Settling in to a pattern

Well, we have been at the apartment for 1 and 1/2 weeks, and we are getting used to it. We don't plan to get very comfortable, but we are living. I have another 5K run coming up and am exercising almost everyday. Jacob is doing well, and has met our neighbor dogs.

We did you to a local nature park and walked around. The had a building with big fish, turtles and snakes. Jacob loved to run around and look at all of the animals. We then went out to walk around the pond. Jacob and I fed the duck his graham gold fish crackers. He had a great time.

The house is coming together quickly. The tile should be in and grouted by now. The contractors doing the tile, estimated a couple of days for plumbing and carpet and other items. We are very excited about the house and even met the neighbors.

Playing catchup

It’s been a LONG time since our last blog post, and it’s been a busy couple of months! We put our house on the market in mid-February, and it sold after just 2 days. Construction started on our new place in Stewartville on March 1st, and should be ready by mid-May…but we already closed on the old place last week, so we’re camping out in an apartment for a couple of months. We keep telling ourselves that it’s just temporary, so we’ll deal with the small space and having most of our stuff in storage for now. And we’ll really appreciate the big new house once we’re moved in.

Kathie had a quick trip to Chicago for a work conference back in February and is gearing up for her presentation in Germany next month. Jon’s busy at work, and looking forward to a week alone with Jacob. Jon also just ran his first 5K of the year, and has a few more races picked out for the months ahead.

Jacob’s continuing to grow and amaze us. He now talks constantly, and loves playing outside. Jake’s also looking forward to his new house in Stewartville, which will be complete with a swing set in the backyard. Every time we go to visit the new place, Jake doesn’t want to leave!

Be sure to check out the flickr photostream, and the vimeo video links to the right. We’ll probably be pretty busy over the next 6-8 weeks with moving for the 2nd time this spring and getting settled in the new place, so this will be the best way to see how things are going.