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!

Big Plans This Year!

    Oh my goodness we have some big things going on this next year!

    First of all, we are moving to Atlanta! Starting off fresh in a new city with a better job for Jared. It's bitter-sweet to leave the friends we've made, but we're excited for something new. 

    Once we move, Jared starts work the next day. I still haven't found somewhere to work, so I get the fun job of unpacking and putting things where I want them :)

    Hopefully we can settle down soon and fall in love with Atlanta! 

    But we can't get too much in a routine because we'll have our baby girl coming sometime in April! It'll be awesome if she can come around Easter! Every year (while I have control over what she wears) I can put her in a cute bunny outfit, like the pajamas in A Christmas Story!

    Other than that, it's just family stuff after the baby comes! My brother James will be graduating and heading out to college. Then my other brother Ben will be fixin to head on a mission. Chris may be lame and have nothing going on, but if he keeps dating this girl, I predict they'll get married!

    I'll put up before and after pictures of our new apartment and we are so excited! With all the craziness the past few weeks, I've been slacking with blogging. But with no job right now for me, I can play online all I want to!

   

Busy Holidays

    Jared, I and the baby are moving to Atlanta the beginning of 2012! And I mean right at the beginning. Jared accepted a job offer that couldn't be passed up and he starts working January 3!

    Oh my!

    We are spending a week in Augusta with my parents and a brother to relax. On the way though, we stopped at an apartment hunter agency and looked at some nice apartments. We saw all the ones we wanted, except one. Bummer. But we like one we saw and decided that would be "the one!"

    The plan so far: my last day at work is December 30. The next day, someone will help Jared move our stuff into our rented moving truck. We'll just have the truck hanging out for the weekend so we can officially move out of our Nashville apartment on Monday, Jan 2. We'll head out that Monday morning, get to Atlanta and have people help Jared unload. I kinda wish I could help...kinda :)

    Our vacation has been great so far! We've been able to relax and also have lots of fun with Christmas traditions. 

    My mom got to show off my preggo belly to her co-workers. Dad, Jared, James and I made tons of sugar cookies and a few gingerbread cookies. I learned from Dad how to make the frosting and we used up all our frosting trying to finish all the cookies...we still have quite a few left over to frost :)

    Tonight we get yummy Christmas soup and we'll frost the rest of the cookies! Hooray!

    We love Christmas! We love family time! We made a little Christmas video for Jared's family's Christmas Eve Program! We are also excited to have Christmas with just us this year...our last chance to have a Christmas with only us before kiddos come!