and we now return you to the show...

Sorry for the extended absence. I have been gallivanting around the country and just haven't had time to squeeze in a post. Plus, other than a new tooth coming in, not much has changed with Gavin. Of course, I say "not much" but that is because I see him daily, but to others he may have changed tremendously. I will try to get some new photos up this week . . . finally managed to empty the memory card on the camera and so now have space for 1300 new photos. Yippee!

So, sorry to disappoint, but there are no images of Gavin in this post. But July will be different!

This post is geared towards Gavin's future home in Austin--well, at least the place we are going to rent. I have included a few photos for your viewing pleasure. We are pretty excited about the move and about landing this place. It was quite a drawn out process as there were lease applications and background checks and references and so on. A little more "business" than we are used to coming from our renting experiences in Jacksonville and then Highland and then down here. But everything checked out well and we have been approved as renters. Now we just have to sign the lease and we at least have a residence for a year.

The house is about 15 miles North of campus, up near Dell's headquarters (yes, recently learned that Michael Dell, founder of Dell, is a UT graduate), and it is located to a much larger array of options than we are used to . . . including a variety of shopping, a short jaunt to a Tanger Outlet Mall, and pretty much every dinner option you can imagine (especially when considering that downtown Austin restaurant options are only a 25 minute drive). Plus, it is conveniently near several major routes around the area, so we should have no trouble accessing the plethora of options to explore in and around Austin.

Beyond that, all is well here in the land of Gavin. He is still quite a bit wobbly in his attempts at walking, but soon he will take off on his own and we will have to cover everything with Nerf. He also still refuses to crawl, but can "scootch" with the best of them.

In terms of Nikki and myself, we are slowly beginning our packing adventures -- primarily still in that collecting boxes stage, but we do have quite a mounting collection. And in just under a month from now we will be nearing the end of our long drive down to our new residence and begin the process of getting settled there. But I will do my best to stay more up-to-date with the posts . . . hopefully no more two-week lags.