We have officially moved. We're no longer residents of Twin Falls!
It was quite the ordeal.
Robby had his preceptership (kind of like an internship for nursing school) in Pocatello, so a few days a week for the past month, he's been staying at his parents house while the boys and I stayed in Twin. And even when he was in town, he was constantly at the library trying to finish up his homework before the move. So that left me to get the house packed up and clean basically by myself.
With two toddlers in the house, it's almost impossible to get packing and cleaning done. Thanks to my friend Brooke, who took them for a couple hours one day, I was able to get the oven and bathroom scoured without exposing them to the fumes. And most of the rest, I had to try to do while they were sleeping or eating.
The last 3 days in our apartment, Robby was again in Blackfoot working nightshifts in Pocatello. I woke up many mornings at 4 a.m. stressed about the move, but somehow I got it all ready in time. Friday night, I put the boys to bed at 7:30 and finished all the cleaning and packing I had left and went to bed around 10:30 feeling good.
However; at 12:30, John started moaning in this sleep and at 1 a.m. he started crying that his tummy hurt. He leaned over his bed and threw up all over the floor. We spent the next couple hours in the the front room as I held a bucket under his chin to catch the puke.
My poor baby couldn't keep anything down - not even Gatorade.
Finally, by 2, his stomach settled down and we both crawled into my bed and fell asleep.
By at 3, he started puking again. I finally got him back to sleep around 4, but Brandon woke up at that point. I fed Brandon and got him back to sleep, but at that point, John was awake at vomiting again. Finally, around 5:30, John stopped vomiting and fell asleep again.
At 6:30 that morning, John woke up and decided he was done sleeping, so unfortunately, I was done sleeping too.
Robby showed up with his dad and the trailer at 9:30 and we began to load our lives into our cars, trucks, and the trailer. It was a long and arduous day.
We broke for lunch around 12:30 and poor Brandon fell asleep in his carseat on the way back from grabbing lunch, so I set up the pack n' play in an empty room and let him nap while we continued to pack.
My poor, sick John tried so hard to be helpful all day but by 2, he was completely worn out and fell asleep on the floor. If you've ever met John, you'd know that he is a bundle of energy and he never sleeps anywhere but his own bed at my insistence. But the stomach flu and the move just plum wore him out.
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| Completely passed out on the floor and we walked back and forth past him, moving out of the apartment |
Finally, around 4 p.m. we locked our apartment doors, turned in our keys and left Twin Falls!
Two hours later, we arrived at Robby's parents house (where we'll be living until further notice) and unloaded the necessities.
John puked a couple times in the car on the way over and for most of Saturday night. So church on Sunday was out. We actually just spent most of Sunday trying to rest and recover from the move and unpacking what we could. John spent move of the day on the sofa.
After lunch on Sunday, I put Brandon down for a nap and went downstairs to get John for nap time, only to find him out cold on the sofa; where he slept for the next 3 hours.
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| Notice the puke bowl next to him :( |
When he woke up, he finally asked for food and was able to keep it down!
We've been living in Blackfoot for a week now and the boys have adjusted so well. They love having a large yard and room to run and play. They sleep and eat so much better here in the country. And I love my morning runs and having family around.
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| Enjoying Grandma's porch swing |
It's so wonderful to be done with the Twin Falls chapter of our lives. I'll miss the friends I made there, but I'm so happy to be out of our dinky apartment and to move on to better things!
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| The view on my run |
