We Moved!

We moved! Finally!

After many trials and tribulations, we have moved into our new house. Technically we moved into it a few days before it was ours due to the kindness of the family we bought it from. It has taken us a few weeks to get situated, but we've now unpacked all of the boxes and gotten reasonably settled in.

The house is roughly twice the size of our old place, and this is evidenced by the absence of furniture in the Family Room and a couple of the bedrooms. We are looking for some new furniture, but it will take time due to the enormity of our new mortgage payment.

Thanks to some help from our fathers, the yard has been whipped into decent shape. Becky has arranged the kitchen just the way she likes it (I still can't seem to find anything). Kyla also has a new kitchen that Grandma Linda bought her that resides in the real kitchen so she won't feel left out when Mommy cooks. I spent a day in the garage hanging up tools and getting it just the way I like it, which I thoroughly enjoyed (insert manly grunt here). The Bonus Room has been filled with Kyla's toys and I installed a gate at the top of the stairs so she can wonder the whole second floor without us having to worry.

We've stored our old baby equipment that Kyla no longer uses, or never used as in the case of the crib, for potential future use by an as yet non-existent younger sibling, who may join us in a couple of years. The room was already blue, so if the next child (we refer to it as "Baby-X") is a boy, it would save us some painting.

Overall we are thrilled to be in this new house. It's in a great neighborhood, has lots of room, and fits our family very well. I think we'll be very happy here, which is good because I don't intend to deal with real estate, mortgages, and moving again for a very, very long time.