Life Like a Genie

"Phenomenal cosmic powers, itty, bitty living space."
Name that movie... That quote is one I can relate to at the moment.
When I was thinking about our current living arrangements this popped into my head, we're definitely in an itty, bitty living space. At least it seems that way for a family of 5 in a small condominium.
As the next move gets closer I keep thinking to myself, only 18 more days, in 4 days I'll be able to say 'only 2 more weeks' and 3 days after that i can say, only a week and a half'. I could go on and on, maybe I did just a little. As you could guess, things are a little cramped right now. At least there is a large stair case for the kids to climb around on, it's like a jungle gym to them. It drives Bronze crazy but I figure it's free entertainment for the time being. We will sure appreciate the new space even more once we get there!
We are looking forward to this weekend. The last several have been so busy that they got lost in the craziness of everything and we feel like we haven't had any down time. Bronze has been putting in very long hours at work lately so a couple days off is very welcome at this point.
I will have to give you a tour of where we're staying sometime. I'd do it tonight but I'm not sure if everyone is sleeping deep enough yet for me to be snapping pictures of them;-)

Sleeping Arrangements

Our house is virtually empty. At this point we have about a car load worth of stuff left. The only reason we even have this stuff left in the house is because, due to an electrical repair that had to be completed, there will be no power at the condo until later in the day, sooo we spent one last night in our house.

These were Elee's sleeping quarters.

(Sorry about the side ways picture, apparently my photo editing software is as dysfunctional in the wee hours as I am!)

Bronze and Ardon's on the air mattress.

Mine and Eliad's

(I think someone got the short end of the deal, must be why Eliad spent the night laughing in his sleep)

It is going to be a crazy day for us, which is the main reason we had to have so much of our stuff moved out of the house. I have my 6 week post op/post baby appointment to start the day off with, the final walk through on our house is at noon, the closing on our house is after that then we go straight to the home inspection appointment for the new house. To top it all off, Bronze still has to go in to work at 4am, like usual, and though we hope he'll be home sometime mid morning we never know what will happen for sure. (Note to self, take care of water and mail sometime today too.)

If someone would have come up to me a year ago and told me this is what I'd be doing right now, with a new baby in tow, I wouldn't have even laughed at them. I would have looked them straight in the eye and told them they were out of they're mind, that there was no way that would be happening. Well, who's out of they're mind now!?!? It's been a stretching and learning experience but it has been good. God has been amazing and has worked out so many details it's been mind blowing at times. It's funny, we shouldn't be surprised at how He works things out but in our short sightedness we tend to focus on what we perceive as the right way for things to work out and not necessarily on what God has planned that is best for us.

It's all ready been quite a journey and its not over yet! And as you can see aunt Netta, the camping out has all ready begun!

On The Move

By the way, did I mention that we've been moving this week?

I didn't get any action shots earlier because I was a little busy.

But the house is getting empty!

It's been a gradual process through the week but this weekend is the last of it.

Eliad has been a trooper, he's spent quite a bit of time in his swing, it's been a real lifesaver!
We are putting most of our stuff in storage right now because our new house wont be available for a few more weeks. We will be staying in a small 2 bedroom condo until then and we can't contain our excitement. OK, maybe we can. Anyhow, we will be anxiously waiting to make our final move which will hopefully take place the second week of September. Until then it will be interesting to say the least!

Missing It

I have really been missing blogging! We've had so much going on for me to blog about but I'm still having computer trouble. I'm not even sure if this post will go through but I'm giving it a shot.

The kids are doing great, Eliad has been a wonderful addition to our family and the kids are great with him. In some ways I can't believe he's a month old all ready and in others it seems like he's always been a part of our family!

2 weeks old

1 month old

Snuggling with big sister

Hanging out with big brother

The three of them

Story time with Ardon

Hopefully our computer will cooperate more often so I can do more regular updates.