With the heavy rain on Saturday, we discovered that our new house--even with its brand new roof--is not, as hoped, impervious to water. Apparently the roof does not slope correctly in one place, so water can pool up and eventually penetrate into the walls. Long story short, we had a big roof leak; lots of drywall is soaked, and we currently have three dehumidifiers in the house running 24/7. Moreover, because it's probably been leaking in the wall ever since the new roof was put up (or even earlier), there's mold. Pfft. All the trouble and expense of moving, and it's just like the old house. Fortunately, our homeowners insurance sent out emergency crews within a few hours, put a tarp on our roof, and set up the aforementioned dehumidifiers. Still, I'm a little worried that Jacob is going to grow up thinking that it's normal to tear out drywall and call out a construction crew every time it rains.
Fortunately, we managed to make up for lost time on Sunday and get a bunch of Christmas-related chores done. So if all goes according to plan, our friends and relatives will be receiving their Christmas cards before the new year. And even better, Grandma and Grandpa were in town for work, so they got to swing by this evening and play with the grandkids. Fun!
This evening, Aaron figured out a new trick—actual crawling. Up until now he's been an expert at "Army crawling," where you drag your body along the ground as you move. Now, it's the real deal:
(Geek note: I love my new phone. It's so easy to take video now. The camcorder was okay, but it was never handy when I needed it, the process of transferring video from the camcorder to computer was slow, and the video files were gigantic. With the phone, it's always in my pocket, it's three clicks to start recording, and the files are reasonably-sized and transfer from the phone to the computer in just a second or two. Apple products are amazing.)
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