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We took possession of our new house at the end of October but because we wanted to replace the flooring prior to moving in we continued to live in the old house until the Monday after Christmas. Yep, we waited until after the baby was born and after opening a bunch of Christmas presents. Part of packing up the house included taking down a Christmas tree. It’s like we enjoy causing ourselves more work and pain.

I worried a lot about Sophia and the transition to a new house. Kurt and I talked about what we would do if she had a hard time sleeping in her new room. He suggested letting her sleep with us, but I didn’t want to start on that slippery slope. We never really came to a solid consensus. I guess it’s a good thing there was no need.

We brought Sophia with us every time we went to the new house to do things like tear up the old carpet and clean the bathrooms of the house that stood vacant for about a year. We kept a few toys for her at the new house and she quickly became comfortable enough there that Kurt and I could be upstairs working while she played downstairs. We told her often that this would be our new house and showed her which room would be hers. At first we planned on hers being the smaller of the two kid’s rooms so that a spare bed could be set up in the nursery. When Kurt showed her the small room she looked in the other room and said, “No, this one,” pointing at the larger one. We revised our plans since even the smallest room could easily accommodate a crib and queen sized bed. We planned that the big room would be hers in two years anyway. The first-born always gets the bigger room.

On Sunday December 26th we had a couple friends come over and help us pack the entire house up before the movers came on Monday morning. We explained to her that we would be taking all of our things, everything, to the new house. Sophia was fine with all the packing until was bedtime and she saw that someone had snuck in and packed her stuff while she played in the living room. You could see the shock on her face. The part that really upset her was that her bed was taken apart and she had to sleep on her mattress on the floor. “No take apart! Fix it bed,” she cried.

The movers showed up bright and early and Little Miss Meltdown didn’t want to get dressed. I knew seeing strangers take our stuff and put it in a vehicle that wasn’t ours would be tough for Sophia so we packed up the kids as quickly as possible and I sat in the new house with them for the few hours it took the guys to load. It went fast and I think once Sophia saw our things arrive and placed in the new house she relaxed. Kurt put her bed together first. The first night went without a hitch.

I still use the same grocery store that I did while living at the old house and a couple weeks ago I went shopping with Sophia. On the way home I took a route that lead us right past the entrance of the old neighborhood and from the back seat I heard, “No old house! New Green House!”

New Green House


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