day 6

hey everyone!
Ok.. so I'm here - back in blogging world.. I feel complete now that my internet is hooked up and i have cable and phone - weird that we need the outlet to the world - but, i just do. So i guess i'll start from the beginning, last wednesday, when this mess all started. The movers showed up at about 9ish and I saw the truck rounding the corner... my eyes welled up with tears and my heart just sank - this was real and they were coming for me! the movers packed for three days straight - and repetedly (but humorusly) told me that we had too much stuff :) ha.. how true that was! seriously - no reason that someone our age that had only been married 3 1/2 years could accumulate this magnitude of stuff. We completely filled an 18 wheeler and then some of another second truck. Needless to say those three days were completely a blur. Cleaning like crazy and working tirelessly to empty my cozy little nest. Audrey definitely knew something was way wrong with this picture - she was acting all crazy and has been ever since. Ok.. back on track... Friday evening they finished everything up and then we stayed at a friend's house in Katy that night (thanks drew and lezlie!) and then got up bright and early to catch our flight to Greenville. The big question is, "How did audrey do on her first flight?" My big answer is: She did somewhere between bad and horrible. ha.. i can laugh now, but at the time i thought about tossing her out the window :) it wasn't fun for us or anyone in a five to six row radius - you get the picture.. Now we are in Greenville.. we are on day 4 of our upside down world and are now staying in a hotel suite where audrey has the front half and we have the back half.. She ran a fever that afternoon and was just not herself - making me feel super guilty for plucking her out of her happy home and predictable routine.. the next day she woke up just fine and we ended up going to the zoo (which she LOVED - she's such an animal person - and didn't get that from me.. ha) and that night had an awesome dinner at my friend shane and her husband jonathan's house - audrey was out of character again.. just super whiny and crying at the drop of a hat - demanding and really just annoying like she had been for the last few days... the next day was monday - the big day when our stuff finally arrives (day 5 of the move) at about 9:30 the oh-so-familiar 18 wheeler arrives with everything we own... and the unpacking begins. Y'all know how i love the kitchen - well, i unpacked it from 9:30 until about 10:00 that night - taking about an hour break for picking my mom - and absolute SAVIOR - up from the airport. Charles decided to cancel his trip to dallas/california as well as he saw the sheer volume of work come off of that truck.. praise the LORD - i think it would have just put me over the edge if I would have had to deal with that all by myself with an absolute impossible child.. she is gradually adjusting daily back to herself - but we aren't there yet. My mom got here around 3:00 that day and AMEN- she kept audrey entertained so I could get down to business and get stuff unpacked... Did i forget to mention that it was only 40 degrees outside and raining?? yuck! Tuesday came along.. (today - day 6) and we got a lot done and it is finally looking like "home." It will eventually be our home with time.. I love love love this house and enjoy being in such a beautiful place - but terribly miss our friends and family that are so far away... love and miss y'all.. christa