More pictures

Michaela is having fun exploring her new house. She has discovered the joys of Mommy and Daddy's big bathtub and spent some time playing in there yesterday.

One little girl plus one big tub equals lots of fun!


She loves to just turn the faucet on and let the water run over her toes.

We are lucky to have lots of wildlife around our house. These two swans have been hanging out in the lake behind us for the past 3 days now.

This morning Craig saw a fox run through our backyard with a mouth full of food. About an hour or 2 later my mom saw him again. He ran up the side of our house and sat in the plot of land next door. He looked very healthy - just out in search of breakfast I guess.

Finally we have some furniture! My parents somehow managed to put this huge couch and table in the back of their CRV and drive them all the way up. This couch has a long history of traveling. It was Sarah's in Texas throughout med school. I remember spending lots of time on it when I was pregnant and nobody would let me help them move after her graduation. The couch then moved up to New Jersey, where it has been until this past February. Jeff and Sarah were nice enough to drive it down to my parents house so that we could have it. Craig and I think it will be a great addition to what is going to eventually be a library - just as soon as we get some bookshelves.
The cats have adjusted to the new house fairly well. They spend most of the time in the laundry room, where they have their own soft beds to sleep in. Quincy is the only one interested in coming out and exploring the rest of the house. Brody hasn't left the laundry room once. Tiller came out today when I carried her upstairs, but she ran back down to the laundry room within 5 minutes. I guess they're happy there, so I won't force them to change things.

Quincy was happy to explore the deck upstairs. I had to put him away when he decided he would try and jump onto the roof, though.

I'm not sure if there were ducks below, but something caught Quincy's interest.