The girls with their pies at the pie party. Abi, Kelly, Brook, Me, and Brittany. I will miss these girls SO much!
The boys at the pie party during the name game. Ari, Ben, Rich, Drew, and Linwood.
Opening our amazing present. We seriously love it!
Rich acting during the name game. I think this was MC Hammer.
Brook acting.
Drew on his LAST day of classes! It is so exciting that he is done with school! I'm so proud of all his hard work.We had movers come pack our stuff on Wednesday and they did it in three hours! We were amazed at how fast it went. It was awesome. Thursday the truck driver came to load everything, including our cars. He showed up at 7:30, but the guys who were supposed to come help him pack didn't end up showing up until FIVE HOURS later. That was pretty stressful. The movers were hot because they were working so they opened the doors to our apartment and it was freezing in there. Darcy and I spent most of the day in the car turning the car on and off trying to stay warm. It was a really long day, but once again, it was still nice to have all that help.
Brook and Linwood were so nice and let us stay with them Wednesday and Thursday night, borrow their car and some cleaning supplies, and take us to the airport Friday morning. We are so grateful for all they did for us. It was fun to get to hang out with them for those last two evenings too.
We got up at 5:30 to go to the airport. I had said so many prayers that things would go smoothly that day, and all my prayers were answered. Absolutely everyone we interacted with was so nice to us, even the people at the airport who generally are cranky. :) For our first flight, which was the longer flight we were sitting in a row with a guy at first, but then the flight attendant offered him a seat on the exit row with an empty seat beside it. So we got to have that extra seat for Darcy which was the best thing ever! She was so amazing. I packed lots of snacks and little toys for her that kept her busy the whole flight. She loved looking around at all the people and she played peek-a-boo with a few different people sitting behind and beside us. She was really really tired, but refused to fall asleep until the very end of the flight. She was sitting on Drew's lap and a guy in the row across from us was waving at her kind of rhythmically and she ended up in a trance and eventually fell asleep. We were amazed. She generally can't fall asleep anywhere but her bed or car seat. She got to run around a lot in the airport for our three hour layover so that helped to get her wiggles out for the second flight. We had a much smaller plane for the second flight, but it didn't really matter because about a half an hour into the flight Darcy fell asleep on Drew's lap again! She slept for most of the flight and was happy for the rest of it. We got to the airport in Pasco and Drew's parents and my mom and sister Ashley were there to greet us. We were so excited and happy to be done with our traveling and safely on the ground.
We went straight to our extended-stay apartment (where we're staying until we find other arrangements) and dropped off most of our stuff. Then we packed a small bag and headed to Mattawa to spend the weekend with our families before Drew starts work this Monday. Darcy is gradually getting used to these new people and learning to love them.
This morning Drew got up at three and Darcy and I got up at four. Our body clocks are so confused. All three of us seemed pretty tired today. We're hoping to get on a new schedule soon.
We really did love our time in Pittsburgh and we already miss the people there, but we feel so blessed and so happy that Drew has a job and that we are back to this place that feels like home.
Brook and Linwood were so nice and let us stay with them Wednesday and Thursday night, borrow their car and some cleaning supplies, and take us to the airport Friday morning. We are so grateful for all they did for us. It was fun to get to hang out with them for those last two evenings too.
We got up at 5:30 to go to the airport. I had said so many prayers that things would go smoothly that day, and all my prayers were answered. Absolutely everyone we interacted with was so nice to us, even the people at the airport who generally are cranky. :) For our first flight, which was the longer flight we were sitting in a row with a guy at first, but then the flight attendant offered him a seat on the exit row with an empty seat beside it. So we got to have that extra seat for Darcy which was the best thing ever! She was so amazing. I packed lots of snacks and little toys for her that kept her busy the whole flight. She loved looking around at all the people and she played peek-a-boo with a few different people sitting behind and beside us. She was really really tired, but refused to fall asleep until the very end of the flight. She was sitting on Drew's lap and a guy in the row across from us was waving at her kind of rhythmically and she ended up in a trance and eventually fell asleep. We were amazed. She generally can't fall asleep anywhere but her bed or car seat. She got to run around a lot in the airport for our three hour layover so that helped to get her wiggles out for the second flight. We had a much smaller plane for the second flight, but it didn't really matter because about a half an hour into the flight Darcy fell asleep on Drew's lap again! She slept for most of the flight and was happy for the rest of it. We got to the airport in Pasco and Drew's parents and my mom and sister Ashley were there to greet us. We were so excited and happy to be done with our traveling and safely on the ground.
We went straight to our extended-stay apartment (where we're staying until we find other arrangements) and dropped off most of our stuff. Then we packed a small bag and headed to Mattawa to spend the weekend with our families before Drew starts work this Monday. Darcy is gradually getting used to these new people and learning to love them.
This morning Drew got up at three and Darcy and I got up at four. Our body clocks are so confused. All three of us seemed pretty tired today. We're hoping to get on a new schedule soon.
We really did love our time in Pittsburgh and we already miss the people there, but we feel so blessed and so happy that Drew has a job and that we are back to this place that feels like home.
3 comments:
I am glad to hear your flight was pretty smooth. That is so relieving to have that all done I am sure. I hope you like your new place.
I thought after you left that I forgot to get a picture with you guys! I can't believe I forgot. Oh well! Maybe we will be neighbors in a few months. You never know. But we wish you the best! You guys are great.
Yeah! I am so happy you are HERE!!! We can't wait to see you guys! Where are you living? I want to come visit you! I'm so glad that packing up went well and that the flight went so well with Darcy. Flights can be so stressful with babies. Yeah for a good trip home! Welcome home!
Sounds like a bitter sweet time. So exciting to be where you are, but sad to leave all the cool people you met. And so it goes. I'm so excited for you guys! Maybe someday we will see you guys again. :)
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