We started to pack today. *sigh* We didn’t start til about 1:00 pm and we were supposed to be at Dean’s sisters house at 4:00 pm for our neices & nephews birthday party. So, we didn’t get much done because of course in between those hours Caleb had to eat 2 times and I had to pump before we left not to mention get a shower and get Caleb ready. So we finally arrived at my sister in laws at 4:30 and had to leave shortly after 5 to make it to church by 6 ! So to say the least it was a busy afternoon.
Tonight our church did baby dedications. Since our church is so big they only do dedications every couple of months; tonight there were 34 babies being dedicated! There were lots of friends and family there to see little Caleb get dedicated and it was great to know he is so loved. But on the other end of that I cant help but think of how many people will miss him when we leave. Everyone keeps asking when we can get together before we move. There are just so many people who want to get together and only so many evenings left; and it doesnt help that we have so much else to deal with like packing and taking care of Caleb at the same time. So we are probably going to be so busy up until the time we leave, then when we get to Balto everyone is going to want to get together to meet Caleb for the first time. So I expect the busyness of the next few weeks will not wear off until at least early October!!!
I keep asking Dean if he is sure about the move, I guess it is just hard to deal with saying good bye to many friends that it seems we just got close with. And it’s not like I am emotionally up to such a big move so soon after having Caleb, but Dean kept being encouraging and trying to make me feel better. I think it will take a while to get adjusted and it wont be right away that we have our own place so it will be a while before I will even be able to feel somewhat comfortable with the situation.
I am looking forward to spending most of tomorrow packing up house, yeah, right! But I cant stand the mess we started making so at least I will be motivated to do some packing. We had a hard time today since Caleb of course was wide awake and demanding our full attention. So I think we may have to resort to having someone watch him for us so we can get some serious packing done. Today it was just hard trying to find a place close to keep him so we could keep an eye on him and still have him out of our way so we could have the boxes sprawled out all over! I know we’ll get through this move but right now I cant imagine how!
