Our first post since moving to Virginia! The past week has been pretty busy, with moving out of El Cerrito on Tuesday, spending a couple days with Dan’s family in San Jose, and then flying out and arriving late Thursday night to Dulles Airport. We’ve been spending the last few days recuperating and getting settled into my parents’ house, where we’ll be staying for a while as we get adjusted back to the area. Here are some snapshots from the whirlwind of the moving process over the past week!
Moving Day. The movers were scheduled to come at 8am, but didn’t come until around 2pm. 6 hours late! We started moving out some of the boxes we’d packed ourselves because we were tired of just sitting around waiting.
The ginormous moving truck.
The moving truck was huge and we still managed to fill a lot of it, despite getting rid of a lot of furniture. Kind of disgusted by how much junk we have… (What looks like the front wall of the truck in the photo is actually a mattress stacked on its side, with tons of boxes behind it.)
Goodbye El Cerrito! It was a small house, but is bursting with so many beautiful memories that were made there… It was Mio’s first home. It’s where I spent my entire pregnancy, where we brought Mio home from the hospital after she was born, where she took her first steps… so many milestones.
My sister got these sandals for Mio when she was born, so that she could wear gold shoes to match mine. They finally fit! Thank you Auntie Miwa â¤
Last morning in California. In San Jose, before we went to the airport.
The chinchillas were getting more attention than Mio at the airport! Everyone wanted to take a peek at them.
Right before boarding at San Jose Airport. We’ll miss you, California! ♥
First day in Virginia, soaking up the last of the summer sun…
A Walmart run to go get some diapers for Mio. She was KTFO during our whole shopping excursion…
With my loves.
We’re definitely already missing everyone back in California, but are excited about this new chapter. Dan went to his first day of work and really likes his new company, and I’m picking up more freelance work again now that the hardest part of the move is over. Just waiting for our car and moving truck to arrive in the next week or so, and we’ll feel more at home!
