Our New Old House

Well here we are in our new house it has been three weeks of chaos with lots of memories made. Dan started at Vanderbilt. We are still not moved in. It has not been all work. We have taken some time to play. My brother Chad had us over to his house for the 24th of July and my nieces 1 year old birthday. It was nice to get away from the moving mess here for a while. We have gone to church at our new branch. Dan was automatically made the ward organist. They had been using an ipod for accompaniment in sacrament meeting. It is nice to feel needed right away.

This is a picture of our first night in our new house. We killed lots of spiders before they slept on the floor.

The next day my parents came with our stuff. Once again I ask myself "Why do we have so much stuff?" The family room is getting cleared out a little more now. We even got a couch in there from a nice family moving to California and they didn't want to bring too much stuff. I know what that is like. We got rid of so much but now I want even less. I plan to simplify my life with less clutter. I just have to find a goodwill store because I can't bear to just trash my stuff.

Jordan got to try out his Bumbo chair. He is still a little floppy for it. I don't think it is meant for sleeping but he was comfy so we let him. He has grown so much. It is amazing how fast he has changed from a sleepy new born into a always hungry growing baby.

Here is a shot of Jordan in our blue bathtub. This bathroom also has a blue toilet, sink and lots of blue tile. The tacky wall paper will go but I think I'll keep the blue. Who else can say they have a blue potty? I would take more pictures but I just can't get the bathroom clean and clutter free enough for a good picture.

Max and Amelia are great help. Although sometimes their help is not what Jordan wants. Amelia likes to pose him like a doll. This is her trying to get a good picture of him in a box.

Most of the time they are very good with him. This is Max putting Jordan down for a nap.

This is our kitchen. The old couple that lived here just patched and patched this floor rather than replace the whole thing. The wood panneling, dark floor, and poor lighting just make this room dark. I plan to lighten it up. I welcome all suggestions. Should I keep the panneling? Paint it or junk it? The floor has got to go. The computer didn't stay in this room either. Dan was too worried about someone spraying food across the room onto it. Now we have it in the front room but since it is also our TV that seems to fit.

Amelia and Shauna have bunk beds. They are still trying to make their room look good. Poor Amelia just can't part with her stuff. Dan had to sit with her and make her decide on what to get rid of. She seriously will keep everything if we let her. I probably would let her keep more except that we keep moving and have to find places for all of it. Here I am sleeping in the middle of the day. I get lots of nice breaks to take care of Jordan's needs. I only need three things to get our house moved in and looking good: time, money and energy! Maybe it is because I am over thirty now but I used to feel I had plenty of energy all day. I used to be able to read before bed now I hit the pillow and I am out. That might have something to do with the 3 or more feedings for Jordan each night.

Moving is hard but we are still smiling. This is the first picture we got of Jordan's smile. Amelia took this picture. Most of the pictures in this post were taken by her or Max. I am too busy to think about taking pictures. The kids love to take pictures and sometimes they even get really good ones.

We bought an older home 1969 and I think we have mostly original everything. We had to replace the HVAC unit. I have never experienced heat and humidity like this before. If our kind neighbors hadn't lent us fans we would have died. All I could do was sit under a fan all day. I sent the kids out to play in the water. They made a swimming pool out of boxes and a drop cloth. At least they can make some fun. I had to stay dry and meet all the companies coming to give us bids on new systems.

Dan is quite handy with do it yourself projects. Thanks to google and his skill he took out our leaking disposal and an old water filter under the kitchen sink. Then he put in drain pipes and a new faucet. He also fixed our phone lines under the house. That fix would have cost us $150+ from the phone company. Now our connection is a lot faster. All this time I thought it was because we got the cheaper internet with slower download times.