Life has been full as of late. A five and a half-week old, visiting grandparents and preparing a house for sale...that is a lot.
Mabel is doing great. Sleeping and eating, looking at faces a bit more. Smiles. Bouts of gas that lead to frantic back patting and bouncing around the room, wishing for progress. Never thought a diaper full of poo would be such a great thing to find. Just today we moved over to her new washable cotton diapers - although at night we'll probably resort to the ever-dependable disposables. Mabel is great.
Kate's parents are in town and have been enjoying their time with Mabel. I'm sure they're regretting their timing as they've been looped into a fair amount of moving prep, including numerous trips to a storage unit. Sorry! And thank you for the help!
Grandpa Sig got a lot of Mabel crying and almost got his beard tugged on. Better luck next time to both of you.
Mabel and Grandma Sigafoos got along nicely, even helping to confirm that the new diapers were able to hold a substantial load.
Our house is almost ready to be listed. The carpets are being cleaned tomorrow. Hopefully they're sending a magician or two, because the dogs have done a number on these carpets.
While our house is almost ready to be listed, we've also gotten our first rejection. On Friday we'd made an offer on a house. We'd offered a low but fair price, however a contingent stipulation was the deal breaker. The Seattle housing market has been hot for so many years that people here have never done contingent offers, instead going with bridge loans and other risky lending practices. As if there were wonder about how our lenders helped us into this mess. Anyways, the house we liked turned us down. So we're going to list our house and see how that goes. If it sells quickly and that house is still available and is the best available, we might still pursue it, although with a lower offer. Or we might shop around, or even rent month-to-month. Who knows. It'll be an adventure for all of us, which is a good thing.
