April 23, 2009Yep, we're moving up in the world -- well, not in the world, per sae, but we are moving. I know, I know, but don't worry -- it's not far. Not even fifty yards from our front door! The address is going to be the exact same, it's just going to be "Apartment 1" instead of "Apartment 5".
So I leave yesterday to go to work and notice there's a moving truck in the yard and it looks like the people in apartment one are moving their stuff. So when we get home, cause Daddy came and picked us up, we're talking to one of our neighbors and she confirms that, yes, our neighbors moved out yesterday. So we call one of the landlords right away and say that we want the apartment if possible. He talked to the other landlord this morning and it's official -- the apartment is ours.
It's got two bedrooms, so we'll have a guest room / nursery. It also has a bathtub (YAY!!!) and a little yard and washer/dryer hook ups out back (so we're going to watch for a good used set -- two of our neighbors are probably actually going to split them with us and then we'll all have them to use). It's also right up at the front and the porch is larger. There's more room for storage and, in general, the apartment is bigger. It's great. We have the keys (actually changed the locks today, because they had broken the key off in the front door dead bolt and it couldn't be locked from the outside) and I'm getting the electric turned on tomorrow and the water switched to our name. (so that we can move some stuff this weekend and so they'll definitely be one when the other thigns are switch Monday). The internet and cable are being switchedmoved over on Monday. Jimmy has Tuesday and Wednesday off, so we can move in completely on Tuesday and still have a few days to give the old apartment a good cleaning and scrub down before the 1st (when we've told the landlords it will be ready for move in). I'm going to have the electric and water over there turned off on the 30th.
So we're excited. Well, Daddy and I are. Lil Miss and Zeus have no idea what's happening (though Lil Miss should be excited -- she's about to get her own room! (even if she doesn't sleep in it for a few more months!)) I'll go over and take pictures tomorrow when I have some light so you all can see it. Or maybe I'll wait til our stuff is in it. We'll see.
So I leave yesterday to go to work and notice there's a moving truck in the yard and it looks like the people in apartment one are moving their stuff. So when we get home, cause Daddy came and picked us up, we're talking to one of our neighbors and she confirms that, yes, our neighbors moved out yesterday. So we call one of the landlords right away and say that we want the apartment if possible. He talked to the other landlord this morning and it's official -- the apartment is ours.
It's got two bedrooms, so we'll have a guest room / nursery. It also has a bathtub (YAY!!!) and a little yard and washer/dryer hook ups out back (so we're going to watch for a good used set -- two of our neighbors are probably actually going to split them with us and then we'll all have them to use). It's also right up at the front and the porch is larger. There's more room for storage and, in general, the apartment is bigger. It's great. We have the keys (actually changed the locks today, because they had broken the key off in the front door dead bolt and it couldn't be locked from the outside) and I'm getting the electric turned on tomorrow and the water switched to our name. (so that we can move some stuff this weekend and so they'll definitely be one when the other thigns are switch Monday). The internet and cable are being switchedmoved over on Monday. Jimmy has Tuesday and Wednesday off, so we can move in completely on Tuesday and still have a few days to give the old apartment a good cleaning and scrub down before the 1st (when we've told the landlords it will be ready for move in). I'm going to have the electric and water over there turned off on the 30th.
So we're excited. Well, Daddy and I are. Lil Miss and Zeus have no idea what's happening (though Lil Miss should be excited -- she's about to get her own room! (even if she doesn't sleep in it for a few more months!)) I'll go over and take pictures tomorrow when I have some light so you all can see it. Or maybe I'll wait til our stuff is in it. We'll see.
"Don't I look all snuggly and comfy?"So the picture above is more for Grandma Lynn than anyone else. THANK YOU!!!!!!! for the sling we got for Christmas -- Mommy and Lil Miss are LOVING that. Now that she's awake more in the mornings, we're using the sling so she can be close to Mommy when she doesn't want to sleep or play but Mommy can still get things done (like cleaning the kitchen or putting away laundry). Also, it's great at work when she wants to be held but Mommy needs to type or when we need to run a quick errand (the bank, the post office, the drugstore) but Mommy doesn't want to drag out the stroller (there are a lot of businesses downtown (like the law office and the bank and the courthouse) that do not have easy ways up -- no ramps (if they have to have someting, they have lifts -- not easy), just stairs. Not always easy to navigate with a stroller. So I just put her in her sling and run the less than a block to the bank or whatever. It's great -- she's happy cause she's close to Mommy, Mommy's happy because she has both hands and doesn't have to worry about dropping the baby.
I love the sling. Every Mommy should have one.
So yeah, we went to work today (looks like I'll probably be working most afternoons, since she does so well -- YAY 20 hours a week!) and, as always, Lil Miss did pretty good. She slept most of it, since she'd been awake most of the morning. She did get to meet Sarah Belle (Charles' dog) today though. She hadn't met a big dog before -- our neighbor just has little dogs and Chip's client's dog that she met last week was a miniature poodle -- Sarah Belle is a full grown poodle. Charles was trying to lock Sarah Belle up but I told him not to. We don't walk on eggshells around Lil Miss.
Sarah Belle sniffed her foot and then pretty much ignored her. I think she figured Lil Miss was too small to pet her and therefore not worth her time when there was a full grown Mommy there to pet and play with her (Sarah Belle knows I love her! (c: ) Lil Miss didn't even flinch or wake up at all. Even when Charles was getting ready to leave and Sarah Belle, therefore, started barking (she always barks when she wants to go), Lil Miss just slept.
She's such a good baby. She's spoiling me!
I love the sling. Every Mommy should have one.
So yeah, we went to work today (looks like I'll probably be working most afternoons, since she does so well -- YAY 20 hours a week!) and, as always, Lil Miss did pretty good. She slept most of it, since she'd been awake most of the morning. She did get to meet Sarah Belle (Charles' dog) today though. She hadn't met a big dog before -- our neighbor just has little dogs and Chip's client's dog that she met last week was a miniature poodle -- Sarah Belle is a full grown poodle. Charles was trying to lock Sarah Belle up but I told him not to. We don't walk on eggshells around Lil Miss.
Sarah Belle sniffed her foot and then pretty much ignored her. I think she figured Lil Miss was too small to pet her and therefore not worth her time when there was a full grown Mommy there to pet and play with her (Sarah Belle knows I love her! (c: ) Lil Miss didn't even flinch or wake up at all. Even when Charles was getting ready to leave and Sarah Belle, therefore, started barking (she always barks when she wants to go), Lil Miss just slept.
She's such a good baby. She's spoiling me!
She smiles! Really -- she does!!
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