Packing up...

Stace and I are excited to say, we are selling our condo! May the house-hunt begin! You might remember, we were in escrow initially in April, but that fell through. Our new buyers came to look in July, and we are set to close tomorrow (Friday). We have been busy all week, packing and moving loads of boxes to my parents' "storage facility," the lean-to on the side of their garage. Thanks, Mom and Dad! We will be moving into a small apartment Friday and Saturday, which hopefully will be a brief stay until we find the right house. We are really looking forward to having a third bedroom, a back yard (garden) and a garage where Stace can set up a workbench.
As you can see from the photos, Cora and Somer are helping a lot with the packing. In the second photo, Cora took it upon herself to move all the toiletries we've set aside in boxes into a suitcase. She's also (tried to) pack the cornstarch and baking powder into a box Stace was putting the VCR and DVD player into, and she's removed all my shoes from my shoe storage unit. We noticed Wednesday she was much more affectionate and huggy than she has been recently - a welcome change, but most likely evidence that she's a bit unsure of what's going on. I have told her that we'll be saying "bye bye" to the house, and she will look around and wave.
The last photo shows our treat the other night after an evening of moving activity - ice cream at McDonalds. It was Cora's first time, and she of course enjoyed it greatly.