Now that the muzzle has been lifted, I can mention in my blog that we are MOVING TO BOSTON. Life is just going at a crazy pace these days. Trapp and I have visited the the city together twice. We spent one day with a realtor getting a good feel of the immediate surrounding suburbs. Our current plan is to go out, with Hannah, on the weekend of the 5th so we can find a house/condo to rent. We just see no incentive to buy right now in this terrible market, when we don't know very much about the area. So we are looking at apartments in Arlington, Massachusetts. Then we hope to move in some place in the beginning of May. Trapp starts working March 31st, so that will mean 1 month of commuting between 2 cities.

We've shared as much as we can with Hannah at this point- it's hard since we have no dates or concrete details to explain to her. She'll understand soon enough. All she knows now is that they have ballet classes in Boston, and since that is her current passion, she couldn't be happier. She also is excited to go on the plane ride - because they give you snacks and juice on the plane. Easy to please, this one.

Lucy is happily oblivious to the entire transition. She will never even remember the 8 months that she spent living in Flossmoor. But we can remind her later that this is where we saw her first smiles, rolling over, and pulling up. And where she first did the splits- as she did today where her socked feet slowly spread apart on the hard wood floor. She's pretty hilarious these days.