We're in!

We had a great moving day yesterday -- long, but we got all the big stuff (and a lot of little stuff) in just two trips, thanks to super generous help from Bob, Andy, and Hunter. The weather cooperated. And wow, the house! It's so wonderful, and it's our house! We love the layout, we love the fixtures, we are having fun with the luxurious appliances, we even love the paint. It feels like it was ours before we even saw it -- it just makes sense. Of course there are odd things here and there... as in, it took us two days to find even one phone jack (hence no blogging). But hey, who needs more than one phone jack anyway, in these wireless times.

Last night (Wed) was our first night in the house. Phil, who often has a hard time with transitions, made it something of a tough night with the yowling and the scratching at doors and stomping on our bodies. Eventually we figured out a way to enclose him far away from us. Then, after too short a time, we woke up to ... snow! lots of snow. School opened late, which was fine; it was a good day to have a relaxed schedule. Here are the boys waking up.

Cute family time aside, it's a relief to have the school day during which to tame the chaos of boxes, at least enough to enable minimal eating and self-care. Whenever Aaron is here, he has to be constantly monitored, because we are not as yet adequately babyproofed. It reminds me of our sojourn at the Glenway house, when you could not so much as toast a waffle without finding Aaron teetering at the top of the stairs. His balance has improved, but his confidence has grown even faster.