Moving backwards

So a couple of weeks ago we got some news but I haven't had time to sit down and tell everyone. Our landlords have decided to put our town home on the market so we have to move out by the end of April. After our year lease ended they kept us on a month-to-month lease, which I am guessing was their intention to eventually get the house on the market and only have to give us a month notice to move out.

Since we have so much going on with our trip to Alabama and Mason's birthday, we didn't really have an opportunity to look for a new place. We decided, for now, we would move back to the apartment complex we lived in when we first moved to Maryland. We are actually moving into the same floor layout so that will make unpacking easier. And we will be on the first floor in a one story apartmemt... so no steps for me to fall down! Yay! Unfortunately we are going from a 3 bedroom to a 2 and when we last lived there we didn't have Mason and all his stuff. So to help give us some space we have rented a garage at the apartment to store our extra stuff in.

We got the garage today and have started moving stuff over into it. We are getting more boxes on Friday so this weekend will be a lot of packing  and moving over to the garage. In the middle of packing for our trip to Alabama and planning Mason's party I have to now pack the house up and prepare to move. The craziest part is when we get back from Alabama we will only have a week to finish packing. We get the apartment on the 29th and we have to be out of the town house by the 30th. Talk about stress! Mom was voluntold she was riding back to MD with us and spending at least two weeks with us to help pack, move, clean, unpack, and most importantly watch Mason.

We had talked about moving especially with a baby, three levels, and a clumsy mommy. But we were hoping to do it on our terms and with more than a month's notice. But life never goes as it should so here we are making the best out of what we have. There are a lot of pros to the apartment like no steps, a pool, and a big park across the street from Mason to play at. But my heart breaks to move from the home we brought Mason home from the hospital to. I know we will make great memories at the new place... and my parents will be thrilled to sleep on the floor when they visit (what was the guest room when we lived there before is now the nursery).

Mason is having a blast playing with the moving boxes.

Easter pictures

Mohawk Mason

Mason got his first Mohawk hairdo when taking a bath the other night. I think it looks great so we will be cutting his hair and styling it that way from now on. Ha! Just kidding!

Big kid room

Monday, Mason moved from the infant room to the toddler room. Break out the Kleenex! Mommy's baby boy is growing up! Mason and I loved his infant room teacher but since he was the biggest and only one walking (heck, the others are not even sitting up yet), he had to move up. It is good to have him with other kids his age so he can continue to learn and develop from watching them. With that said, the new room is "different" and we are having some growing pains.

First off, there is a set feeding schedule and it is NOT what he is use to. The 9 am breakfast is exactly when Mason would eat (after having a bottle when he wakes up) but his lunch went from 1pm to 11 AM! That is an early lunch! His new teacher is doing good with transitioning him but his picky, horrible eating habits are already bad enough. The poor lady is feeding him almost all morning and afternoon to get him to eat a normal amount of food. (This is also a topic of conversation for a different blog some other time.) Snack is at 2 pm when it use to be at 4. So by the time we get home and get super ready at 6 pm or later, the poor boy is (usually) starving. (Once again, another topic for another blog.)

The biggest and hardest adjustment is nap time. He has gone from 2 a day to 1. This has made night time very difficult for us... The tired, cranky Mason has wrecked havoc in the house all week. Wednesday he just screamed non-stop. After doing everything I could think of, him refusing to eat dinner, and not even a bath cheering him up, I put him to bed with a bottle. I hate doing that but he was just too tired. He was asleep by 7... The sun was literally still up...

Thursday night was better and tonight was great. He was tired and fussy when we got home so I took him on a walk around the neighborhood. He calmed down but never went to sleep. The best part was he ate a whole bunch for dinner and was in a great mood after. It was a much needed break after a long week.

Mason was not in the mood to model his new playroom. I got the best pictures I could...

Best part about the toddler room, more time in the big rec room. Can you tell how much he loves it?!

And I can take you for a ride on my big red wagon...

With the weather warming up, we have spending a lot more time outside. Last weekend it was still a bit chilly thanks to the wind but it was beautiful outside so I had to take the opportunity to get out of the house. I bundled Mason up and brought out his red wagon Aunt Sandra got him for Christmas. Mason already loved playing in it so I was unsure if he would understand he had to sit and could not stand as we rolled around. To my surprise, he did great! Once he was buckled in he sat contently and enjoyed the ride. He loves to go fast and have the wind in his face so I got my workout in. Ha! He loved smiling at all the neighbors out enjoying the day. He is such a ham! After our stroll we went to the playground in our neighborhood and swung for awhile. I did not get any pictures of him swinging this time but I will try to next time. I did get plenty of red wagon pictures though. :)