Whew, this has been quite a month! We have been working ourselves to the bone every weekend (and some weekdays too) getting our house ready for sale. This mostly involved packing up about half of our belongings, to get rid of the cluttered look. We have so much (too much?) stuff! But, a lot of it is now gone, packed away in our portable storage unit that was in our driveway for a month, and then shipped off to stay in storage until we need it again. We also did tons of work around the house, fixing little things here and there, cleaning, changing lightbulbs, yada yada yada. We got some help with a deep house clean and a front yard clean up, and I planted some new plants and flowers to make things look good. The house went on the market on Wednesday……
…..and we accepted an offer Sat night! WOO HOO! It still is in the preliminary stages, and subject to the inspection and all, but so far everything looks good. So, now we have to find a new house. Pronto! It is hard to look at houses during the week, because doing stuff after 5 is pretty rough on Emma’s schedule (and therefore ours!) but we are going to try to pack it in on the weekends and maybe some weekday afternoons, if Lonnie can take time off.
Emma has been a pretty good sport through all this, but we can tell all the changes and disruptions to her routines have been hard on her. We’ve had to be out of the house a lot for showings this past week, so she has spent a LOT of time in the car. Aiko (the dog) has been down at Grandma and Grandpa’s, and she definitely misses her. At home, all her stuff has been moved around, our living room reararranged, etc, and while she seems to adapt to that pretty well I am sure it is slightly distessing at times to not know where to find her various toys and such.
Another huge thing that has been happening for her is starting daycare, two times a week (Mondays and Fridays). She is having trouble with it, and cries a lot, when I leave and throughout the time there (she is there 8-1ish). It is getting better, but I am still unsure whether we will continue with it or not. I would have prefered to get her into it a little sooner, so she could have some time there before all this moving/house stuff, and I think the schedule of Mons/Fri (the only spaces available) is too disjointed for her. She does, however, love playing with the toys and kids there, and I think it could work out, too. Its just a bummer that everything is happening right now, and we can’t stretch out these transitions for her a bit. I would love to have her settled and used to daycare by the time the twins come (and my third trimester!) but we shall see. It could all be moot anyway if we move across town and can’t continue with this daycare, anyway!
Preganacy update: Ooof, I am feeling huge! I am 24 weeks and the babies are doing well. Both are measuring on target and similarly, both in size and with regards to their fluid sacs. I am feeling movement a lot these days, too — there are a lot of arms and legs in there! I feel pretty good, energy wise, but can’t carry much (obviously) or pick up Emma, which is really hard. House hunting has been tiring, too, both being out of the house for long chunks and not able to get my feet up, and walking up and down all those stairs in the houses! I hope we find one soon, and thats its move-in-able right away, because I really want to get settled and start nesting a bit.
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Oh my gosh, Kristen! I’m exhausted just reading through your accomplishments this past month. It would be all be very impressive even if you weren’t carrying twins. CONGRATS on what appears to be a solid offer on the house! In this market I would call that a HUGE miracle as well as a tribute to the work you all put in to getting it ready to go. And what a blessing if it goes through so that our dear miss Emma won’t have to put up with the disruption of a home being shown for very long – such a thing is wearing even for an adult.
She sounds like she is being a wonderful trooper and showing a lot of admirable resilience. When Grant was born, I didn’t even stop to realize what a lot I was asking of Sasha in terms of life changes. I seriously think that few adjustments in life are so huge for a child, especially the first one, as the addition of siblings. And then to add on a move and daycare also…egads. (Sasha loved daycare from the start, but it was always VERY hard on Grant, and of course that made it hard on me to leave him. I hope it will all shake out well in the end for you and Emma.) I will concentrate my energies on wishing for all the other miracles, small and large that you need in the next few months – the right home, continued strength and health with the pregnancy and moving in…and twins that stay put and continue to develop well! Much love — thinking of you SO often, Kim and family
Congrats K & L & E!!! How exciting and exhausting. We remember selling our house while pregnant all too vividly and it wasn’t fun. If you need any help in the coming weeks and months, please call on us!
The Richter’s