New Home, Fresh Beginnings

We moved into our new home this weekend.  My husband, father-in-law, and brother-in-law moved all the heavy furniture themselves.  My in-laws and my hubby must have made dozens of trips back and forth between the two houses to bring more and more things over.   Tonight we celebrated with them with a BBQ in our new backyard.

I LOVE this new house.  It is a combination of a fantastic layout, a massive purge of stuff, and getting my ocean blue painted bedroom again.  It is weird because the house is quite a bit smaller (700 sq feet smaller), yet it still feels big, open, and very comfortable.  The backyard is also great (and even has a built-in space for a jacuzzi at some point), and we love sitting out there with Hannah while the kids are playing.  Even better, the way the house is situated, we get shade in the backyard in the afternoons, which definitely makes it cooler and more comfortable!

My first priority was getting Hannah’s area created and her supplies organized.   It was incredibly important to me that we make the living room look less like a hospital and more like a living space (in the old house, there were med supplies everywhere in the living area).  We gave her the big linen closet for the med supplies, and that still is just not enough so I will have to redo that at some point, but at least it is all hidden.  The only things left in the main living area are her oxygen, her chest percussion vest, suction, and a small basket of go-to supplies under the coffee table.

Another big change is that Hannah is now sleeping in a big girl bed by herself and not sleeping with me!   For the past few months, Daddy has been sleeping in the spare bed in the office and Hannah was sleeping with me.  In this new house, we have our king-size bed AND her twin bed in our master bedroom (and it fits great).  It is going to take an adjustment because I used to doze off at night holding her hand or leg so that if she woke up, I would know it (since she doesn’t have a vocal cry).   But I miss having my hubby sleeping next to me.  Now I have my hubby in bed with me, and Hannah just two feet away in her own bed.  She still has her toddler bed in the living room for daytime naps.

Our nursing situation is still a big question mark.   Today, our normal Monday nurse was supposed to work 7 to 5 today because she couldn’t work on Monday.  Yet, she ended up leaving at 11:30 am because of a family crisis and was too upset to finish the day.  She says she will make up the hours tomorrow (Monday, on the day she originally needed off), so I’m keeping my fingers crossed.  We have a backup nurse for Tuesday, but I don’t know what the rest of the week holds for us.  Our Monday nurse (that left early today) is supposed to take 4 days a week starting the week after next, but I don’t know what the nursing agency is going to do for those extra two days.

My hope is to get our house completely unpacked by Hannah’s birthday, July 25th.   There are so many possibilities with this house, and over time, as we have the money and time, we will make it perfect.  I am really, really loving this house!