Well here we are a little over one week in the new house and a lot has happened. To begin we made to LONG journey in 3 days. Most make it in 2 but when driving a Uhaul, carting 2 dogs and 31 week prego things slow down a bit. At least Wyatt wasn't too uncomfortable; he may not have been able to here the music or the phone but the seats were doable for 7+ hours of driving a day.
The house is MUCH larger than our old one. We moved from roughly 850-900 sqft to 2100 sqft! Needless to say we don't have enough furniture to fill it but do NOT plan one getting enough. Actually other than the kitchen and dining/living area the rooms are a bit small. I think a good amount of that space is taken up by the 4 flights of stairs. At least we know I will get my exercise after Zoey is born.
To compensate we have turned the "formal living" into our dining room and left the actual dining area pretty open.
Zoey's room has been painted yellow lettuce (bright green) with the bottom pink. Unfortunately, that is where is stops for the moment because the crib was shipped with duplicate parts making it impossible to set it up. Plus we don't have a dresser yet.
Enough about the house for the moment lets talk about the other happenings around here.
We saw our new doctor last Tuesday, Dr. Shuman. She is originally from Muskogee and went to OU med school with my doctor from home but has been up here for 11 years and doesn't plan to head back. She visits home now and then but they are ciry folk and are more comfortable here among the other fast talkers. She is very nice and has a loud laugh. The visit was short but she did jump right in and decided we would start with the 2 week visits and quickly move to the weekly visits. Are we really that close!? I'm not ready in so many ways!
The rest of the week was spent unpacking, trying to hang pictures and making multiple trips to the grocery store where we have already signed up for their discount card and saved $31 in one trip! Now to work on becoming an extreme couponer! haha rightMonday was a very exciting day. We decided to take a trip to the BIG city for the Cherry Blossom festival. Thankfully we picked a fabulous day to do it. It has rained almost everyday we have been here but Monday was suppose to be windy and lower 70s. Apparently we brought a little Okie with us because it was sunny windy and 88. After that I decided it was worth buying one or two more pairs of maternity pants since all I have is one pair of jeans and one pair of dress pants.
ANYWAY, the trip was great. We decided to take the Metrorail from Springfield (about 20 miles away) instead of trying to risk our lives driving through the DC traffic. The metro was great and I actually feel rather comfortable riding them. We got off at the Smithsonians and started our walking tour with a trip to the Museum of Natural history. The dinosaurs were as big as expected but that giant ground sloth is a Monster!One of the coolest exhibits was in hall of minerals and gems where the Hope Diamond was on display! It is beautiful! The necklace the stone was set in was crazy as well. Along with that amazing stone we also saw a 432 carat saphire and a crown and necklace that was part of Nepoleon's collection. I didn't get pictures of those because of the people. Next we ventured across the mall to the Air and Space museum. Wyatt was quite fascinated by it all but do to the time and my slowing condition we didn't stay long. Finally, we walked the long distance of the mall to the Tidal Basin where we were welcomed the cool wind, that had been blocked by the buildings, and the shower of white cherry blossoms that were the main attraction for so many. It was very pretty. I sat on the edge of the rock wall and watched as the many brave souls who dare to tried to navigate the rough waters in their little paddle boats were continuously pushed toward the edge of the water and the wall. We were not there for any actual events but it was nice to see all the people and the trees during their peak.
After viewing the lovely sites we headed back to the metro to attempt to make it to our car and get on the road without having to fight the craziness that is I-95 at 5pm but we did not make it and it took us an hour to drive 20 miles. That's DC!
Yesterday was a big day of walking through IKEA in hopes of finding a bed so that our many guests will not have to sleep on the floor when they come! We also made it to Babies 'R' Us to check out the stiller and carseat that I do believe we are going to get. Thank goodness for workers that pay attention to their store business hours! Latasha and Carissa know what I mean.
Today was a take it easy day for me to try and recoup and prepare for our excursion tomorrow. Thanks to our neighbor Anne will may stay a little later in DC because she said we could leave Riley and Roxy in her yard instead of locked in the house with no one to let them out. Poor babies, I promise to get a house with a big fenced yard next time!
Now that I have bored you with my very long account of the last week I will conclude by saying I will make my next ones shorter and more often! I will also write it on my lap top since my Ipad is apparently not compatible with the picture loading program. Sorry not pics this time. BUT feel free to visit www.wilsonfamilyadventures4.shutter fly.com where I am posting most of our pictures.
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