This is Lilly, our friend J.'s first baby. We went out to lunch with J. and her husband. These first-time parents tucked her right into the front pack and sat with us in a restaurant for almost 4 hours without batting an eyelash or panicking for a moment. I could only hope to be so chill as a new parent. Lilly charmed everyone in sight.

This is Ella, our friend Jill's third baby (second girl). I've used a picture of these two cuties together so you can get a sense of the size of these cheeks. She is officially the fattest baby I have ever known. She comes with the added bonus of being related to these two awesome kids: Home again Saturday night and to pack our fool heads off.

I didn't think I was quite ready to leave our cute apartment and our cute neighborhood until the floor started shaking from the bass downstairs for the 900th time this month and someone who shall remain nameless had to physically restrain me from going downstairs for the 899th time this month to ask them to turn down the freakin' music so that the windows won't break in their panes.

Ahem.

The condo closing is scheduled for Thursday... if all goes well, we'll be homeowners in less than 72 hours. Holy cow.

A more substantial post to come, as soon as I find my brain. I seem to have packed it.