home again

We are finally in our house in Ohio. We have been in the process of moving for so long that it is a relief to get here.

The movers came last Monday, and we are about 95% unpacked and probably 45% organized. We're getting there. The only important thing that we have left to unpack is the hardware for Liza's crib. Somehow that has eluded us so far, so she is sleeping in a pack n play in the laundry room.

Yesterday Sarah pointed out to me that my post sounded kind of mean about Jason running (or not running) with me. Of course, my only response was, "I know."

My jokes often get confused with insults in real-life, thanks to my "subtle" humorous tone. It's probably closer to the truth to say that I'm just bad at it. So of course, when I write something similar with absolutely no inflection, I know that it's going to be mistaken for meanness.

So, sorry Jason, I don't mind at all that we're not running this one, and we'll pick another one in the future. Just 24.2 more before we can take our trip to Greece.

busy

This weekend Sarah and I have been working frantically--cleaning the house, visiting friends, and packing our belongings. Sarah leaves tomorrow (with Liza), and I leave on Wednesday. As it turns out, this is a lot of work.

We are also recovering from colds. Yes, all 3 of us. Heidi has so far managed to escape, but the rest of us have had sore throats and runny noses for 4 or 5 days. Being sick has really thrown our run training off schedule, which makes this as good a time as any to mention the fact that...

We decided to run the 10k at the AF Marathon in September. It's at Wright-Patterson, so we won't have to travel very far to do it, and we had just enough time to train for it together. Sarah was scared at first, but she's doing a great job, and we're having a lot of fun running together as we train for the event. I had initially been planning on running the marathon, but my friend Jason backed out on me and, well, I can't run a marathon without him.

So we're excited to move. We should be in our new home (which we have never seen) on Monday, a week from tomorrow.

How to tell your child's book is from an earlier era:

"Ha! Who are you?" cried the bear, turning around quickly in order to see better. "Who are you, if I may ask?"

"I'm Jackie Bow-Wow," was the answer, "and if you don't at once do as I say I'll shoot you with my gun!"

...

Then Jackie burst out laughing as hard as he could.

"What's the matter?" asked Uncle Wiggily, in surprise.

"Ha! Ha!" laughed Jackie. "What a joke on that bear! I didn't have a real gun at all. It's only a wooden one, with which I was playing hunt Indians. But he thought it was a real one, and he was so scared that he let you go. Ha! Ha! Ho! Ho!"

big girl!

Liza is still as cute as ever, and now she even does cute things! Today she was playing with a plastic ring and decided to give it to me. Five seconds later she wanted it back, but that's a start to sharing, maybe. We spent about 10 minutes handing the ring back and forth to each other.

We also decided to measure her today. She was 23.5 lb and 29 in, putting her in the 98th and 91st percentiles in weight and length. It also means that she is over the size limits for her infant car seat, so we have to buy a new one. The best one is apparently really expensive. Yikes!

Here is a message from Liza:
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Liza stands now!

Sunday morning Sarah and I had Liza with us before church, and she pulled herself up on some stairs! We were both watching her while she did it, and it was so neat.

This is a picture of the same thing that Sarah took today.

On the move!

Liza isn't crawling yet, but this is how she gets around now. :-)