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Moving On Over

As some of you probably already know, we are selling our house and buying a new one. Since we won't be able to hop right from old to new, we are sliding into a temporary house that's still out in West Philly. The big move out of the old house happened the weekend after Thanksgiving. While Zoe hung out at Mimi and Joe Pop's, Cheryl and I made sure that she came into the new house in a welcoming way. Once big change was that we said goodbye to her crib and moved her all the way up into a big girl bed. Here's what things look like right now.



The first two pictures with the purple bed are Zoe's new, temporary playroom. She is sharing it with Cheryl's clothes in the closet, but she has plenty of space to play and the TV is all set and ready to go. The next two pictures with the pink bed are Zoe's new, temporary bedroom. She has her big girl bed and a large bookcase for her books and clothes and other knickknacks. The last one is the living room, which still needs to have some stuff put away, but looks pretty good already.

Cheryl and I were both ecstatic that Zoe seemed to really like her "new" house and was happy and positive about the transition. The next day we took some time to build an early gingerbread house. I put the house together and we all did some decorating. Some of us ate more decorations than we applied to the house, but that's just how these construction jobs go some times.



The end result looked great. I think it is our best house to date. Now we just have to wait and see how long it lasts.

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