Colorado, A Sale, A New House and Cereal -- Oh My!!

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.