packing and sweet, warm hands

i told him yesterday morning that we were going to go to Nana and Grandpa's house. after church, he fussed for a second, and when I asked him what was wrong, he said, we're going to Nana's house later? then he asked me if we could pack his suitcase. I guess he was realizing that he had to pack his things if he wanted to go to Nana's, and wanted to get that done. :)

we also decided on Saturday that we were going to move into our new apartment on Friday/Saturday. this was a quick decision, but we were told we have to move out by the end of August, so might as well do it now, right? so, because we wanted to have Moses stay with Shane's parents, we realized that he wouldn't see the whole process of packing and might just come back to a whole new house. it seemed like a rough transition, so we took the time to sit and explain that we were moving. we explained we were going to pack all our things in boxes and move to a new house. we let him pack a box of books on Saturday night and then a box of cars on Sunday morning. Shane helped him decorate and label the boxes. and we kept explaining that we're moving to a new place. we think he gets it. the first thing we can do when he gets there is to unpack his boxes with him. and then maybe go back to our old place together to say bye.

it's so sad. we loved that little place. it's been home for 2 years. moses basically grew up there. *sigh*

in other news, yesterday, i was putting some hydrocortizone on one of mo's many bug bites, and he said, "mommy, you're hands are cold." I said, "yeah, buddy, i'm sorry. i'm almost done." and then he told me he wanted to warm my hands for me, and started rubbing them with his two hands. and they got warmer! it was so sweet; i'm still smiling about it.

also, I don't remember exactly what day it was, but one day last week, he woke up with dry pull-ups in the morning. he got up to pee twice that night, which wasn't exactly fun (because guess who stays awake for no reason for like an hour after each of those times? me.), but maybe he's on his way to pull-up freedom! :)