Moving day Part I. This weekend we began the process of moving from one apartment to another (literally across the backyard). The new apartment will give us some extra room. With a fleet of friends we were able to move our heaviest furniture as well as various geological neccessities, including the phenomenally heavy card catalog pictured above. Thanks to all our great friends for their help! Morgan, at the close of our 27th week, was able to provide guidance like a champ on Saturday and today we spent the afternoon cleaning the grime of the years.
Morgan in our new kitchen. Look at all those great cabinets and counters!
Here is a draft view of our new dining room digs.
This evening we completed our move. We now live in only one apartment - thank goodness - and a chaotic one at that! This photo was taken in the calm before the storm this past Saturday morning before we finished moving over the rest of our stuff. Thanks to all our friends and family for their help lugging and cleaning stuff this past month.
Morgan in our new apartment at the end of our 29th week. We're thrilled to now be living in an apartment where we can actually have orchids in the shower. Maybe now we won't deprive them of water and sunlight and they can thrive! 
Paul's parents (Al and Jill) and Morgan's mom (Candace) converged in Chicago to help us settle into our new place. They did a heroic job cleaning the new kitchen, hanging pictures, repotting and arranging plants and keeping our morale up with delicious meals! Here are Al and Jill on the back porch of our new place; Candace was able to evade the watchful lens.
