I can't believe how much is going on and how quickly the days are passing!! I haven't been able to post about our trip as Reid had the laptop with him in Colorado for his first week of work. Since he's come home, he has started working from our basement using, yes, our laptop. So, I'm hoping to type fast before Reid has to "go" to work.
So, Colorado is beautiful!! I loved Colorado Springs and am super excited about our move. Kai did so well on the plane, I felt truly blessed. On the way out there, we had to pull him from bed early in the morning and he didn't fall back asleep until we were on the plane. By that point he'd been up for 3 hours and was exhausted. So after take-off I nursed him and he was out for about two hours! It was wonderful. On the flight from Denver to Colorado Springs he also took a catnap. The other thing that surprised me was how quickly he adjusted to Mountain time. He was a superstar!!
While in Colorado, we had 18 home showings!! We narrowed the choice down to 2 houses by the end of the week and then Kai and I returned home. He, once again, surprised me and slept through both flights!! I have a wonderful little baby!!! When I returned home, the showings on our house picked up like crazy. We had one a day for the first three days and then in the next two days, we got two offers. Can I just say WOW?!! The first offer was so low it was almost a joke, but the second offer worked for us and now we're under contract (kind of--we're still waiting for all of the paperwork to be signed which should be done today). We close on this house on November 6th, just three weeks from yesterday. Since we have given the relocation company power of attorney we don't even need to be here for that. So, we have the moving van coming on the 1st and we ship our stuff on the 2nd. We haven't decided for sure when we will leave the area. I think it will all depend on the housing situation in Colorado.
Speaking of which, since we are soon to be homeless, we finally decided on a house and are working on making an offer today. We hope to get it done soon and that we will be able to close on that house the same week we are closing on this one. How exciting!!
So, I was just thinking that many of you haven't even seen our current home. If you'd like to check it out, here's a link to our realtor.com add.
http://homes.realtor.com/search/listingdetail.aspx?zp=20120&mnp=28&mxp=27&bd=4&typ=2&sid=c8a2db5313604100ab5e2d344e467088&pg=3&lid=1089784433&lsn=22&srcnt=53#Detail
Hopefully it works. I'll have to test it to see.
Anyway, I don't have much time left, so I'll skip to the other exciting news. We started Kai on rice cereal on Saturday. His sleeping didn't seem to improve at all. But last night he finished his bowl of cereal for the first time and then he did it. He slept through the night!!! Not just 8 hours, but 12. He went to bed at 7:30pm and I had to go get him this morning at 7:15am!!! I can't believe it!!! Like I said earlier, he's a superstar.
Well, I need to go get him again and Reid needs the computer. I hope all is well. I know I have several unreturned emails and phone calls and I promise to do my best. Just know I'm thinking of all of you and will get back to you ASAP.
Families are what make life rich. Love is what binds us together. Joy is being surrounded by both. ~Unknown
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
Tuesday, October 2, 2007
It's Official!!
First off, no, I am not pregnant. Our house is officially on the market! Finally!! Poor Reid had to take 3 and a half days off of work last week and work all day long to get our house to where it needed to be for showing. On Friday our realtor came over and helped us add a few finishing touches, take some pictures, and give last minute hints. And then Friday afternoon she had the house listed and brochures printed up. Now we could just use someone to actually come take a look at all of the work we have done.
With the house done, we are now ready to head to Colorado Springs to find ourselves a new house. We leave first thing tomorrow morning and plan to spend Thursday, Friday, and Saturday looking at as many houses as we can. Kai and I will fly back on Sunday, leaving Reid to begin his first day of work on Monday. Wow! I can't believe how quickly that time has passed and that today is Reid's last day in Manassas. I think I am more sad than he is about it.
As for Kai, he's handled things quite well under the circumstances. All of the activity has disrupted his schedule at times, but he seems to have come through no worse for the wear. He's been a bit grumpy this week, but at least he has started putting himself to sleep a bit more consistently. I have to admit that I am very nervous about tomorrow's trip and figuring out hotel accommodations. The hotel is going to provide a playpen for him to sleep in and I only hope that it's somewhat comfortable for him. If he only gets up three times a night, I'd say he's doing good. (Here at home he still gets up twice a night, something the doctor wants to correct by starting him on solid foods. We've chosen to wait until we get back from the trip to start that.) Also, being out house hunting all day long I hope doesn't completely mess up naps and everything. Hopefully the car rides will lull him into some sort of brief nap as often as possible throughout the day.
For those who would like to see some really recent pictures of Kai, you can check out http://picasaweb.google.com/reidjones. There is a web album of pictures and another of videos. He's starting to figure out how to sit up on his own and he's laughing a lot these days. It's so cute. His laugh is very close to his cry and sometimes you can't even tell the difference--our little sweetie!!
There are two other super important Kai moments to note. First, on Friday he finally rolled from his back to his tummy by himself. He's been very close to this for quite some time, but his head has been a bit too heavy for him. Now he loves it. Even being close to this has helped a great deal with his sleeping, because he actually likes sleeping on his side. Now he can roll onto his side and fall asleep and he loves it! The other thing to mention is that twice last week Kai took a two hour nap!! He's managing to do this by rolling to his side when he stirs in the middle of his nap and also by putting his binky back in by himself. This is super exciting for me!! While he still hasn't figured out how to make every nap a long nap, or how to do it every day, the fact that it's happening slowly but surely is very reassuring.
Well, there's a lot to do today to get ready for our trip. I hope all is well and I'll post about our trip as soon as I can when we get back!!
With the house done, we are now ready to head to Colorado Springs to find ourselves a new house. We leave first thing tomorrow morning and plan to spend Thursday, Friday, and Saturday looking at as many houses as we can. Kai and I will fly back on Sunday, leaving Reid to begin his first day of work on Monday. Wow! I can't believe how quickly that time has passed and that today is Reid's last day in Manassas. I think I am more sad than he is about it.
As for Kai, he's handled things quite well under the circumstances. All of the activity has disrupted his schedule at times, but he seems to have come through no worse for the wear. He's been a bit grumpy this week, but at least he has started putting himself to sleep a bit more consistently. I have to admit that I am very nervous about tomorrow's trip and figuring out hotel accommodations. The hotel is going to provide a playpen for him to sleep in and I only hope that it's somewhat comfortable for him. If he only gets up three times a night, I'd say he's doing good. (Here at home he still gets up twice a night, something the doctor wants to correct by starting him on solid foods. We've chosen to wait until we get back from the trip to start that.) Also, being out house hunting all day long I hope doesn't completely mess up naps and everything. Hopefully the car rides will lull him into some sort of brief nap as often as possible throughout the day.
For those who would like to see some really recent pictures of Kai, you can check out http://picasaweb.google.com/reidjones. There is a web album of pictures and another of videos. He's starting to figure out how to sit up on his own and he's laughing a lot these days. It's so cute. His laugh is very close to his cry and sometimes you can't even tell the difference--our little sweetie!!
There are two other super important Kai moments to note. First, on Friday he finally rolled from his back to his tummy by himself. He's been very close to this for quite some time, but his head has been a bit too heavy for him. Now he loves it. Even being close to this has helped a great deal with his sleeping, because he actually likes sleeping on his side. Now he can roll onto his side and fall asleep and he loves it! The other thing to mention is that twice last week Kai took a two hour nap!! He's managing to do this by rolling to his side when he stirs in the middle of his nap and also by putting his binky back in by himself. This is super exciting for me!! While he still hasn't figured out how to make every nap a long nap, or how to do it every day, the fact that it's happening slowly but surely is very reassuring.
Well, there's a lot to do today to get ready for our trip. I hope all is well and I'll post about our trip as soon as I can when we get back!!
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