Move Update

There hasn't been much activity here lately.  I've had some pictures up on picasa and video's on YouTube, but for the most part, I haven't had a lot of free time in the last month.  I've finally found a moment (on the road, 90 minutes east of Syracuse as my Mom drives) to catch up a little bit and get some more content up.

I've been selling junk on Craigslist (TV, Skiis, furniture, CD player, etc), packing as much as I could in advance, and sorting through our stuff to purge and prune the stuff we don't need.  The process culminated yesterday when the packer came and today when the movers came and loaded the truck (my back hurt just from watching them work) and we left town.

I am currently driving withour van full of stuff, two cats and my mom across upstate New York on our way to Syracuse for the night.  Tomorrow, we will head to outside of Indanapolis, then Thursday we need to be in St. Louis by 1:00 pm for our walkthrough and closing at 2.  After that, we are staying in our new house and will have our furniture on Monday.

Kristen, two unborn 27 week old twins, her mom, Davis and no cats are flying down tomorrow morning. They will pick up our CRV from the car moving company and run errands and shop before we meet up on Thursday.

Davis has done very well with the move so far.  Sometimes, I think he understand that we are moving and sometimes I'm not so sure.  Yesterday, he adjusted very well to having our house packed up (there were lots of boxes) and today he said goodbye to his friends and providers at daycare.  He had a few breakdowns, as did we, and we will greatly miss them.  For the last 25 months, they have been a very important part of Davis' life; we hope we have found as great an environment for him in Missouri as he had in Arlington.

The cats are surviving the move so far.  When we had to lock them on the back porch while we worked on another part of the house, they were very upset.  Once they were moved into one of the bed rooms they generally settled down and relaxed slightly.  Yesterday, it seemed as if they did not sleep and were constantly alert for th epacker trying to stuff them in a box.  Today, Domino almost escaped out a window that was left cracked two inches, but other than a few howls, they did well.  After a few hours in the car, they have settled down -- it seems that having it dark outside helps considerably.  Tomorrow, they may travel with a blanket over their carriying case to help reduce the stimulation they receive.

Some things that have dissapeared from our checklists in the last month:
- Settle the contract for the new house
- Secure the loan
- Figure out a move plan
- Find a daycare / childcare for Davis until March, and possibly longer
- Pack / Clean / Purge / Repeat
- Insure the new house / cars in Missouri
- Find a doctor for Kristen in St. Louis
- Figure out where the heck we will have these babies

Whew! Its been a crazy month and we still have a wild few weeks to go.  Hopefully after that, we'll settle back into a little more regular blogging routine; we've missed lots of great Davis stories and tidits as he grows, learns and talks more and more every day.