And now we wait

The sellers are apparently familiar with Scott's negotiating strategies, since we've now been waiting since about 10 AM for a response to our offer on a house. Not too surprising they didn't immediately come back with an enthusiastic accept, since we made a pretty low offer, at least from their perspective. :)

After looking at about 35 houses, narrowing our search down to 5, and then to the final 2, we made an offer on a 4-bedroom house in a neighborhood that appears to be filled with kids. It has the floor plan we (mostly I, probably) wanted - the kitchen flows into the eat-in area and then into the family room. We'll fill you in more if we actually get the house; for now - here are some pictures of the front and the backyard (and the neighbors' yards). Check out the pitcher's rubber (there's also a home plate out of sight) - somehow I don't think we'll be taking that out!

In other news, Zach has come down with his first cold in a long time, and has a non-stop runny nose. I think I'm getting it too - whoo hoo. Scott got to spend a beautiful Sunday at work today, the first day of a week-long training session, complete with all sorts of schmoozing dinners and a booze cruise. Since I've had to create those types of training programs, I can say I'm glad it's him and not me. :)

We're going to have to find a way to get some video out here soon, as some of Zach's pronunciations of new words are pretty goofy. He has trouble with Ls, Ss, and Fs, and replaces them with a "y" sound. So lake is "yake", sock is "yock", and for some reason, phone is "yoon". Our favorite, however, has to be "blueberries". Yep ... he says it "boobies".