Archive for April 4th, 2006
Sorry this update is coming a little late, but we just got our internet connection up and running since the move. Here’s the move-in time line:
Friday-I went to school as normal, and Daddy started moving boxes over to the new house a cart-load at a time. To my surprise, Gigi, Poppa, and Daddy came to my school at noon and picked me up for some lunch and then quality Gigi-time while Poppa helped Daddy move more stuff to our new house. By the time Mommy got home from work, Daddy and Poppa had a lot of stuff moved over. In fact, all that was left in my room was my bed!
Saturday-I decided to wake Mommy and Daddy up at 6:30 so they could get an early start on all that moving business. I think they really appreciated that! Poppa and Gigi showed up around 9:00 AM and Pepa, Mema, and T.C. came shortly after. By 11:30, Gigi decided it was time to head to Lafayette for a surprise adventure trip! We spent the afternoon with family at a bowling wedding reception! I LOVE bowling! I had so much fun. After the party, we headed back to our new house to find that everything had been moved in! It was time to spend our first night in our new house. I had a little trouble falling asleep, but after, I slept like a log until 7:30 the next morning.
Sunday-Up and at ‘em early. Today our morning agenda consisted of cleaning the old house for the new owners. I watch my DVD while Mommy and Daddy scrubbed and cleaned. After awhile, Mommy and Daddy put me to work cleaning windows! It was great fun! We had some visitors drop by that I was very happy to see…it was Dana, Gigi, Riley, and Taylor! They ate some lunch and checked out our new digs. Not too much later, Jennifer Coyle stopped by, too! I love visitors!
Mommy and I worked in my room that afternoon putting things away and getting organized. Daddy worked out in his little room organizing wires and stuff. Night #2 in my new house went smoothly, and I was able to sleep all though the night again!
Monday-Today was a regular day for me. I got up, snuggled with Mommy and Daddy for a little bit, got dressed, ate breakfast, and headed to school. Mommy and Daddy went to Carmel to get some new things for the house. The most exciting purchase was a step stool for me in my bathroom! It’s so cool. I get up there, brush my teeth, and wash my hands all by myself! A+! Because Daddy was getting a door lock re-keyed, Mommy left Daddy in Carmel to come back to Lebanon to get me. We then headed back to Carmel to pick up Daddy and do some more shopping. When we got home, I headed right up to my bathroom to brush my teeth on my new step stool and then off to bed. Here’s where Mommy and Daddy find out that our new house also has an indoor pool in the basement!
(The following will be told by my Mommy)
So after putting Stinky to bed, Bubb went to the basement to hook up our phones. Shortly after heading down, I hear a beckoning from the basement. I walked down the stairs thinking the cat had left a present for us. No. The sump pump had left us an even bigger present. It stopped working and had flooded the entire perimeter of the basement. Needless to say, I lost it and started crying while moving everything to the center of the basement where it was dry. In the midst of tears, I called Pepa, and Bub went to Walmart to get a Shop-Vac. Around 10:30 PM, after much begging of them not to come, the Bucket Brigade showed up consisting of Mema, Pepa, T.C. and Renee with Shop Vacs, fans, extension cords, blocks of wood, and rubber boots. We all vacuumed and mopped until midnight when Pepa decided to head back to Lafayette. Bubb and I continued to de-flood for another hour. Needless to say, a pretty rocky night for the Mommy and the Daddy.
(Now we resume our regularly scheduled programming)
Tuesday-Woke up around 7:30 and snuggled again with Mommy and Daddy! I was so excited to brush my teeth on my new stool that I left tread marks on the bedroom floor running so fast to get there! I went to school while Mommy and Daddy worked on their “secret project” in the basement that I’m apparently not allowed to see because they won’t let me go down there. If you ask me, they’re doing some sort of wind tunnel experiments down there because the fans are a runnin’!!
After picking me up from school, we headed to Walmart to buy a “dehumidifier,” whatever that is, and then off to Pizza Hut! After feeding the fish I tore up the stairway to stand on my stool and brush my teeth. Who knew this whole hygiene thing would be so much fun?!?!
So that’s where the story ends…for now. A big thank you to Mema, Pepa, and T.C. for helping to move, donuts, and a midnight bucket brigade (shout outs to Renee for coming down to help, too). Also a big thanks to Poppa and Gigi for helping to move us, making lunch on Saturday, and keeping me thoroughly entertained in all this chaos. Thanks to Grandma French sending lunch on Saturday! We also appreciated the visits from Jennifer, Rob, and Adam on Friday, Rhonda on Saturday, Dana and Jennifer Coyle on Sunday! Come and visit anytime. It’s easy to find us…we’re now the first two story on the left of Lakeshore Court instead of the first on the right!