Survived the First Week!

    What a week Jared and I just had! Most of our stuff was packed Saturday so we could get in the moving van Monday morning, leave Nashville, move to our new apartment in Marietta that afternoon and unload with Dad and James.

    Jared started work the next day (Tuesday) and I began unpacking and organizing. I got a big chunk of stuff done, even with this extra 20 pounds sticking out in front of me :)

    The next few days were unpacking and doing little things, trying to keep myself busy. Jared found a way to work that only takes about 20 minutes, rather than the half hour people told us to plan for.

   
    By Friday I had most everything put away, we just had pictures left to hang and the baby's room to finish! We didn't realize how stressful that would be...

    At the end of the week, we know where the huge trash things are, where the mailbox and laundry room are located, how much a load of laundry costs, and we know which entrance leads directly to our apartment (there are 3 entrances to this apartment complex thing).

    Saturday, after some stress of not having the right tool, we put up the baby's crib and the vibrating/musical chair thing! We have the stroller out with the car seat too. I organized the baby clothes the best I could into boxes and bags and separated the bathroom stuff. 

    We also started hanging up pictures Saturday. It's a little bit more difficult than we thought, because we have so much wall space! Our pictures just look lost on the walls, so it was irritating trying to find places for them to look good. After a while we just gave up/decided to take a break. Today I'm going to put up the last few little ones that don't really matter where they go. 

    The sun room is still a work in progress. It looks and feels to empty even though we have our patio furniture in there. We're planning on getting some plants in the Spring, so maybe that will help.

    Church was great too! We already knew where it was and what time, so we just had to plug in the address to our GPS and we got there right on time. Everyone was super friendly and I swapped phone numbers with several women. It also turns out there are about 6 women all due within 6 weeks of each other! I believe I'm now included in that group! 

    Everything seems to be working out great, even though the first week here was hectic with the quick move and trying to figure things out. Our keys to our mailbox don't work, so we're waiting on the office to bring us the right keys. We probably just have junk mail, but checking the mail every other day will give me something to do and a great reason to get outside!

    So anyhow, that was our first week here in Atlanta and we are so excited for this week! Tomorrow is Jared's birthday, but we won't be able to celebrate until the weekend, which will be nice, because it will be a long weekend!

    We miss our friends greatly in Nashville and we hope to make a trip back to see them really soon!