Saturday, January 19, 2008

The house is sold

For those stalking the blog thinking we've gone a bit quiet, we've sold the house, moved into Ellen and Dan's (this was in order to sell the house, and it worked with such power and might!) We've been here a week now, there are very few boxes still visible and we are living pretty comfortably. Ellen and Dan have what amounts to a 2 bed flat upstairs and we have the same down stairs. Major differences, they have the big bedroom and en suite where we have the big kitchen downstairs - our bedroom was their dining room and Leon's room was the Study. It's extraordinarily generous of them and so far it's working well.
Leon is loving it. He gets lots of attention and can choose between more adoring cuddles than normal. He can now say Nana and Grumps is Da where Toby is Dada I think. I'm Mumumuma mostly. He points at what he wants and says pweee, which may be please but I am aware that would be extraordinarily good so it may be a coincidence. He babbles alot and is very chatty. He can get downstairs backwards with supervision. His eating skills are improving, he can handle a fork better than a spoon as the stuff tends to stay better and now his cold has cleared up, his appetite is through the roof. Still only the 6 teeth so he's doing well to eat all that he does - we still mash stuff a bit but he can stuff a lump of cooked carrot in the size of his cheek and somehow it gets chewed and disappears.
Now that we've sold, we are seriously looking for something to buy. One particular place has caught our fancy right on the outskirts of Ely. We are still doing a few viewings and comparisons but so far, this seems to be the best for us. It's very dated (Mediterranean 80's/90's I'd guess - Dark brown bathroom suite with sauna style walls and roof) but in very good decorative order. It needs a new boiler fairly soon but the rest is all liveable for now. I would want to get rid of the false beams in the living room - 2by4 stained and screwed to the ceiling - fortunately the ceiling is not textured that's a nice thing :) It has a lovely fireplace and gas fire.
Newbie is moving around in my tummy now. With so much going on it's only really last thing at night when I lie down and Newbie starts moving around that Toby and I can think about our next member of the family. End of this month we will know if all is well and if Newbie is a boy or a girl. I'm more aware of being pregnant with the occasional morning sickness and propensity to doze off at any opportunity, not to mention the expanding tummy.
I'm in the office/Leon's bedroom where the PC is. I can hear him purring and occasionally grunting, fast asleep. Better leave him to it.

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