Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Were here, were happy, and we are oh so tired!

We made it here to Utah last weekend and we are working like mad to get unpacked. When the house is all set up I will take some pictures. For now I am soooooo tired! If I let myself sit down I fall asleep. I think just having a baby, packing in a short time, moving, loading the truck, unloading and now unpacking has completely wiped me out. Honestly I cannot believe I just had a baby because I have been blessed to be able to do this all. We are so happy to be here and everyone loves the house. The boys and Nickelle got to have fun paint in their rooms and it is all they talk about. I am so happy I got over my fear of color and painted their rooms. They love them. Brinley currently has wall paper in her room that eventually I will get rid of and then I will paint her room as well. They have not figured out they can go outside alone yet or that they can go downstairs and play without me but hopefully they will soon. It has been a little crazy trying to unpack when they want my constant attention.

Dallin has this week off to help me set up house and has been doing all kinds of house projects. His daily routine has consisted of working on projects and then around naptime taking Porter with him to home depot. While doing a project he discovers he needs to do another project and then needs to get the needed things. Which has been great because then I have 2 hours with no one around to get even more done. Also things that normally would take him months to take care of he is getting done right away because he has the time. I am getting a lot closer to having things done and then hopefully I can hang pictures soon. I have to say I am loving this house. I hope we never move.

We have been so tremendously blessed. Dallin mentioned to me the other day that the angels that surround Porter must be really helping him right now because since we have gotten here he has totally mellowed out and done so much better than he was doing before. What a blessing. The only thing I will say that has been hard for me is adjusting to having another baby right now. I have not had much time to get adjusted and am finding that in general I feel very overwhelmed. All the kids are pretty sure they are not getting enough attention and the one who needs it most (Brinley) is sleeping so much she keeps getting forgotten. I have had to set the timer all the time to remember to wake her up and feed her during the day. I am not feeling like I am getting enough of these precious first days with her. I think that is partly why I am pushing myself so hard to get things finished because I just want to be able to enjoy her and the kids again.

One last thing I want to add. We have had such wonderful help. It looked like it was just going to be Dallin and I loading the truck in Idaho and I was not sure how we were going to pull it off and then the next thing I know our close friends the Coburns came and saved the day. Without them it would have just been the two of us and the kids. We would have never made it out the door. Those last couple weeks before I was working like mad by myself and with all the packing I did not have a whole lot of time to clean. Luckily my little sister came and was able to help me get a couple things right before we left. Then we got here and we had so much help it was wonderful. Family unloading everything and even set up our bedrooms for us. Nothing makes me happier than to be here by family. I just can't wait to return to favor.

Love you all!

4 comments:

Kersten said...

I'm glad things are going well. I hope you are able to get some rest soon. Love you itter!

Kim said...

I am glad you are in your new home. It looks so cute from the outside, I can't wait to see pics of the inside. Blessings come in many shapes and forms. You are such and example of recognizing them. We will miss you.

The Peterson's said...

I am so happy things are working out for this new home!!! Good Luck with the rest!

Rachel said...

We would have come to help but I never heard back from you on when you needed help.