girls were relieved to find we had brought their favorite TV rocker to the new house:

And they cooled off from all their new-house-running by dipping their toes in the pool:

Here’s some of the crew enjoying their hard-earned rest (well, Becky’s wasn’t really hard-earned, since all she did was show up after the heavy lifting was done):

And here I am with my dear friend Carrie, without whom I simply couldn’t have made this move with my sanity intact:

And here are the girls enjoying their delicious moving-day cake, courtesy of Alli:

What a day it has been.  We feel so blessed to have a roof over our heads and friends and family on whom we can depend.  I think I’m going to now go and collapse into our new bed and hopefully not get startled when I wake up in a new room!