The Great Move- Thursday/ Friday

So we didn't move, but my parents did!! Most of you know that they've been working on their new house for almost 2 years. It started out as a rental, and then developed into a dream home. Watching the transformation has been exciting and amazing all at once!

Here is a small glimpse at the before....

And the After will be in the next posts.....

We drove up to the "old" house Thursday night. It took us forever because our kids were insane. But oh well- kids are kids. Friday morning started early... Dad and Lee moved all of the beds and most of the heavy stuff using Adam's truck and a trailer. Those two physically worked their tails off that day!!!

Our kids were great the whole time. They had a blast playing in the bushes

Will wanted to help and be a part of the "men"

I was impressed that Mom's sewing machine was one of the first things transferred!

For obvious reasons, I wasn't allowed to do much.... my contribution to this weekend consisted of putting a lamp together (but I did it wrong and thankfully Dad fixed it, because Mom was about to take it back), putting snow boots on Adeline so she could play outside (I couldn't find her other shoes) and taking pictures/watching kids. And for that, somehow I pulled a muscle (in my groin??) so badly that on Saturday night I literally could not walk. Everyone was worried that it was 'baby' related, but I knew it wasn't. I do have a lot of pressure though and I'm sure that contributed to it.

Anyway... enough about me. ... while Lee and Dad moved the heavier things, Mom packed up smaller items and made trips back and forth.

Living room starting to come together

First look at the bookshelf, fireplace and bar

The kids entertaining themselves

We were all exhausted and enjoyed Chinese for dinner

Anna and Stratton arrived in time for the last piece of furniture- a night stand!
They had Stratton bring it in. :) 

Friday night was interesting as we had storms threatening all day. Thankfully, it never rained until late. Then tornadoes threatened our surrounding area. Since there we had no tv or internet, no one had any idea how close they were. We stayed in the garage apartment (the "treehouse" as Amy calls it) and Lee had taken the kids to bed... I was following (it was close to 10pm) and the extremely kind neighbor called saying a tornado was headed straight for Marietta Square. Well, my parents live about 3 blocks from the square, so that was pretty close! The neighbor invited us over to their storm shelter to wait it out. So we gathered everyone together and crowded in the space. It's actually pretty cool. I've never been in an actual "tornado" room before.

The storms passed right over and all was safe and sound. We were only over there for about 10 minutes and then we were able to head back and get the much needed rest! Although Mom and Dad didn't sleep so well....! Apparently the porch light from the "treehouse" shone in their room all night and then at 2am a HUGE crash woke them up. Dad had hung their bathroom mirror before they went to bed, but the glue didn't dry- and it came crashing down, shattering into a million pieces! They spent the next hour cleaning up the shards of mirror.

They definitely did not have a good "1st night in the new house" sleep! (and they teased that they were slightly worried about the "7 years bad luck" omen!)