Updates

Sorry I have been so bad about this. The new house is keeping us very busy, then I get home and just want to sleep.
Baby Update:
Layden is crawling quite well. There is room for improvement but it certainly gets him where he wants to go (aka where we don't want him to go). He is also starting to pull himself up to standing and climbing. His current favorite activity is open and closing cabinet doors. Open... shut... open... shut... He also likes playing with the stereo. Hopefully at the new house it will either get placed out of his reach or in a cabinet whose doors can be shut when it is turned on with out over heating it. He still enjoys his jumper but unfortunately he doesn't seem to be content in it while we are working any more. This makes it impossible for me to get any work done on my own, there has to be someone to babysit. Our friend Lisa has been generously watching hime while we work for nothing but a warm fuzzy feeling and food. Sadly, for us, she is on vacation now. Layden seems to enjoy hanging out with her and he really likes petting the neighbors' cat when it visits. Actually he doesn't enjoy petting it, he enjoys ripping out its hair. Lately he has been doing this thing where he tilts his head to the side. I thought it might be an ear infection so just in case we got up early and went in to the Dr.'s this morning. Not an ear infection. It would appear that our parenting style is actually managing to give our child a nervous tic.
House Update:
Sadly there is less to report than we would like but that seems to be the nature of home repairs (I don't like to call it remodeling because that is much scarier). We have all the materials we need to tile the kitchen counter top and floor. That will most likely be a two-three day job and will hopefully be done before we leave on vacation (Jakob/Becky this is a hint at what you will be doing while you visit). The wood floor is about half-way sanded and when that is finished we can start putting the oil on. That will be about a three day process (method we will be using).
Oli has gotten past one electrical obstacle but has found another, our bedroom light won't turn on, it used to, now it doesn't. I need to start packing now, so little time left, so much to do.
Today we went to some garage sales. We weren't as successful as we could have been because we do not have the dedication. We were not out at 7:00 scoping all the sales as they set up, ready to pounce on the best deals as soon as they opened. Instead we are the kind of garage salers that work night shift and get off at 7:30 am/have a 6 month old that keeps them up until 11:00 pm. But we did manage to find a nice set of recycling bins at one (3 stacking bins with lids for $4). Then at another Oli found some light switches he will probably use for the basement, a switch/outlet cover that will replace the one I stepped on and broke, a tie down, cabinet magnet doo-hickeys (they had something that actually had "hickey" as part of the name), and best of all a solid wood, mahogany veneer entry door with nice hardware and a storm door for $20. It is 35 13/16" and the current door is 35 10/16" so it is a bit bigger but hopefully that either won't be a problem or at the least not too much trouble to fix. It is a good solid door in good condition and if we decide it won't work or we would rather have one with windows, well atleast we didn't spend too much on it and the hardware is salvagable.