One week down!

Well it's been a week and things have felt pretty crazy. Things are not totally unloaded or organized, but after many requests of updates, I had to take some pictures, sorry I am not the best photographer.

We got to Walla Walla on Saturday and went straight on looking for apartments. It was a challenging day because every place we'd gotten from the paper and online were complete dives. We were shocked at some of the places that were for rent for our price range. It was pretty disheartening and that night at the hotel we were all wondering what in the world we were going to do.

Sunday we went to church which really helped things. The church really is true! People were really friendly and trying to help as much as possible. We even got invited to dinner, so after church we did some more searching, and found this 2 bedroom apartment. There is a nice green area that backs our house, it's taken from a little balcony from our living room.and a pool so hopefully that will keep Thomas and I busy during the day. It's nice because he can walk in the shallow end, but still likes me holding him usually. Sunday night after dinner, about 5 guys helped Nolan move into it, and we were able to return the U-Haul on time. I don't love it, and it's hard to be in an apartment again but am so happy to be out of the hotel. We are paying about 3 times more than we did for our townhome, and in about 1/3 of the size. Crazy!

We were glad the kitchen had a lot of cabinet space.This is what you see from the entry way, it's a long room, and hard to know where to hang things. To the left, the kitchen, to the right, the bedrooms.

Monday Nolan started work! It was exciting to think of him being in a real office and job. He mostly got introduced to about 500 other co-workers. Everyone was really nice, and he's anxious to start on some projects. They'll be traveling a lot more than he thought to different parks, etc. When he got home, I was so sick of boxes and unpacking that we went swimming for a change and out to eat.

Tuesday and Wednesday I just unloaded boxes all day, Nolan got home last night and we set up the nursery (sort of). We gave Thomas the large room since, baby #2 will soon be here. It fits the bed, crib, changing table, dresser, and bookshelf and his toys, so hopefully it will be a fun place for them.Thomas has been quite unusual these days, I'm hoping his set up crib and everything will help him feel more at home. It's not like him to ever fall asleep outside of a crib or pac n' play but he was just screaming in his pacn'play so I took him out went to get his milk and came back to find this.

Today I loaded up the car with Thomas and the stroller to go to a walking path I heard was nice. Well it was along the highway, and there wasn't too much shade, so we probably won't be doing that one again. I am determined to find a good walk though. I may brave the streets and try and find the grocery store, and perhaps find a place we can go walking. And of course the never ending task of unpacking. I got our first letter today, that always makes me feel more at home. My sweet sister and best friend sent me the nicest card that read "When Life Gives you Lemons, make Lemonade," and it came with a package of lemonade. It was really sweet, and made my day.When did we get so much stuff???? Nolan actually is going on a trip to a park about an hour away in Washington. He's been doing a lot of reading up on the upcoming projects he'll be involved in so I think this will be a nice break. Anyways, sorry for the long post. Hopefully it kept your attention.