We Have Arrived!

So even though he left Georgia about 15 hours before we did, 

Jackson and I still made it to Westfield 2 hours before Bill. 

Thank you (again) for driving the truck, Billy! While we waited for  

him to arrive, we checked out our new place. Jackson had a 

blast running around the empty rooms and exploring his new digs.

The sunroom (a.k.a. Jackson's future playroom)

Peeking into his new room...

Obviously, the bathroom

The living room

Bill arrives with the truck!

Time to get to work...

Leaving Georgia

Playing "motobikes" on the truck.

Jackson had fun walking up and down 

the moving truck ramp.

An empty house...

Crap! We forgot the wall clock.

Goodbye 11o4 Havel Drive

Can you tell we are exhausted and 

only halfway done with the move?

While Dada hits the road with the big truck,

Jackson and I jet up in style. Thank you Bill! 

Can you imagine 15 hours on the road with a crazy toddler man?

Here he is on the plane, very excited for take off.

Saying Goodbye (sniff!)

So I am going to backtrack a bit and post some pictures of our move and saying goodbye to friends. We miss you already!

Bye Carly!

Bye Emma!

Group shot of Jackson's kickball buddies

More neighborhood kids

Another update from NJ

The move went well and we are all settled in. It was 5 degrees yesterday but who's counting? Boxes (and boxes) have been unpacked and now we just need to hang pictures and that sort of thing. Jackson is very happy in the new space and so are we. A special thanks to Anna, Nick, Mom and George for coming to Westfield to help us unload the truck and get organized. We are feeling settled and comfortable in our new place thanks to you! We will have the internet on Thursday so will post some pics soon.

Almost Outta Here...

After 3 long days and nights of packing and loading a 24 foot truck, we have left 1104 Havel Drive. Bill is bravely driving the truck to NJ tonight and tomorrow (its a 15 hour drive!). His "co-pilot" (or should I say First Officer) is Jackson's oversized stuffed bear that many of you may have seen before. Jackson and I are staying with our friends The Smarts tonight and will fly up tomorrow. It is a bittersweet goodbye. We will miss our house and our friends so much. Thank you to all of our friends who stopped by this week to wish us well. We love you and will miss you! A special shout out to the guys who came by to help with the heavy lifting - John, Kevin and Preston. I got some really cute pics of Jackson with the neighborhood kids but I have NO idea which box my camera wire is in...will have to post those later!

Jersey Guidos

I don't know who these guys are but hopefully Jackson won't look like this someday.

NJ Here We Come!

Well it is official. We are moving to Westfield, NJ at the end of this week. As many of you know, Bill was hired by Continental Airlines on Oct. 1 and we have been doing the long distance thing for 3 months now. It has been incredibly hard on all of us so we are psyched to be together again as a family. Westfield is an amazingly nice town about 15 miles from Newark Airport where Bill is based. We'll be living in a 3 bedroom (1 bath!) apartment within walking distance to town and shops, the pool, playgrounds, YMCA, train to Manhattan, etc. We'll be 1.5 hours from my family in NY and CT. Here is one picture of our place taken from the kitchen and looking into the dining, living room and sunroom. I will post more pictures once we get there. The landlord was making some changes and painting when we first saw the place. Its going to be an adjustment but we are excited about it. Of course, we will miss our GA friends SO MUCH. Please stop by this week to help us pack I mean SEE US.

See, it does SNOW in Georgia!

We got snow twice this week. Very unusual and very exciting! Jackson is used to snow by now and likes it when we make a "no-man" (snowman). Here are the pics to prove that it does snow in Marietta, GA!

Ikea = FUN

Looking for a cheap playdate (if you don't shop too much)?  Head to Ikea! They have a great kid's play area plus the Swedish Meatballs are so yummy...

Here are Jackson and Carly having a blast!

Fun at the Park

Happy Birthday to Bill!

We had a nice warm weekend here so Jackson and I were outside alot. We spent Sunday morning at the park with Emma, Claire and Sara. 

Happy 2008!

We are back from our holiday travels and had a blast in NY/CT/PA visiting family. We got to see a lot of Bill which was very nice. Jackson did all kinds of fun things. He got his first professional haircut, played in the snow, made cookies with Nana, met his new cousin Sophie, spent time with his great-grandparents, He was not interested in sitting on Santa's lap so you won't see any of those pictures but he did get some great gifts for Christmas like a wooden train set, a tractor, books and lots of his favorite things - cars and trucks.

We are out of town!

Just wanted to let everyone know we haven't been blogging because we are in NY/CT visiting family for the holidays. Bill is now flying out of Newark so we get to see him more while we are up here. We will be home after Christmas and can't wait to see our Georgia friends!

Fun with Emma (and Claire)

Here are Jackson and Emma goofing off at Chick Fil-A. They get pretty silly when they are together. I had to end the photo shoot when they started shrieking at the top of their lungs at the table...

Luckily, Emma's little sister Claire (5 weeks) slept peacefully through the noise.

Turkey Day 07

Thanksgiving was great! Bill was home for 3 nights and we celebrated at home just the three of us. We had the big meal on Wednesday instead of Thursday so Bill could take advantage of the leftovers situation before going back to work on Friday. It was so warm that we ate outside on the screen porch! Jackson loves his "Da-da" time!!

New Paint!

We just had the exterior of the house painted and are loving the new neutral look! Here is the "before" picture.

After

The Grandmas are Back in Town!

Since I had Opera events last week, both Grandmas came into town to help with Jackson. First came Nana from NY and then Grandma from Colorado. It was great! Jackson loved visiting with his outdoorsy Grandmas and we did some fun things like go to the zoo and hit the local playgrounds.