As many of you know, we have been on the move…and I’m not talking about being out on the town. We’ve actually been moving all of our stuff to a new house which is important with Little Browne on the way. The move has gone very well but it’s been mind numbingly busy. On top of the move we have work business stuff to stay on top of and baby doctor stuff to keep up with and so on.
I’ve had painting jobs to handle as well as my online business duties and Annie has been working part-time in her beginning maternity leave from home. She’s also been coordinating everything for the move since we’re at the point where we don’t want her over doing it or moving a bunch of heavy stuff…instead, we hired movers and I’ve been handling the manual labor side of things.
The first day of the move we had the movers come, obviously, and we also had a new refrigerator delivered, new living room furniture delivered, The Gas Company came to check on things, we had a maid come do an initial cleaning, and the new bed was delivered. While Annie made phone calls and was available for these people I was going back and forth to grab all the smaller stuff that we didn’t have the movers deal with.
The second day consisted of more moving of little stuff from the old house, a trip to the dump, and so on for me. Annie had a doctor appointment, which we will let you know about on LittleBrowne.com, and she was available for a screen door repair man, a plumber, the DirecTV guy, and the Charter guy who was installing internet and phone for us. I finished the move out of the old house and cleaned it so I left the keys…we’re officially out of the old house on September 25…good feeling.
So as I sit here at 5:30 am on Wednesday September 26, 2012…I’m tired and my back is sore. I know Annie feels that she wishes she could do more to help me out with the more labor intensive stuff but I won’t let her. We’re trying to get ready for the baby and stay on top of the finalization of the sale of this new house. We’re renting while the sale paperwork wraps up which isn’t all bad. I’m very happy to be in the new place…a place where I can see raising Little Browne, a place where I can see Annie having many fun kitchen adventures, and a place that the three of us can call home.
Life is full of curveballs and it’s up to us to step up. Life is full of hard work and it’s up to us to step up. Life is full of things that don’t go the way that we think they should go and it’s time for us to step up. You have the choice to overcome and adapt or fight it. You have a choice to wander through this amazing adventure called life with a smile on your face or pissed off.
Handle business…do work!!
So glad that you are in the new place! I know it will be special for Little to grow up there and for you 3 to make wonderful memories there! Love to each of you!
Thanks Heather!! All we need to do now is get through the final paperwork on this house and get Little Dude out safely!! Piece of cake! 🙂
Congrats on your new home, you will cherish many memories in the coming years. Keep up with both your upbeat attitudes nothing can interfer with that as you share many lifes challenges with having child/children, enjoy because time goes by so fast as I miss my kids being little, as we parents grow older. 🙂
Beverly…cheers to you and thank you very much. We feel very lucky to have each other and the amazing family and friends around us…hard not to be positive and upbeat, even in the face of difficulties when they arise. Thank you again!!
Congratulations on your new home guys!! So Happy for the 3 of You! You are a good husband and know you’ll be a great Dad! As Beverly said embrace and enjoy every minute with Little Browne, we blink and Poof! they are grown! Can’t wait to see pictures when he decides to arrive! Always happy to see Annie doing so well! You guys are awesome and we were blessed to be able to hang out and laugh with you! ps That TOTALLY was Tom Lykis at the Oysterfest!! I will never forget how funny that was… Troy is working on his stealth skills.
LOL…Christi, we should have gone up to Tom at the festival…could have been funny.
Thanks for your kinds comments…Annie and I are super lucky to be doing what we’re doing. We work our butts off…but life is good. Looking forward to getting back in our wine groove!! 🙂
Thanks for sharing another part of your life. Great blog ending with your usual flare Matt. haha But you’re right, this life is a gift, good or bad. #StepUp 🙂
What, you moved out of a 3 room tent to a 4 room tent? Annie I would have treated you better.
Haha…funny guy Gary!! It’s a four room tent with a 5 gallon bucket as the bathroom. 🙂
Annie I would have gotten you a 55 gal. barrel.
What girl could resist a 55 gallon barrel? Haha
Wow, quite an adventure to be moving with Little Browne on the way too. Best wishes on both fronts!
Thank you David…it was not planned this way it was just the circumstances. But at the very least it’s been a fun adventure and taught us to get organized quickly. LOL