Moving Day!

Since Jared has been busy with everything from Red Sox games to assembling furniture, I thought I'd hop over here and update with some pictures from our move. We had to pack a lot of our stuff a couple weeks in advance because we were out of town right before we moved. Everything that wasn't packed sort of just got thrown into boxes the day of-- we're still sorting those out. While the packed items sat around the house, the cats (especially Casanova) decided that he really needed to check it all out. It turned into a "Where's Waldo" kind of experience. We never knew where we'd find him. I got a couple of pictures of his favorite spots. Can you find him in this one?


For some reason, whenever a shelf was cleared he wanted to claim it. He sat in this one a lot.


Then the big Saturday came and we had WONDERFUL friends who came and helped us. Here you see Stephen, the Communications Director at work, trying to figure out how to get the couch through the door-- that couch has always been a challenge. Oh, and of course there's me looking (or at least feeling) HUGE. :) The air conditioning was off since the door was open most of the day, making this pregnant lady feel 5 times bigger than I actually was. I was so glad there were people there to help!


Then it was down to the truck. The Lord really blessed us here. We had no idea what size truck to get, but the 14' plus a friend's pickup ending up being perfect. All we had to come back and get was a dresser. That's Dave in the truck, another friend from work. He and his wife Lauren worked so hard and with such great attitudes. We owe them big time!

Here's Aimee, a church friend, with Dave and Lauren at the moving truck and then Jared and Stephen trying to secure the couch and chair in the pickup.


We were all pooped at the end of the day, but Jared and I still managed to stay up past midnight (we were done with the actual moving part by 1 PM) unpacking. Apparently even Mr. Darcy was exhausted because he spent the next couple of days just doing this:


I have some pictures of the apartment, but you can't tell anything about it because they're all boxes and random furniture strewn around. It looks much better now, so I'll try to get some pictures soon and post them.

We really love our new place-- there's so much space! It's more convenient to get to and there's even a park we can walk to from the complex. It has its downsides-- a tiny refrigerator and freezer, more bugs-- but all in all it's a huge step up. Yay for God's provision! He has abundantly blessed us. Now you all have to come visit!