Yeah, time to post, I think.... though last I checked, I'm doing better than my buddy Mark. His last post, last time I looked, is nearly 1.5 years old at this point. :)

So, we have moved. I accepted a job with Kinder Morgan and we completed the move to the Charleston, SC, area on June 30. I just today got our computer up and running as we had to purchase a new desk (craigslist is awesome, btw). We live just outside Charleston, in Goose Creek, and we seem to be about 20 minutes from everything... except work. Takes me about 30 - 35 minutes to get in every morning, depending on traffic at Ashley Phosphate and a couple other spots. Not too bad.

The whole move process was pretty amazing. Our house in Radford sold in about a day. We found a house down here on our first trip. Everything really fell into place nicely. It is amazing what our Heavenly Father will do for us when we trust Him and leave things in His hands.

Ian continues to do well, and has finally started potty training!!! He got going yesterday a little bit, but he was very nervous about going potty in the potty the first time. Took a lot of coaxing. Today was better (but not perfect). He went three times in the potty and had three 'accidents', but one of those was with a pull-up on. None of the three mishaps were disastrous, as he caught himself going each time and told us. We promised him a Thomas the Tank Engine train table when we completes the potty training task, and for starting, we went to Target last night and bought Molly, the yellow engine (he chose it).

We visited Atlanta this past Wednesday to see the group at CHOA. Ian truly doesn't mind going there, except having labs drawn. But then, most kids don't like needles. The staff is good there and Ian does pretty well with things overall. Bribery is also effective (jelly beans and chocolate during the drawing of labs). His labs came back and his score is a 7, meaning he stays low on the list. This is a plus, especially right now.

Elaine is expecting!!! I don't remember if I put this out there before or not, but we will have a little girl join us in October. Ian is... well... let's call it cautiously excited. I don't think he has much of a feel for what is happening yet there, except that Momma cannot pick him up anymore and has to have him climb up to hold him. I do think that after the first round of green eyed monster passes, he'll be a great helper and great brother. We are calling this baby 'Pat' until she is born and gets a real name. We are pretty close to decided on that name, but won't reveal that until she's born. Pat was chosen as the temporary name when we didn't still know whether the baby was a boy or girl, so it could have gone to Patrick or Patricia. For informational purposes, we called Ian 'Sam' until a couple days after he was born (Samuel or Samantha).

So, why do we try to pile as much as possible into short time periods (move, baby, etc in 2008 for us)?