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I'm leaving my job because we're MOVING! That's right! I'm gonna pack up my house, my 5 year old, my 2 year old and my 1 month old and move 150 miles east. My husband has taken a different position with his current company and we're headed out. He starts the new job on November 1 and the rest of us hope to join him by Thanksgiving.
So. Pack my house. Clean my house. Paint my house. Sell my house. Take the Pirate out of school and into a new one. Find a new daycare (side note, I CRIED when I told my current daycare, I've been going to her house every weekday for almost five years now. I wanted her to raise my daughter too!) New pediatrician for the kids. Find a new place to live. Halloween. Move. Unpack. Holidays. Not too much going on, no not at all!
To complicate things: a baby who cries a lot. No really, a LOT. And a 2 year old who will be home with me full time starting Monday. At this point the boys have unpacked pretty much everything I've packed. In the last week we've painted the front deck and gotten rid of TEN garbage bags worth of little boy clothes. We've taken 2 giant loads to the dump. The basement is chaos. Today I touched up all the siding on the front of the house and painted the front door. And held a screaming baby. A lot.
I plan to document this as much as possible, when I remember to take pictures. Wish me luck, I might need it!
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Holy cow, on so many levels!! He is leaving and you are joining him 3 weeks later... So three weeks of you with 3 kids, while completing a move and a house sale? Yikes! Sorry about the baby crying :( my son cried a lot too so o can definitely sympathize. An ergo carrier saved the shreds of my sanity I had left.
ReplyDeleteBoy, you do have a lot going on, but I have faith it will all work out. Just don't sweat the small stuff. We've moved a lot and I've found the pieces all come together, even when it seems like they won't.
ReplyDeleteMy little guy cried a lot the first 3-4 months, then he started napping regularly and became happier...maybe yours will too!
ReplyDeleteThat's a lot to be happening right now. I hope you have a good support system!
Wow ... congratulations! We went through something similar when my husband took this job. I was on my own with the kids for 6 months (he came home on weekends) until our house sold and we could join him. (They were 6 year old twins then). It will all work out.
ReplyDeleteGood luck! We moved a few years ago with about that much notice and a newborn - it was crazy, but I am still here to talk about it! :)
ReplyDeleteO my gosh, good luck! Where are you moving?
ReplyDeleteGood luck! We moved a few years ago with about that much notice and a newborn - it was crazy, but I am still here to talk about it! :)
ReplyDeleteOhhhh... wow. You have a lot on your plate! On the bright side- it will be nice to have everything all organized and purged in the new house! Good luck!!
ReplyDeleteWow! Good luck - it'll all get done in the end, happily.
ReplyDeleteWOW! That is a lot of sweeping change, but it sounds like a good change. Wishing you the best as you get everything squared away!
ReplyDeleteI do wish you luck! I also wish you a content baby, a quick sell, swift and organized packing, an easy move, and a smooth transition after the move. I've moved so many times over the years - including one big move and one short one since I've been blogging - that I know exactly what you're going through.
ReplyDeleteHoly toledo!!!!!!!! What a full plate!! And, you still find time to blog? I am guessing blogging is your sanity. I give a A LOT of credit. You are incredible!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteOH my! As to baby crying. Are you feeding her any cereal? If not, maybe you should try it. No matter what the docs say - she might be hungry or the milk/formula could be upsetting her stomach. Just a tiny bit of very thin cereal might help. The doctor actually told us to do this with our grandson when he was just a few days old. (We had him most of the time from 48 hours old until he was about 4 months old.) The cereal was made with formula and fed with a bottle. We had to put in a little bit larger hole in the nipple. Worked like a charm. Wouldn't hurt to ask.
ReplyDeleteOh Lisa, I'm pretty speechless right now. Do you have enough on your plate yet??? Yikes! All I can say is take deep breaths when you get overwhelmed because that is A TON! Seriously, good luck and keep us posted!
ReplyDeleteYou have got so much going on! Hang in there - hope things go smoothly. :)
ReplyDeleteMy daughter cried like someone was pinching her and I thought that something was wrong with her. Seriously. Girls are just so sensitive to every little thing. I so remember those days.
ReplyDeleteWill you have to work again?
OH MY GOD. I knew it'd be stressful and time-consuming and just plain HARD, but the way you wrote it all out like that, I'm thinking OH MY GOD. You will need all the luck in the world. Phew.
ReplyDeleteIf I lived closer, I would help you. I feel so bad for you. Three small kids and a move. Let me tell you, I have moved twice (800 miles the first time) (600 the second) in less than a year and it is overwhelming for me and I don't have small children. Don't think about the doctors, the daycare, etc......just take it a day at a time. Do the house first and worry about the other when you get there. I promise that it will all work out. I know that it doesn't feel like it but it will. THIS TO SHALL PASS!
ReplyDeleteGood luck and then some! As if your life weren't crazy enough. Well, then I guess you'll just have to give up sleep entirely!
ReplyDeleteWhat a change, Lisa! You have a lot of work ahead of you and not much time! We're just starting the packing process now--but we still have a couple or so months before we'll be moving. I'm still hoping it will be before the baby is born. And we're staying in town, so it won't be a far away move like you're tackling.
ReplyDeleteI do hope everything goes well for you. And good luck to your husband in his new position!
WOW! I wish you a lot of patience with the move... and a lot of joy in your new home. It'll all work out. You'll see.
ReplyDeleteIn the meantime, I sure wish I was your neighbor so I could lend you a hand. xo