Tuesday, March 27, 2012

The Big Move

We closed on our house on Friday and moved on Saturday. We've been pretty busy packing boxes and getting all the loose ends ready for moving. I even remembered to take pictures of the move.
A couple weeks before moving with boxes stacked in the corner
Empty kitchen on move day
Our new house and the sweet 26' moving truck
Grandma watched Inga while we moved boxes and furniture
The new living room (notice Inga making a bee line for underneath the couch)
New kitchen
New dining room
Super happy to have a big place to play (and super happy for her new consolation prize lego set)
We had our washer and dryer and stove delivered on Monday. I didn't know I would be so happy to be able to do laundry. Inga has her own room and is adapting nicely after a rough first nice. She sleeps a lot better now that midnight snacks aren't so easily accessible. We still have a lot of work to do not just on the inside, but the outside as well. The yard is a total mess and all our neighbors keeps immaculate lawns!

Side note on the Inga front, she now says "Da" when Daddy comes home from work and "Mama" when having a total meltdown.

Monday, March 19, 2012

The Boring Half of a Business Trip

A few weeks ago, Sam went to a super important trade show in Anaheim, CA. Right across the street from Disneyland. For anyone who's ever worked a trade show, you know they are usually in a pretty cool location, but you're too busy working to actually see anything other than the convention floor. So it always sounds like Sam is going someplace exciting, but I really know he is actually standing on his feet all day talking to customers and then going out to dinner to talk to more customers. Disneyland is just a cruel temptation.

Well, that might be me trying to make the best of being stuck in Ohio instead of out in California. Anyway, while he was gone the weather turned rather spring-like. Inga and I took a walk around Dawes Arboretum to scope out some landscaping ideas for the new house.
Teton tower Colorado blue spruce.
We walked the conifer glen since nothing is flowering quite yet (aside from daffodils and crocuses!). I saw several nice plants for low ground cover, but liked the Teton tower the best.
Buckeye "17"
17 Buckeyes planted to form the numeral 17 since, that's right, Ohio was the 17th state in the nation.
Having a great time in the sunshine. (ERGO Carrier FTW!)
After our walk, Inga discovered that a dress is also great to play with! She doesn't wear dresses very often and was pretty excited to be able to chew on her own clothes. Also in this picture are a couple new toys because every little girl should get new toys as a consolation for Daddy going away on business.

We picked Daddy up from the airport the next morning. Inga took her morning nap in the car on the way to the airport so was very confused when I woke her up in a strange place. She was even more confused to see Daddy in the strange place. I'm not sure if she thought she was dreaming or what, but she warmed up to Daddy pretty quickly.

For those wondering (or not), we will be moving to our new house very soon. Don't worry (you weren't), I will post pictures of the house as soon as we are moved in (you know, in like August).