Tales from the New Home

Where oh where to begin!

Last week was quite the week. Brad and I closed on our house last Friday, September 11th, 2009. It sure was a great day! We were so very excited. Closing took a little over and half hour and we were out of there. We swept back to his parents home, grabbed our child, Sam, and took our first load up to the house. Matthew wanted to see what his gaga was making for dinner so he preferred to stay home :(. Regardless, the house looked wonderful. Everything was all set and ready for us to move into.

Over the past weekend, we did a lot. We are so grateful for all the help we had on making our move work. Both our dad's helped load/unload the truck, while Judi (Brad's mom) unpacked our kitchen, made our beds and supplied us with good food to eat! Sue (Erin's Mom) took the boys to her house, about 45 minutes away to keep them company. The boys had way to much fun with her than they would have with us, so for that we are blessed. She brought them back to their new home where they could find their new rooms.

Sam and Matthew have been great in their new home. They are abiding by all the new "house rules" which I will post in a separate entry. Brad and I are so very proud of them. Brad decided to take this whole last week off of work to help get the house all ready and in working order again.

On Sunday, Sam started Sunday school. He was so excited to go (thank god) to see all of his old friends that we once were in playgroup with. He had a great great time and he can't wait to go back next week. They have off this week for the holidays.

On Monday Sam started his first day of preschool. Once again, he is thriving in the school department. He loved his first day. I am so happy to say that he is in a class of 2 boys and the rest girls! What a change from Florida. When I picked Sam up from school he indeed ran and gave me a hug, however he was sad that he had to leave already!

On Wednesday morning, I ended up in the ER. I had a huge allergic reaction. My face swelled and I was wheezing and had a entire body rash. The ER fed me some Benadryl along with a steroid to bring the swelling down. After about 4 hours of observation, they sent me home along with a script for some meds. My face didn't totally stop swelling until later in the day. Thankfully Brad was home to take Sam to school and help me out in the immediate situation!

I ended up seeing my allergist on Thursday morning and he helped me sum up what was going on with my body. He diagnosed me with Acute Bronchitis. All my symptoms I described pointed him in the direction and now I am dealing with a horrible case of hives. To say the least, I am miserable. I break out about 4 times a day in sweltering hives. Today I brought the boys over to Stan and Judi's so I could change my environment and see if there is something in the house which is causing this reaction. Lord help me if it is my house I am allergic to. However, all the online research I have done does confirm everything my allergist diagnosed me with. Now it is just a wait and see approach with the meds/benadryl and getting on the mend.

Friday little Matthew started his first day of preschool. He was super excited to go, a little resistant as we entered the building, went in, full steam ahead and did great. His teacher said that he definately stood by Sam the entire morning, but that's okay! Sam and Matthew are in the same class this year! We are so proud of little Matthew off on his first day of school!!!!

So, new house, new school, ER visit and a High Holiday weekend, my head is spinning.

Thankfully we are back home where I can rely on family to help out in times of need. Geesh!

I do have pictures from our week, and I will post when I have the energy. For now, I'm going to take a nap with Matthew. Sam and daddy are at services now and then they are off to dinner tonight.

3 more days!!!

That's right, THREE MORE DAYS until we officially have the keys in our hands! We are so super duper excited. Brad and I had our final walk through this afternoon with the superintendent on our home. He walked us through the entire home, explaining everything in huge detail. We were so happy!

The house looks great, everything is just what we expected, and then some.

We got our first welcome to the neighborhood dinner invite from a new neighbor!

We officially move this weekend. I did not bring my camera with me this afternoon, however, we will be taking lots and lots of pictures over the next few days as we open up our lives again.

Stay tuned....we will post soon.