Good Busy

Hi there, neglected blog of mine. Once again, things have been busy here, but in a good way. I prefer good busy over annoying busy or stressful busy.

When we got back from traveling to Northern Virginia for the wedding of a childhood friend of mine, I launched into Crazy Nester mode. Like, no baseboard in our house was safe; if I walked by it, it got scrubbed. About 20 thousand bags of clothes sit in our garage, waiting to make the move to Goodwill. And, we finally did it-- (nearly) completed our game of Musical Rooms.

So, it's official: we no longer have a downstairs master bedroom. And I love the change. Granted, it's only been a day, but I don't miss the downstairs bedroom at all. It's a terrible set up for families with young kids. It's so nice that we're all on the same floor together now. Camden is also now moved into what used to be his playroom. It still has almost all of his toys in it, but it's also now home to his dresser and train bed. Camden's former nursery sits empty for now. It needs a little makeover-- some feminizing to be exact. And our old master bedroom downstairs? It's going to be a combination gym room/guest bedroom. We haven't had a guest bedroom in our house in a couple of years, which means when we have company, they either have to curl up on a couch or get cozy in a sleeping bag on the floor. Not exactly ideal.

In the midst of all of our changes, my parents are moving as well. They have two homes-- one about 35 minutes away from us, and their lakehouse which is about an hour north of us. They decided to sell the home that's a half hour from us. Since they still wanted to be able to see the grandkids often, they decided to rent an apartment locally, even though the lakehouse will be their primary residence. Guess where their new apartment is?! In our neighborhood! You might remember that my sister lives right down the road from me (and that her sister-in-law lives on our street too). To make things even more cult-ish, when my parents learned that they would be building new apartments at the entrance to our neighborhood, they jumped on the chance to be that close to the grandkids. I'm sure some of you are cringing at the thought of having your parents (or in-laws) that close by, but truly, we are so excited. It's super convenient, although Camden will have to learn that we can't stop by Nan & Pop's house every single time we enter or exit our neighborhood.

And there you have it: the reasons why I've been largely absent from the blogosphere. I'll be back soon with a post about preschool & where we stand on that issue.

A picture from our wedding roadtrip-- some of my oldest (and a couple new) friends with the beautiful bride.

Remember these pictures? This is Camden's nursery, painted by my talented mom. As previously mentioned, we've moved Camden out of this room into a larger room. The thought of painting over these animals broke my heart a little bit though. So, instead of doing a total room makeover, we're just going to add a feminine touch. The walls will be a light purple instead of green; the animals will wear bows in their hair; and there might be some butterflies flying around the jungle. I thought that was a good compromise. Stay tuned for "after" pictures.