Moved and settling in

Wow have we been busy.

We moved. 8 hours on Saturday and we were out of the townhouse by 6pm. It was sad to leave - a lot of good memories there.

The new house is as you might guess pretty hectic. The nursery is maybe halfway setup, enough for diaper changes and the baby to sleep. Our room is set in that we've only ever really had just a bed. Eventually some additional furniture might be nice. But first we'll have to focus on closets which are chaos distributed. I got dressed in 3 rooms this morning all while toting Mabel around, dogs following as well.

Our to-do list has probably doubled in the past few days beyond what we'd put together over the past month. We keep telling ourselves (really, Kate keeps telling me) that old houses have issues. Lot to do, lot to unpack, but we're moving forward. The dogs helped walk Mabel over to nanny's this morning. At the end of our block is a nice view of the lake which we (I) enjoyed for a minute. Missing in the new house are views of the Cascades and Rainier that the townhouse had. So I'm making due. Should have some Cascade views from the corner if the sun would come back. Wintery-Spring weather in Seattle is not so nice.

Mabel is still fussing on her second top tooth. There are no pictures or video to share, so you'll have to trust us. She is getting more and more motivated to crawl, really lifting herself up and kicking around on the floor. Last night she managed to move backwards in the living room. Once she figures out forward, we'll be in trouble.

The dogs are adjusting to the new house a bit more slowly than the baby; Mak is having a tough time. Trying to spoil him a little and let him know that this is (should be) and improvement. Maybe my dog picked up my skepticism. :-)