We were all 100% ready to move out of the hotel! We had two rooms connected, but that is just not enough room for a family of 5! I couldn't wait to have my own kitchen and be able to fix what I wanted to eat when I wanted to eat and most importantly, for Tracker to sleep in his own bed!!! We packed our bags up the night before. Poor Addley was sure we were getting on a plane in the morning and going back 'to the old house.' Poor thing! She was ready to go back to her wonderful pre school and was convinced that everything not in our suit cases was left at the old house. Our appointment to get the key was at 10, but Austin had to be at work at that time, and we had to be checked out by 11. Thankfully they have a room in the lobby to securely leave your bags for up to 24 hours, because there was no way I was going to be able to get all of those bags to our house with two kids by myself! (Carter would be at school.) So we all got up did our morning routine, hauled all the bags down stairs, then Austin was off to work, the kids and I walked Carter to school, walked back to the hotel, finished up a few last min things, checked out, and grabbed a taxi to our new 'village.'
After doing a quick walk through with housing, it was just me, Addley, Tracker and the few things we brought with us and our borrowed government furniture we had to use until our household goods arrived. (A couch, chair, desk, two twin beds, and a queen bed) Our unaccompanied baggage had already arrived and was scheduled to be delivered by 5. So we kept busy playing and checking out the play ground until it was time to get Carter off the bus and the movers showed up around 4:30! They very quickly unloaded their truck and unpacked everything. It was SO nice to have some more of our stuff and be able to start settling in!
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Entry way |
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Stairs to the left of the entry way |
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Living room |
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Living room looking into dining area |
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Bathroom, Laundry room |
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Half bath |
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Laundry room |
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Looking into living room from dining room |
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Kitchen |
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Dining room |
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Upstairs hallway (Addley's borrowed bed in the hallway. They had put it in Tracker's room and it wouldn't fit down the hall. Had to wait for the movers and their tools to show up to move it.) |
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Kids bathroom |
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Tracker's room |
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Tracker's room |
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Hall closet |
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Hall closet #2 |
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Carter and Addley's room |
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Carter and Addley's room |
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Carter and Addley's room |
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Master bedroom |
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Master bedroom |
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Master bedroom |
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Master bedroom |
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Master bath |
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Master bath |
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Not your typical school bus! Carter's first day getting off the bus in Korea! |
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Yay! Delivery of unaccompanied baggage!!! Which included TRACKER'S BED!!!! |
Once Austin got off work, his wonderfully generous co-worker helped him pick up our bags and bring them all back to the house! It only took three trips in his tiny two seater car! :/
Looks so much bigger, lots of closet space as well. These are memories the kids will remember for a lifetime. Thanks so much for sharing:)
ReplyDeleteLooks way better than expected! I'm sure after you do your military wife magic(making the best of all you have) it will work out great!
ReplyDeleteThank you for taking the time to post about all of this. How neat to see where you're living :) It looks bigger than I imagined. I'm glad you guys are doing well! love, Laura
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