On the Move....4th time in 5 years!

I don't think anyone could deny that one thing Brian and I are good at is moving. Not sure if this is a good thing or a bad thing. When I say that, the last handful have been assisted by professionals, so we are not claiming to be awesome at it completely by ourselves, but there is definitely a method to moving madness and organization is key...and I personally believe that lots of plastic Rubbermaid/Sterilite totes help too. It never ceases to amaze me that as hard as we try to tell moving companies that we have more stuff that it appears to the naked eye, all of the time estimates are always too low. It took the packers 2 hours longer than they thought, and it took the loaders 4 hours longer. What can I say, we have giant man's furniture...and lots of stuff. (It was the same way in Germany, too.)

My mom came to Virginia on Saturday and helped get things further organized and really prevented me from trying to do too much. Brian was still going to meetings and had to go into hospitals through yesterday so the extra set of eyes was very helpful.

Of course I also had a Dr. appt. thrown in yesterday afternoon . . . nothing like the last minute, huh . . . (they wouldn't do it any earlier). I had to take a glucose test, more bloodwork, and get a Rhogam (sp?) shot because I have Rh negative blood. (If Connor's blood is positive [like Brian's] I'll have to get another one after he is born too.) I am currently measuring 26 centimeters, which is "right on" because the average correlates with the number of weeks....I am at 27. The Dr. said everything looked and sounded great with him (heartrate 130 bpm), so in the midst of a lot of other chaos, Brian and I are extremely thankful that he seems to be a healthy, happy, little guy so far. Now, I've got to figure out which Dr. I am going to go to in Ohio once we arrive. I need to get all of my records transferred because now I have to go every 2 weeks...sheesh.

After my long Dr. appt., the loaders were still at the house, but only had about another hour to go. We'd already loaded up our cars and after a brief photo shoot in an empty apartment, we got the kitties loaded into my car and mom and I headed south around 5:00 pm. We arrived at my parent's house at 3:05 am, safe and sound. I had a hard time leaving Brian, knowing he is going to be all by himself in a hotel for a while. He'll head this way for wedding festivities next week, and then we'll drive up to Ohio with our entire little family.

Once again, we are in a transitional period, but thankfully, there is light at the end of the tunnel and part of the transition process includes celebrating the marriage of 2 of my favorite people...Grant and Carrie.

Ours was on the far left...bottom section only.

So long, residence of 5.5 months....onto our next adventure.