HELLO from the EAST COAST!

Bye Bye home!

So, on Wednesday Cohen and I said goodbye to Utah and took the (LONG) 7 hour flight (included two short layovers) to Massachusetts! I was sad to leave my family and knew I would really miss them, my mom especially since she is my best friend besides Scott! They all helped me out a ton after Scott left and also came to help me finish up packing the morning I left.
My mom drove Cohen and I to the airport. The long awaited trip had finally arrived and I was so thankful I would be getting there soon! I couldn't have taken one more day of packing and running around doing a billion errands and making lists and lists and trying to complete everything on those lists without Scott. I was exhausted and still am for that matter!
Here I am with my sister Chantelle and brother Dustin. Dustin is really worried about me becoming a RED SOX fan and had to show his Yankee pride before I left. (I didn't even realize they were big rivals before then so he doesn't have much to worry about! I would love to go to Fenway Park to see a game while I am here though.)

We got to the airport before Jen, Dylan, baby Savannah and Jen's mom Tracy so we waited for them at the play area.

We soon boarded and the boys loved looking out the windows at the guys below loading all the luggage!

The flight when all said and done isn't something I would want to relive. It went okay overall, but it was a packed flight, elbow to elbow. Cohen was on my lap (it was too late to book him a seat once I rethought the "lap baby" thing) and I was uncomfortable and achy with my tummy in the way! Jen and clan sat across from me and Tracy took Cohen a couple time which gave me a needed breather. We hit some pretty scary turbulence descending into Dallas for the first layover that was so jolty that Cohen giggled and giggled thinking it was fun. I was happy he wasn't scared because I was and it helped me hearing him laugh! When we went in for the landing we caught a huge air pocket and the plane skidded sideways and then finally straighten out. It was pretty scary and I hadn't ever experienced things like that on any flights.
Cohen slept only 20-30 minutes on the plane the entire time. The dvd player only lasted through one movie and then died when I needed it most!
I had tons of snacks and was as prepared as I could have been with toys, but Cohen still dug his feet into the different passengers sitting next to us and cried and screamed the last couple hours. I think I was a huge ball of nerves by the time we walked off that plane!
Here is Cohen sitting next to all of mine and Jen's luggage after we collected it (she was able to pack a lot since she had three tickets worth of baggage).

I was so happy to finally see Scott after a extremely long week apart!
We actually flew into Manchester, New Hampshire so it was after midnight by the time we got to Braintree (just south of Boston), Massachusetts. I was so relieved to finally be to our new home!
I love our beautiful apartment and have already been on some "exciting" adventures getting lost around here (Jen had to come find me! I don't have a GPS yet and was following her back from the Walmart Super Center that is 30 miles away and got lost in some merging traffic and missed the exit! Scott and I have ventured out twice after work and gotten lost both times then too even though we thought we were watching where we were going! The roads are so CRAZY here! I thought California was bad, but that is nothing! All you can see is tons and tons of foresty trees and I never can be sure which way is north. I love the Utah compass of the Wasatch Mountains!)

Here is a view of our front door and garage.
I had to get a picture of the 20 stairs I will be climbing all summer. Chasing Cohen is my first work out of the day, here is the second, third, forth, etc. Hopefully it doesn't put me into labor!Inside, let's start with my favorite part of the house! The beautiful kitchen!!!

Having a nice kitchen makes me want to cook!

This is the first meal I made. My sister's spinach pasta tomato chicken! Yum! Steamy...Wow! An entire room for a table! A real dining room all for me?
(Our house in Orem just has enough room for a small round table in the kitchen so I love having more space!)

When you first walk in, this is what you see. Livingroom, dining, kitchen and a back door to the nice big terrace.

Another view from the dining room into the living room.Here is the hallway from the front room that leads to the laundry on the right, the second bath on the left and the master bed and bath at the end.

Here is the second bath with another door leading into Cohen's room.

You can enter Cohen's room from the dining room or the bathroom.

We made his walk in closet a little toy area.Cohen loves making his daddy his prisioner...This was a boys only fort, I wasn't allowed!

The master bedroom has a sitting room and double walk in closets! (I didn't bring my bedding set and seeing the matress is driving me nuts! I need a bed skirt!)

And a beautiful bathroom with a big tub!
(Oh, the things you appreciate when you don't generally have them!)

Looking left from the terrace...

Looking right from the terrace...

Cohen's angry face after a nap! He was running at me, flaling his arms trying to prevent me from taking the picture, but I got it anyway! He he!

More pictures of Scott's road trip to come!
Hopefully, I will get out soon and do some site seeing as well, but for now I am so content to just hang out after the last few crazy, busy, stressful weeks!
Massachusetts in now our home!!!