Moving - Stage 6

Good news: this is our LAST stage of moving and it is pretty much complete!

Our international shipment finally arrived on Feb. 26, which was nearly 3 months to the day of when we sent it from Switzerland (much longer than the 6-8 weeks we were initially told). It took two guys about 45 min to unload our stuff into the house and then for the first time in over two years we had all of our material goods in one location :). Unfortunately, as we were unpacking we noticed significant damage to our bed (cracked bed frame and slats as well as an extremely dirty mattress because they didn't cover it well) and to Carsten's kinderbed (they did not package this well either to it's extremely scratched and will not work for a baby since they chew on the crib). These were by far the most valuable items and now we'll have to work with the insurance company to try to get these items back into working condition (or new) - sigh. It took us a solid week and a half to unpack all of the boxes because we mostly did it when we had an extra hour or two to work on it together since I'm now not in prime unpacking boxes condition thanks to being extremely pregnant. We have Carsten sleeping in his kinderbed despite the scratches since this bed does not allow him to bounce like the crib we had him in upon arriving in the US, and this has translated to us all getting much better sleep (yay!).

Carsten very much enjoyed the arrival of his 'Switzerland diggers' and has played with them pretty much non-stop since they arrived. In fact, the day we opened them he was afraid that they would disappear after he went to bed so he was very sad and resistant to going to bed that evening. We did our best to reassure him that they would NOT be leaving, and he made sure to go straight to them the next morning to make sure they were still there. He has enjoyed his other toys and books that have arrived too, and I actually slowly took them out of the box to increase his playtime with them since the toys were 'new' again. Carsten has been very helpful overall with unpacking and he loves to help us reassemble things (Carsten the builder!).

'Carsten the Builder' helped me put together his bead maze from CH!

Andy and I spent all of last Saturday unpacking most of the remaining boxes as well as trying to get the nursery set up for baby #2, and my sister and brother helped me finish while they were here this week (thanks!). So currently our upstairs is in pretty good shape, and most of what is remaining is trying to finish organizing the kitchen and getting some more organized storage in the closets, basement, and garage. We're getting close to the end which is a good thing because baby will be arriving soon! Here's a few photos of our upstairs in its mostly completed stage.

Carsetn's room: view 1

Carsten's room: view 2

Bathroom

Baby's room: view 1 (please excuse the queen bed - it's broken :( )

Baby's room: view 2

We're getting there! Someday I'll post photos of our downstairs... :) And someday we'll also have things on the walls. Yay for being done with moving!!!!!!!!!!