Welcome to Walden! (Photos to follow)

Well, I realized I never post because I'm always trying to make time to get some photos uploaded, and I know you all look forward to the pictures the most, but I have got to finally post an update of what is happening in the Kovacs household.

First, we made it to Colorado! We arrived in Walden last Wednesday after 4 grueling days on the road. Kevin's mom came with us and was an absolute lifesaver. I don't know what we would have done had we not had that extra set of hands at all the rest stops to help with the girls and the dogs. Kevin drove the moving truck and trailer while me, Grandma Sue, Elise, Linnaea, and the dogs were packed into the Subaru. Thankfully, we don't have any exciting stories from the road which is exactly how we like it.

So now we're in Walden and what have we been up to? Well, the house we are renting is really big and has a great backyard. The girls have their own toy room next to their bedroom, we have a separate computer room, large living room, and a good sized bedroom and guest bedroom. We do have 2 bathrooms, one even has a groovy green toilet. We have a REALLY nice park 2 blocks away and a public swimming pool and library that we have yet to visit. Our phone guy has already offered to take us fly fishing, which we are really excited about. Kevin LOVES his new job but has been working really long days so they can show him all of the sites he needs to be familiar with. Once September comes he'll be stuck in the office so the days will become more reasonable.

Now...all the things that Linnaea and Elise have been up to! Elise has been waving "ba-ba" for quite a while now, and she continues to do it to every single car and motorcycle that passes our house (we get a bit of traffic since we're right on Highway 14). Both girls want to know what EVERYTHING is by pointing and asking "Ba?" or "Ga?". We taught them about bellybuttons about a month ago and were having so much fun with that that we forgot to move on to the other body parts. So just this week they've learned hair, nose, ear, and toes. Sometimes when Elise is trying to remember toes, she'll put her hands to her hair really fast before she puts them to her toes. They aren't saying any words besides bye-bye but they recognize all sorts of things like window, shoes, juice, milk, peas, cheese, etc. They play with everything in the house except their toys. Favorite things include shoes, underwear, boxes, and any sort of bottle from the refrigerator. They are finally getting their molars in which explains why they have been taking turns waking up and screaming every night.

I really hope to post a bunch of pictures and a video soon but I will at least try to post smaller updates so they don't become so lengthy.