Things are moving along here in Enschede; I don't know if it's James' presence or that stage after you have moved someplace new but we are beginning to realise how soon we will be leaving- about a year from this December. The sort of longer view that comes with getting older has certainly kicked in- Katharine has always been a big planner but I rarely looked so far down the road until the last few years. Now 2 or even five years seems like nothing at all. We spend a lot of time now planning for potential moves after Katharine defends her thesis.
Before we started this blog while we were waiting for James, in February of 2005 we travelled to Egypt for 2 weeks to visit our friends Brian and Eugenia Cayce. Though Brian was called away to work- we had a great chance to stay with Eugenia in Cairo and travel around the country a bit to see some truly amazing things. I promise I'm working on a short story called 'Wake Up Mohammed!' about taking a taxi through the Sinai desert. I'll let you know when it's published...
I've put up some photos from the trip for several reasons- a lot of our family and friends haven't seen them- and some friends from Alaska are coming through to visit us in December on their way to Africa and wanted a look at our Egypt experience.
In other news, James began taking some solid steps in earnest last week. I'm afraid our enthusiasm may have scared him a bit though, as he still mostly crawls or knee-walks around the house. We have also moved to a single nap a day which is quite a change- still sleeping 14 hours in the night but it completely reorganises your day to have a more energetic baby little guy around. Not quite a self-feeder yet, James has also made great strides with his spoon and sippy cup.
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