4 months of wonder and joy!

Happy 4 monthiversary little boo! We love you!

This is Liam wearing his new outfit from Great Aunt Marie! Thanks Aunt Marie! Get well soon--we are thinking about you!

love,

b, s, l

For Sale: House in Buffalo Grove!

New Adventures

Well, this year is in its last few weeks of being and a new year is on the horizon--one that will bring big changes to the Raymond household. Scott was offered a job in Indianapolis with Forsythe Racing (Paul Tracy's team), so we are packing up and moving! We have lived in our little now-fixed-up home for 20 months and we are leaving it behind for a bigger house with a yard! The cost of living in Indianapolis is much much less, so we are happy to get more bang for our buck. Scott's deal includes moving expenses, which is lovely, so we'll be looking to get this place packed up and shipped to our new home, once we have one!

But as we pack up and head 'south', we are moving away from such good people that we have been lucky to befriend. Sheri, Nancy, Stu, and all of the crew, past and present, at Baker (oh yeah, I resigned last week--otherwise, that would be one crazy commute!), the Newman-Haas wives, Scott's colleagues, and my dear friend Anna and her son Ben, who became our weekly rendezvous partners at the greatest child-friendly spots around town. :(

This past week, Scott and I have been meeting with realtors, doing some last minute renovations on the house and Scott has been finishing up at Newman-Haas, writing a manual on "how to be Scott Raymond" so they can continue on in their engineering ways without too much difficulty. (although, we all know they will be completely useless without Scott...heh heh...any bets that Forsythe will win the championship next year?)

Even amidst all of the busy-ness, Liam, the little champ that he is, has been gung-ho in learning and laughing as always. His latest tricks are playing with his toes and blowing zzerberts (AKA raspberries). He's so gifted.

With all of the cold weather, it was bound to snow--and snow it did!! Here's Liam in his snow suit experiencing his very first taste of the cold stuff.

Such a good little Canamerican. Speaking of which, we applied for Liam's Canadian citizenship on Friday, via mail, so hopefully soon he will be a little card-carrying Canadian! We received his American passport last week, so our trip to Ottawa over Christmas is good to go. We will be in Ottawa from the 19th to the 3rd and we are so looking forward to spending some time with our families and we would also love to have the chance to catch up with all of our old friends! We are planning a short overnight trip to Montreal on the 21st, if all goes well, so stay tuned Montreal friends for some fun plans!

Well, I believe my little guy is awake from his nap. Ha--I was supposed to be doing laundry during this break...ah well. Laundry schmaundry. Clean clothes are over-rated.

Happy Weekend! Stay warm!

love

b