Aaaand, we're back!

It's official, we live in Kentucky. You could say we eased ourselves into our new resident status as first, Annie and I flew with Roscoe, were joined by Jay and Mason the next day (who went by car) and proceeded to stay in a hotel for 5 days until we could move into our real address. But we did it and bought a car (at a rock-bottom price, thank you very much) and got our licences AND kept most of our sanity in tact! My organizational skills have suffered however as you'll see there is no photo associated with this post (I'll edit later from my laptop on which said pictures are stored and rectify), but we wanted to let everyone know we're safe and sound and Annie is absolutely LOVING her backyard, and the mosquitoes are absolutely LOVING Annie. I think we'd have to dip her head to toe in Deet to get this kid to avoid a bite, but she doesn't seem to mind, so we'll soldier on. Annie got to see her first fireflies and sparklers last night in celebration of the 4th of July. America the Beautiful, indeed.

We love the house. It was built in the 1920s, so there are those 1920s things we have to deal with, like oddly shaped rooms, electrical outlets with just two prongs, and squeaky stairs, only one working phone jack, but the important things have been updated, like the kitchen and downstairs windows and the basement is somewhat finished so we're not complaining at all. I mean, I have a deck people... A DECK!

From first impressions it seems we'll have a lot to keep us busy in Louisville. Annie and I already have started a music class, continuing her Music Together stint she started when she was a babe in Houston. I was impressed by how quickly she took to the class here. We've met Jay's coworker's family who was kind enough to invite us over to their house yesterday for the obligatory 4th of July BBQ even though they just had a baby 6 weeks ago (I know!), and it was GOOD. So we're slowly but surely settling in and promise to post photos of the new digs once we get everything put away. We're almost there. In fact, and some friends will not be at all surprised to read this, we've even HUNG THINGS ON THE WALL! Please, keep your applause down, Annie's sleeping.