Getting Ready

I can't believe our big move is coming up so quickly. We pick up our UHaul on Saturday morning and we are officially moving from the city. We did one last "camp out" at our home in Walnut Creek so we could put another coat of red on our playroom walls and so I could spend today working on preparing the house for the move. Can I just say I'm soooooo glad we will not be camping out there anymore. Next time we sleep there, Roger and I will be in our own bed and the kids will be in their own beds. Ahh. Can't wait!

Just for a visual: I picked up Sarah from school and it was raining. We left San Francisco at 5:15 pm and it took until 6:30 to pick up Roger. (Sarah was fast asleep by 5:30.) We then took a detour to find some drive-thru dinner at Taco Bell and then continued on our way to Walnut Creek. The rain made the roads slower than usual during rush-hour traffic. We didn't arrive until 7:15. William had napped from 1:30 until 4:15 so he was just chilling in the car for almost 3 hours. As you can imagine, he was more than wound up when we got to the house. Sarah, on the other hand had no desire to wake up and so we took off her shoes, put on a diaper and laid her on one of the twin mattresses upstairs. She didn't wake up again until almost 6 a.m.

Rog and I got to work while William played contentedly. I unloaded most of the books we had taken on previous trips and filled 3 bookshelves while Roger unloaded another car-load of "stuff" into the house. We ended up with quite a few boxes to return to our apartment to reload with more "stuff." We are coming from a one-bedroom apartment. Why do we have so much stuff?

By 9 pm we were ready to start working on applying the second coat of paint on our walls. I changed William's diaper, put on his PJs and placed him in his pack-and-play. He went down so easily!

I joined Roger and was in charge of the edges while Roger used the roller. We were in quite the groove when we heard little footsteps coming down the stairs and running into the kitchen. I thought Sarah had woken up. Silly me. It was William. He had climbed out of his pack-n-play and had the biggest grin on his face when he saw us working. Ugh! We quickly finished up our project and I tried getting William to sleep. No dice. Even when Roger and I turned out all the lights and laid down in our own make-shift beds (Rog on another twin bed and William & me on the love sac) in the family room, William wasn't a bit tired. He kept crawling all over me until I told Roger to try putting him back in the pack-n-play. As soon as Roger was back in his bed, William came back down the stairs. Awesome. I finally nodded off to sleep while William played in the dark. I have no idea when he eventually went to sleep. The next thing I knew Sarah was coming down the stairs crying because she was scared. At least it was almost 6 a.m. and she got a good nights sleep.

Needless to say, William will not be moving to a toddler bed anytime soon and I am very, very grateful he doesn't know how to climb out of his crib.


I guess I should also take a moment to give a William update since he is now 25 months. He is becoming quite the chatterbox and parrot. He loves to say "Woook" and show me a letter. He then makes the letter's sound. It's adorable. William also loves to kick, kick, kick. If it's on the ground, chances are he's going to kick it. He's getting a little pickier with his eating habits. And if there are any "treats" in sight, he will put down whatever he is holding (or eating) and reach for it. I swear my kids would live off of milk and treats if I let them! William still readily gives hugs and kisses and usually is a great sleeper. It's been a life-saver having Sarah in afternoon preschool while William naps for 2 1/2 hours. I've been able to pack, clean and take a nap of my own on Tuesdays and Thursdays. It's been heavenly.

Well, I really should get back to packing. Just 3 more sleeps!