Mark and I are very lucky. We have the support of both sides of our family who are always willing to go above and beyond to help us out. Moving to California was no different.
A week prior to our move, we moved in with my parents as we packed up our apartment. When truck loading day came, all of our friends came and helped load us up. The whole thing took about 2 hours. Best of all, Mark's parents, June and Robert, and our close family friend, Donna, drove to California with us to help unpack and to watch William as we got things in order. My little brother, Mac, also came with us and lent his muscles to the effort.
I had contacted the Elder's Quorum President in our new Claremont ward and he recruited 4 others to help us unload. This was quite a sacrifice because we came the same night as the Lakers/Celtics playoff game. With all the help, we were unloaded and almost completely unpacked in two days.
Everything went very smoothly EXCEPT when we arrived, we found unwelcome tenants already living in our new kitchen. What is worse than dead cockroaches? LIVE COCKROACHES! Yep, to my complete horror, we came across several cockroaches in our kitchen as we were moving in. Anyone who knows me knows that I don't do bugs. Seriously, I don't do bugs! I was on the verge of telling everyone to put everything back on the truck, we are going back to Arizona. But, I couldn't do that. The good news is that, Mark called the apartment office and they got us an exterminator by the next day. After that, the sightings have been few and far between, but I'm always on the look out.
Naturally, we were very worried on how this big move would affect William. We have been praying that the Lord would help him through this and adjust quickly. The Lord hears and answers prayers! From the moment he walked in, William claimed this apartment to be his. He ran inside and exclaimed, "Oh wow!" He immediately took to the stairs like he's been doing it all his life. He ran into his room and spun around in the big space and laughed. He was having trouble sleeping soundly a week prior to moving, but hasn't had a problem yet since we moved in. I think seeing his toys and things out clued him in that this was his new home. Between upstairs and downstairs, he has a lot of space to move toys from one room to the other and organize things just the way he wants them. He has been so pleasant and positive during this whole experience. A complete answer to prayers!
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