The Path Less Traveled: Latest on the Baby Front: "I wish I had something really positive and uplifting to post today....However, both on our personal adoption front, those also in the proces..."
My best friend Stephanie's blog regarding her wait at adopting! Click on the link to read her blog...I'm really hoping for them that they're able to adopt & that they don't have to wait too long!!
Thursday, May 26, 2011
Building Permit & Consulting
Building Permit for the New House
On a rare post on an off-Shannon topic; we finally have the building permit for the new house! We meet today with the team to discuss where we'll dig the foundation. Then they will mark the lot & begin to dig! At this point, we're probably 9 months out from the house being completed. The timing will be perfect as it pertains to our rental home. We have this house through the end of March & we don't want to stay any later than that...we also don't really want to be in the position of having to pay a months rent in the rental & a mortgage payment on top of it, but it may be inevitable. From what I understand, our builder (William Buchan) runs very much on time, even a bit ahead of schedule. But it sounds like the timing is going to just about perfect....if we close a bit before we're out of this house, we can move some of the stuff ourselves over time, rather than all at once. We're getting excited & can finally feel like we're not stuck in this small rental where 2 of 4 bedrooms are packed to the ceiling (no exaggeration) with boxes!
one of the 2 bedrooms now serving as storage
Consulting Work
I'm going to begin to do some consulting work for a company called (currently) Ivivi Orthopedics. They are a new company & are a in the midst of changing their name. Their product is actually an existing FDA approved technology from the parent company Ivivi Technologies, but will function autonomously from Ivivi (hence the name change) & only be responsible to Ivivi Technologies for a percentage of their revenue. I have a meeting next week with them to discuss the scope of my projects. This consulting work is also a potential precursor to me working for them on a full time basis if both parties find this mutually beneficial. This will be a good trial fun at re-entering the work force without any strings attached.
Monday, May 23, 2011
We have a walker!
She'd taken a few steps, somewhat on accident in the days leading up to this...but today, we're full on walking! Go Shannon!!
Saturday, April 30, 2011
Happy Birthday Shannon!
How has a year already gone by? Is it even possible? Apparently when people tell you that the first year is gone in a blink of an eye, they aren't lying. As hard as this year has been, I'd do it all over again. Shannon is such a blessing in our lives & love that I get to be home with her to watch it all happen. Kudos to Tom for allowing me to be home with her.
A timeout for a family photo:
My "Sweet Pea" cake before I destroyed it:
Yes, I am into this cake thing:
And I am a mess:
But clean up of the high chair is easy when you a own a Titan:
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Fox Hollow Farm
Today we visited Fox Hollow Farm! It was really fun to watch Shannon look at the animals she's only seen so far in books. She was fascinated by the pigs. The farm is fabulously clean for being a farm. There were peacocks, horses, miniature horses, goats, lambs, goslings, kittens, a puppy, bunnies, even a large Tom turkey! When she's older, they have mini tractors to ride & even pony rides! Here's a sampling of Shannon's visit:
Blogging again
Yes, it has been a while....sorry! We moved into a rental home at the beginning of April, and it has been hectic getting organized. The blog went by the wayside as we organized and settled into our rental home for the year while the new home is being constructed. Here's our rental:
It isn't super fancy & we lost 1,000 square feet of room, but it will suffice for a year. Right now, our "new" home looks like this:
There are homes directly behind our lot...well, there were homes when we bought the lot. They are in the process of tearing the old homes down & a new neighborhood is going to be constructed directly behind us. We are going to be living in construction noise hell for quite sometime I fear. Oh well...nothing like the sound of a nail gun all day long, right? Ugh.
They continue to sell homes & construct in our new neighborhood which will be 38 homes in total. There are only about 6 or 7 at this time that are actually built, and only 1 which has someone living it in it so far. We are a long way away from having that "neighborhood feel" we are moving there for. Fortunately, our rental house is in a wonderful neighborhood that has super neighbors. We can walk to the grocery store, bank, and Starbucks from our house now. That won't be the case when we move unfortunately....but oh well! Here's the neighborhood map of our under construction home (we are "lot 8"). I use the term "under construction" loosely here folks, they just applied for the permit to build on Monday, so it is a field until they get the okay from King County to build.
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