We are back in the house. I can not express (hardy har har) how happy we are to be back. We officially moved back in Tuesday (Oct 9th) and have spent the last 5 days unpacking and moving stuff back into the house.
Prior to this (post babies, but pre moving back in), we had moved all of the heavy stuff back into the house. Thanks so much to all of our friends who helped during this time. The construction is still actually not complete and it definitely was not complete two weeks ago when we moved most of the heavy stuff back up into the house, but we had to do something, maybe we didn't, but we had to convince the contractors that we were moving in no matter what. At this point the house is still not fully complete, but it is close enough so we could move back in and we can begin our work.
It is quite disappointing, but Owen and Ava really don't seem to care that we are back in the house, they seem to perfectly happy in Anna's folks apartment, it is a very nice place :-)
All of my friends have told me how time consuming it is having kids, but of course I did not believe it. It is amazing how long it take to do ANYTHING. I don't mean the expected stuff like - actually leaving the house, that does take a long time, but actually doing stuff around the house. It has taken me three days to install a shower rail, two towel holders and robe hook. Now I know that I get distracted, but that is CRAZY, three days is 72 hours, I am guessing that the actual work involved was about 2 hours so my effective work ratio is 2/72 = 2.8%, that is not very good. Hopefully it will get better over time.
Here are a couple of pix of the kids coming home:
Prior to this (post babies, but pre moving back in), we had moved all of the heavy stuff back into the house. Thanks so much to all of our friends who helped during this time. The construction is still actually not complete and it definitely was not complete two weeks ago when we moved most of the heavy stuff back up into the house, but we had to do something, maybe we didn't, but we had to convince the contractors that we were moving in no matter what. At this point the house is still not fully complete, but it is close enough so we could move back in and we can begin our work.
It is quite disappointing, but Owen and Ava really don't seem to care that we are back in the house, they seem to perfectly happy in Anna's folks apartment, it is a very nice place :-)
All of my friends have told me how time consuming it is having kids, but of course I did not believe it. It is amazing how long it take to do ANYTHING. I don't mean the expected stuff like - actually leaving the house, that does take a long time, but actually doing stuff around the house. It has taken me three days to install a shower rail, two towel holders and robe hook. Now I know that I get distracted, but that is CRAZY, three days is 72 hours, I am guessing that the actual work involved was about 2 hours so my effective work ratio is 2/72 = 2.8%, that is not very good. Hopefully it will get better over time.
Here are a couple of pix of the kids coming home:
1 comment:
Hi Ian and Tracy....As the mother of twins, all your photos look very familiar to me. So do the reports of exhaustion and non-stop feeding. Your babies are adorable and you two are making a great team. Trust me, it gets easier very soon. At about 3 months we again had order and some sense of control over our lives. Raising multiples is a challenge, but gives parents the special reward of observing the children develop an awareness and love for each other. Give a special hug/kiss to Grandma Cheryl. Much love, Martha Green, Grandma Cheryl's friend since age thirteen.
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