Elisa has been a big help this week as we've been preparing for our move. In fact, she has even helped make sure the boxes are ready for packing by giving them her seal of approval. With the move comes a lot of emotion--most of it happy and excited--but also a few moments of bittersweetness that we are leaving our first apartment in New York and the place where we brought Elisa home from the hospital. Just as we are approaching August and all the flashbacks to last summer and that disorientation of suddenly having a baby in our midst, I am kind of glad to be leaving that haze behind. The new apartment not only looks bright and open and full of possibilities, but seeing Elisa at this stage in her life somehow makes it
feel like the perfect place for her to grow up and move around and just enjoy all that space. Of course, we couldn't be entering this exciting weekend without some much needed help from grandma. My mom flew up Wednesday night and has been watching Elisa and helping me clean and pack in preparation for the big day Monday. We've hired movers for the big stuff, but starting tomorrow, we'll be taking carloads over and getting the space ready for the next chapter. More pictures soon!
Elisa has been a big help this week as we've been preparing for our move. In fact, she has even helped make sure the boxes are ready for packing by giving them her seal of approval. With the move comes a lot of emotion--most of it happy and excited--but also a few moments of bittersweetness that we are leaving our first apartment in New York and the place where we brought Elisa home from the hospital. Just as we are approaching August and all the flashbacks to last summer and that disorientation of suddenly having a baby in our midst, I am kind of glad to be leaving that haze behind. The new apartment not only looks bright and open and full of possibilities, but seeing Elisa at this stage in her life somehow makes it feel like the perfect place for her to grow up and move around and just enjoy all that space. Of course, we couldn't be entering this exciting weekend without some much needed help from grandma. My mom flew up Wednesday night and has been watching Elisa and helping me clean and pack in preparation for the big day Monday. We've hired movers for the big stuff, but starting tomorrow, we'll be taking carloads over and getting the space ready for the next chapter. More pictures soon!
2 comments:
Very exciting, Ann! I hope you have an uneventful move and I'm looking forward to seeing more pics of the place. So happy for your cute little family!!!
Love the new apartment. Fingers crossed the move goes smoothly... And it will be your turn to cross your fingers the following weekend :-)
Anna is also playing in our boxes. She gets inside and requests that I send her off to Timbuktu. No problem, kid.
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