The Daily Emma: Unpacking

We finally have stuff! Yesterday our house hold good arrived and we began unpacking! The movers got here right at 8, and got to work unpacking crates in the basement while FMO moved out the temporary furniture. It only took a couple hours to get it all in. I took a friends suggestion and had the movers unpack the kitchen...probably won’t have them do that again. They only ended up unpacking half of it, by mistake. They unpacked things like glasses, jars, vases, and since they had already filled the counter tops, they put the glass on the floor...right in front of cabinet doors. I ended up unpacking the plates, bowls, mixing stuff....what I really needed. But it is done. Next I unpacked Emma’s room...which was very exciting for her. It helped me out too, because then she was busy while I did some more work in the kitchen. I feel kind of bad for her...she keeps asking me to play, but there is so much to do! We went to bed late last night, and unfortunately I am learning there is not much sleeping in here since the sun comes up so early. (I’ve ordered new curtains for our room, because if we want to sleep past 5 we need to get curtains up.) Even with not getting enough sleep, Emma woke up in a great mood. She swept and mopped the floor right after breakfast. Then talked to Daddy and finished unpacking.

As of right now, I would say we are 95% unpacked. All the boxes have been opened. We still have a couple unpacked, because I am waiting for Steven to get here to help arrange a few things. But we took all the broken down boxes and paper-filled boxes to the basement, which helps the mess a lot. I have some pictures, but is a mess...we still have a lot to do. I will probably get a lot done this week while she is in school. But it is SO nice to have our stuff. It makes it feel like home. I can feel us settling in, and I think we will even more when we get the rest of the mess under control.

Emma had a rough start to moving day. So this is what she ended up doing while the movers were here. It was just too hard for me to keep track of her and deal with the movers.

Unpacking my kitchen for me...seemed like a good idea at the time.

Living room day 1.

Dining room day 1.

Kitchen right after they left. Ugh. Emma of course wanted a snack, which is funny now that I look at the picture.

While I worked on the kitchen, she set the table. :) A Chaplain’s wife brought us dinner. Emma ate like an adult.

For those that have never moved with the military...these packers pack everything. This time they packed things they weren’t supposed to...lighters, liquids in glass jars, etc.