Well it's been seven weeks since my last posting here on 6/13 and in that space of time our lives have been completely transformed! Here's a quick recap to bring you up-to-speed:
6/13 - Sage's first photoshoot with professional photographer who came to our house for an all-day session. Click here for pictures!
6/18 - Went into contract with a buyer for our Menlo Park townhouse - woohoo! Unfortunately buyer wants to move in asap!!! Must find new home and/or apartment pronto.
6/19 - Celebrate Paul's first Father's Day. Definitely not used to it yet...
6/26 - Put down a deposit to reserve for purchase a new construction home in Mountain View. Home will not be built until Jan/Feb 2012. Meanwhile we still spend every weekend looking at comparable home listings and open houses.
6/26 - Celebrate our one-year wedding anniversary with a crockpot dinner at home... yes we cooked!
7/2 - Celebrate Sage's one-month birthday with small family gathering.
7/6 - Contingencies lifted on Menlo Park home - we now have 2 weeks to move out but still no new home or apartment!
7/6 - Sign Purchase Agreement for MV new construction home but with contingency through 7/15 in case Menlo Park home sale falls through. Still looking like crazy at suitable comparables.
7/12 - Host Rajiv Khilnani Art Festival - sadly the last party at our Menlo Park home! Huge thanks to Rajiv for helping sell our home by staging his beautiful art throughout.
Pics: Rajiv Khilnani Art, Wine, & Juice Festival
7/13 - Exhaustive apartment search ends with signed 6-month lease for 1-bedroom, 760 square foot apartment in Sunnyvale.
7/14 - Movers come in the evening and spend 7 hours emptying our townhouse into two large trucks and hauling everything to our new apartment and Shu's parents' garage.
7/20 - Escrow closes on Menlo Park home and buyer takes possession - whew!
7/22 - Submit loan application for MV home for which finance contingency has been extended. Still spending days and weekends looking at comparables.
7/31 - Loan approved and finance contingencies lifted on MV home. After countless prayers and having exhausted a review of all suitable comparables over the past couple months we are satisfied that this is the best home we could find.
So you can see that life has been anything but normal for us not the least due to precious baby Sage bursting on the scene. She is now 9 weeks old and learning to roll with wherever we take her as long as she has a ready supply of milk and lots of clean diapers. Here's a list of some of her favorite things:
* Talking with mom, dad, and anyone who will listen
* Listening to dad play guitar and even singing along
* Visiting grandma and grandpa
* Studying her mobile when she should be sleeping
* Sitting and bouncing in her Bjorn Bouncer
* Looking at herself in the mirror
Yes, people find it hard to believe that she "talks" but she incredibly started very young at less than one month old! She converses using her own baby words and language. Here are some video demonstrations from before we moved out of our Menlo Park home:
Video: Talking with dad at 6 weeks
Video: Sage discussing upcoming move
Video: Sage on moving day
We wish to say thanks to all those who have supported us during these crazy first couple months of Sage's life with your encouragement, prayers, and practical help.
A huge thanks to mom and dad who helped us with the whirlwind packing and moving and helping take care of Sage through all our house and apartment hunting appointments.
And we especially enjoyed the home-cooked meals lovingly prepared and personally delivered by Judy & Brooke Hobbs, Cindy & Rob Luenberger, Wendy & Jeff Lui, Susan & Alex Van Riesen, Ines Shih and Cinthia & Allen Lee.
Love and hugs,
Paul, Shu and Sage
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