We are officially New York residents! The past week has been CRAZY! Between an unexpected hospital stay, a 3 day journey to New York, move in day, unpacking and learning our way around a new place...we have been busy! I don't have a lot of pictures from the past week, but a lot of good stories!
The girls did a fantastic job on the journey here. We left Tuesday afternoon, after a farewell lunch at Chick-fil-a with my parents. I still haven't told Addison that there are no Chick-fil-a's here. Then we picked up Chad's mom and started out north. Since Mya wasn't discharged from the hospital until 5:30 Monday night and I was up late packing, I knew we wouldn't make it far in our journey the first day. We stopped in Sevierville, TN, which is close to Gatlinburg. Addison LOVES to stay in hotels...unfortunately its not as much fun for me. It is so hard to get her to go to sleep in a hotel room. Pretty much everyone in the room has to go to bed the same time as she does and she is not a lot of fun to sleep with. She loves unpacking the car, taking the stairs, seeing what's for breakfast each morning and checking out the pool. Little Mya doesn't care where she sleeps. She was a DREAM during the whole trip! I think the hospital stay wore her out too, which helped her rest most of the trip.
The next morning we headed out on our second day hoping to make it to Carlisle, PA. Addison was so excited that we found a Chick-fil-a in Maryland for dinner... probably one of the most northern Chick-fil-a on the East Coast! A crazy active 3 year old and a nursing baby make for a slow trip and lots of stops, but thankfully with Chad's mom there to help, we could divide and conquer with the kids!
Thursday we only had about 350 miles left to go to Watertown. The drive was beautiful and thankfully uneventful! Addison was SO excited to see her Daddy! While of course I was happy to see Chad, I was anxious to see the house. This is the 2nd time that Chad has signed for a house before I've seen it! He does a great job though! Ft. Drum is unusual in the fact that SOO many things are brand new! I guess the post has exploded with growth in the past year. There is a whole complex off post of new stores and restaurants as well as a new PX and Commissary on post, right down the street from our house.
Move in day went pretty smoothly, with just a few incidents. We quickly learned that the people who packed our stuff did not do the best job. Our kitchen table had several tiles smashed and Addison accidently shattered one of the glass doors on our tv stand. Right before we moved, we bought new bedroom furniture. We were so worried that the new room wouldn't hold all the new pieces! The movers cracked me up carrying it up our 3 level stairs. The dresser is huge and apparently very heavy. When they brought it in the guys asked where it was going, when I said upstairs, the young guy just laughed. Half-way up he said, "Where did you get this furniture??" I said, "Ashley Furniture." He laughed and said, "I need to write them a letter!" HA! They did bang the walls up a little, but a least they got all the furniture upstairs in one piece!
Over the past several days, we have gradually been unpacking and getting settled. Normally we can unpack all of our boxes and have stuff on the walls in 3-4 days. This time is a little different. With Addison running around, a nursing baby and Chad's injured elbow, things are a lot slower. Hopefully we'll be done by the end of this week.
I will try to get pictures up soon!
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