Moving Sucks!!!

We are in the countdown to our move and I am cranky about it. The movers come in two weeks to pack our things up and move us to a new house that is about an hour from here. I am not excited... You see, we will be moving into this new house for just over 18 months and I just can't get excited about packing and unpacking for that short amount of time. I can't get excited about learning a new city, what stores to shop in, where the good restaurants are, or how to get to and from home during peak traffic hours. UGGGG...

I know that I should be excited about a new place, new faces, a "fresh start", exploring, etc. but instead I am dreading having packers come in and handle all of my belongings, my things getting broken, being without my bed for seven days, then having to unpack and organize all of my stuff all over again. It is exhausting. Pre baby it was not a problem for us to move, in fact, I loved it. But now, I've got an infant that just learned how to crawl, he wants to be into stuff, I have two dogs that are an annoyance to packers (one that is small and gets under foot and one that is huge and could easily eat them).

So in preperation of this move we are cleaning house. Throwing out things that we don't need or want any more, scrubbing baseboards, and cleaning out food cabinets. We have stopped purchasing anything from the grocery store except produce and dairy until our food stores are depleted. I am organizing the bedrooms as best as I can to ensure that our things get there in an orderly fashion but I know my efforts will be in vain...

Do you have any suggestions for making a move easier with a small child? Two dogs? Tons of crap?