...Hello Boulder

(written August 16th, 2011)
Jason arrived in Boulder the night of August 7th and Meggan and Rachel joined him August 12th.  

Now we're here together!  Yay!  'Here' is a house we've rented in the South Boulder community.  It's an older, smaller home on a beautiful tree-lined street not far from trails and open park space.  It's near a major bus intersection so to get downtown is an 8 minute bus ride.  It's about a 30min bus ride for Jason to get to school.

If you want to take a house tour, click here (it's a bit long and shaky - sorry!)

Our moving van has not yet arrived as it broke down before crossing the border.  Yikes!  This has meant a house with no furniture, no linens, no dishes, no pots and pans, no toys, and only the clothes we took with us on our trip.  Rachel has her travel crib but doesn't sleep that well in it, and now can stand herself up in it as a protest to sleeping.  We're very tired of the same 5 books we have read for the last three weeks.  Most of all, we're looking forward to getting her high chair and her nice stroller (we have a $15 small umbrella stroller with us and a BabyBjorn carrier that she's really too big for now).

Rachel is doing a great job of entertaining herself despite very little furniture or clothing.
Check her out n video:

1) playing peek-a-boo with a curtain

2) searching for a cloth during her bath (sorry for the vertical sideways videos)

3) making a walker out of a step stool

We might be a little tired of feeding Rachel on the floor, but she is happy about it!

So far in Boulder, here are some of the great things:
- Jason's school community is great and his staff have been very helpful and welcoming
- Our neighborhood is pretty with lots of green space, big old trees, and the Flatiron Mountains nearby
- There are loads of people out running, biking, walking all the time
- Most businesses and buildings here are committed to being GREEN
- We are figuring out the bus system and Rachel loves standing on the seat and 'bus surfing'
- We have all our favorite stores (REI, Kohls, Whole Foods, Target) in our own city
- The closest two businesses to our house are a library and a grocery store
- There is a very young flavor here, not only with CU campus but also everyone seems young and fit

The Flatiron mountains above our house

So... cross your fingers that the moving truck arrives in a couple days.  Let's hope all of our belongings are safe and that we can magically fit them into this small house.  Let's hope Rachel is good at unpacking and we can keep her happy during the moving in process!  Send us positive vibes for buying a new car without too much trouble so we can be more mobile and explore the area a little bit easier. 


More news soon... promise!