Day 364: Bed rest on moving day

After a few hours at the hospital in the wee hours, I was ordered on bed rest today. So I didn't get to be part of the move today at all. Since both of our places would be in moving chaos, I went to my mom's house while she and Dave were out of town and slept there. I slept a lot, partly from barely getting any sleep during the night. I felt bad leaving everything to Jamin, especially since he didn't get much sleep last night either. Later in the evening when he got home, I had a lot of contractions again and this time I was actually admitted to the hospital to stop premature labor.

Day 362: Packing

It is a little hard to get things packed with "help" from Zaria. Not that I can move a lot on my own right now anyway. It's strange that we'll be out of the townhouse for good in just a few days. I tried to get her sitting in the box, but she was having too much fun climbing in and out.

Day 361: Closing day!

Though we were late, the closing went through. And here's our new house!
Our friend Jesse has already started painting this evening, and we've picked out some carpeting. This place will look very different in a couple of days. We weren't sure if we'd replace all the carpet or not, but once the furniture was gone and we saw all the stains, we decided it'd be easier to replace it all, especially with babies licking the carpet in a few months.

Day 359: Preparations and presents

As we prepare to close on our house in a couple of days and move on Saturday, I'm trying to keep a few things out and available, like gifts and eating utensils for the moving crew. I managed to shop around at Target to get a baby shower gift for Brenda and a few other items, trying out their electronic carts for the first time. It was an interesting experience making beeping noises every time I backed up and bumping into a few aisles. I only knocked a few items over . . . I definitely have more sympathy for people that try to get around stores in wheelchairs.

Day 358: Family Sunday

Jamin didn't have to start work yet today, as he has most Sundays this summer, so we had some nice family time. Zaria enjoyed some extra "papa time."
We also had Dan and Gwendolyn over to help fill a few boxes. Gwendolyn wanted me to take a picture of her-- I told her to pose and this was the result. The thinking 3-year-old.

Day 342: Packing begins

We're finally starting to get serious about packing. Looks like we're closing on our new house on the 27th! That's in just 3 weeks, and hopefully we won't be doing too much at the last minute. I had some help from our friend Sara from small group today and got a good start. It's tough for me to even do much packing now, and frustrating if I can't move boxes or other things around.

Day 194: Scrapbooking party

Zaria kept me busy during a lot of our scrapbooking party, but the four of us, Shawna, Abby, Martha and I managed to finish a book for Abby and Martha's mom's 60th birthday surprise party within 5 hours. They were really organized and had some great photos ready to go. Martha's little 2-month-old son Keenan slept through most of it, but I struggled to get Zaria to nap. At the same time, Jamin was busy helping Dan and Naomi move into their new home, so after packing up my scrapbooking supplies, I went to join them and eat dinner at Lee Ann Chin's. Apparently Chinese food really agrees with me, because I was able to eat more at the meal than I have in any meal during the last two nauseous weeks.