Many hands make light work...

It’s been almost two weeks since we’ve settled into our new place. What an adventure it was!

So last Thursday night my parents arrived after driving up that morning (leaving at 6am, arriving around 7pm.  They’re awesome!) My parents have moved 8 times, not including moving my brother, sister (twice) and me (twice) in the past three years.  I’m pretty sure they could move in their sleep. 

Also on Thursday night Chris and I went to the realtor’s office to get our keys. That was a very cool moment for us. Another step in our marriage journey.  

A short walk later, Chris and I arrived at our new place. This was my first time seeing it since Chris had found it while I was visiting family and friends in Tennessee two weeks prior.

The apartment exceeded my wildest dreams and put the pictures on Craigslist to shame (my only look at the apartment until we got our keys). I hope I'm not reversing strides made in the feminist movement (ha ha)..but my two favorite things about our new place are the kitchen and our washer/dryer.

I love having more counter space!

No more trips to the laundry mat!

 All day Friday was spent packing up boxes, loading up the car, driving to the new place. x3. Unfortunately, Chris’ work schedule was super crazy the week we moved so he wasn’t able to take the day off.  We packed up as much as we could the night before so when my parents got to our place on Friday we could start taking things over to the new place.

Packing up boxes ( almost all of these are books!)

The beginning of many trips across town.

Mom and I getting groceries.
(The only time I will ever have a cart)

That evening my parents and I went to Foodtown for a Sneed family tradition.  Started when my brother moved to Atlanta almost four years, my parents’ housewarming gift has always been to buy the first round groceries when someone moves into a new place. It was so nice to be able to stock up our kitchen! 

Saturday morning Chris and I, and the parentals  made a few more trips to the new place, transporting little items before making a stop at Lowe’s to pick up a microwave, vacuum cleaner and some other things.

Scoping out vacuums. (Man my hair's gotten long) 

That afternoon the movers came, loaded everything up and off we were to the new place. At the end of the night the last thing to be unloaded was our sofa. Knowing that we had a difficultly moving it last time, we knew it'd be a challenge for the movers. They tried to bring it through the front door and up the stairs but it wouldn’t budge because the hallway was too narrow.

In a last ditch effort, they decided to hoist it over the balcony. Using tools Chris had gotten as a wedding gift (Thank you Greers for saving our couch!), the legs were taken off  and low and behold, the couch fit through our balcony door and is now in our living room! Yay!

Our awesome movers prepping the couch to be hoisted!

 At the end of Saturday my parents, Chris and I celebrated with pizza and some pretty awesome cupcakes! So thankful my parents helped us move in :)

Magherita pizza

Cookie dough, Brooklyn blackout, Red velvet & Carrot cake.
YUM!

After all of the moving craziness and unpacking, we are so thrilled to be settled into our new home and looking forward to all of the memories we will create here!

2nd floor residents!