The chaos of life

Things are nuts right now. Calvin and I leave Pasadena on Tuesday and nothing is packed. But we have boxes, so that's a start! My parents are driving down even as I write to help with Calvin, help pack up, and drive us back to Washington, which is great because we sold our car!!! Yay!!! That was a big relief. So we'll spend the next month hanging out with family in Washington all footloose and fancy free.

Here is what our house looks like right now ...

We have been selling off the bulk of our furniture on craigslist so we're getting used to living without some of the normal things of day to day life ... like a kitchen table. We're definitely in a period of transition.

But luckily Calvin is as happy as ever and doesn't seem to notice the mess around him. Here are some of his "new things".

Well, not new, but he still loves "helping" with the laundry and going for rides in the basket.

He is growing, growing, growing! He has also realized that he can reach the piano!

He is also pulling up on everything he can and beginning to take assisted steps! Crazy how quickly it has happened.

He can now reach the third shelf ... which means I need to pack that shelf up now.

Just thought this was cute ... man we love this kid.