I had stressed about it for a few weeks even though there wasn't a ton for us to do. Basically we had to pack a couple of suitcases for the night before the move, as well as pack up any lose things..like pens and paperclips and all that junk that doesn't need to be flying around. Essentially all of the pre took a day while the girls went to hang out with the grandparents. It was really rough for me to see the house in boxes and rock my final baby to sleep in our baby room one last time. Kind of a tear jerker.
We ended up dropping Paige off at school on the day the packers came, and then went to the new house to drop off a few things we were bringing over on our own. We also had a few errands to run. By the time we returned to the house in the evening after eating a pizza at the new house it looked just the way it did when we moved in almost 8 years ago (with a few more stains, paint colours and chips, and general wear and tear of course!...and the boxes were a lot better packed then they were when we moved ourselves in). Kind of freaky and makes you think about how much life has changed since then. The girls don't really know at their young age about all the memories we have of them growing up in there. For them it's just a house and I have to think of it that way too. Pretty sad though.
After one last sleep in the house we woke up bright and early and got ourselves organized as the movers came at 8am. We headed off to Cora's as breakfast at home wasn't an option (well it would have been if we wanted to leave out a few bowls and spoons and stuff--but honestly).
Again I'll say that it was sad leaving the house but we did have over a week with it still in our possession so it's not like it was the final time we would leave the house.
Here are some scenes from our new empty house from the day of the packing and day of the move:
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