home sweet new home

we're in the middle of moving week. which makes today grammie's in town let's gear up for the next five days and go on a date to nord's and sunergos while she hangs out with our boys who gladly wave bye-bye to us day. ahhhh :)

i've been doing lots of packing and thinking lots of moving thoughts.  like how somehow when it's time to start packing, things that have no value (hello, blender without a base) suddenly seem valuable and how it's challenging to pack up a room when i feel kind of guilty throwing away bobby pins and how it's awesome to fill our lego box to overflowing with all the lost legos i'm finding and how really instead of writing CLOTHES on a box, i'd rather specify: a. clothing i currently wear, b. clothing i think is cute and would probably wear if i could just get a sister to louisville to show me how to wear it, c. clothing with sentimental significance i never wear but would never part with (here's winking at you t-shirt with photo of jeremy and me on the front), or d. clothing i found on clearance at gap OR the j.crew jeans i bought for nine dollars at plato's closet. nine dollars!

after months of delay -- actually, jeremy told me it's been 100 days since we signed our contract -- we found out yesterday that we'll officially close on our house friday at 4. just shy of the end of the week -- thank you, Lord! after that we'll go from packing and cleaning the apartment we're moving out of (sigh. it's going to be tough to leave my newly sparkling fridge.) to cleaning and painting and unpacking in the house we're going to call home for quite a while. and probably put Christmas lights on in a few weeks. amazing.

shortly after setting the closing date, i had the um we're ACTUALLY moving moment, the moment i realized just exactly how excited i am for this house to be ours: when i filled a box with the boys' big LOUD trucks, the ones that make such delightfully realistic truck noises on our hard wood floors, the ones i'm sure sound like thunder to our neighbors below. so excited.

so. i guess i'll check in soon from massie avenue. :)

until then, here's judy-jude dancing. to this song. it's his favorite. much to his father's dismay and his mother's i'll play any song twelve times a day especially if it's from the wicked soundtrack delight.