So long GAO

Today is Ian's last day at GAO. We went to see him at work today, to play at the building museum next door and to load up the stuff from his office. The girls were excited to see him at work, to be able to have lunch with him and to explore the museum.
The GAO has been good to us. It was what brought us to northern Virginia, it provided Ian with a great work schedule so he could be home in the evenings to see the girls each and every night and the travel was very limited. It allowed him to work from home when I needed him to and take time off when our girls were born.
But now it is on to a new chapter. He starts work at the Department of Transportation on Tuesday. Travel will be even less, hopefully his commute will be about the same and his hours will pretty much not change. We are excited for the change of pace and some of the other perks will help us out as our family grows this fall.
So for those of you who are keeping track of the changes going on in our house over the coming months, a new job for Ian can be checked off. Next on the list (in no particular order): take care of sick dog, find and get new home that can fit our brood, see if our car can actually fit 3 carseats then (a) buy such carseats or (b) buy new car or (c) refuse to leave the house until we can afford new car, rent out condo to reliable and respectable renter, decide if Lucy will go to kindergarten in one or two years, and oh yeah, have a baby in mid-September. Checking something off the list feels pretty good, but no time to celebrate, time to move on to the next order of business.