The big move

Well, it's official. The Rouse family is moving to Richmond. We closed on the new house yesterday. We'll be living in Chester, which is about 12 miles south of Richmond (close to James' office, the airport and closer to Deven...about 1.25 hours which is a HUGE improvement on the 4-5 hr commute from Northern Virginia). The moving van is coming to clean out the Fairfax townhome next Thursday and we'll be officially moved in on Friday, May 21.

I've been really lucky that ACRP has been so open about the move. I'll be starting my telecommuting arrangement on June 1, driving up to the office for important meetings or when needed. The thought of not commuting 1.5 hours to the office EACH WAY gives me butterflies in my belly.

We'll post photos as soon as possible!

7 months

Here are some recent photos of Gwen. Just this morning she pulled herself up to standing in her crib. She's been standing with help for awhile now and pulling herself from laying to sitting but going all the way to standing was big-time for her! Way to go kid!

April Update

Well it's official, the Rouse family is moving to Richmond. Some of my work folks know but the rest will know tomorrow. They have been really cool and are open to a telecommuting arrangement so I'll be able to keep my role but ditch the 1.5 hour (EACH way) commute. YAY!!! The house if half way packed and we can't wait for the moving van to get here on the 20th!

Here are the new digs:

Gwen's 6 months of smiles video montage

Thanks to mom's donation of a mac computer (god I love mac), I was able to get a little creative with our collection of videos...enjoy.

First tooth

Gwen's first tooth surfaced this weekend. James and I were just playing around with her on Friday night and low and behold...the little chomper has broken free! Maybe that's why she's been kinda cranky all week.

Sarah (her nanny) has been doing a great job of working her into solid foods though and now she wolfs down her bananas, beans and sweet potatoes. It still takes her awhile to get used to new flavors but once she does, she's devoted!

Almost crawling

She's working on it!

Solid Food update

We're getting much better! So far we've tried banana's (big fan), an apple/prune mix, a pea/pear/mint mix (big fan) and sweet potatoes (eh, not so much). She's eating about two ice cube sized servings every day mixed in with some cereal and formula. As for finger food...not yet. She does grab at whatever I am putting in my mouth but when we tried little pieces of banana she spit them back out. We'll keep toying with it though.

She's still not a 'neat' eater by any means. When she's done with the food she wipes off her tongue with her hand and then rubs her food laden hand ALL over her face...evidence below.