10 Month Roundup
02 Jul 2013 2 Comments
in 10th Month, 1st Year
Sorry for not updating as often as we should be. You know… Moving to another state, new job, baby, life… Anyway, here are a few pictures inbetween those busy times.
Swim Lessons
18 Jun 2013 3 Comments
Well, since we have a nice big pool now, we figured it’d be prudent to get Isaac into swim lessons ASAP. We signed up for a little two-week “water familiarization” class at a local public pool. Isaac is having a great time in the water! I took some photos at today’s class and, though I haven’t actually post-processed them at all, I’m sharing them.
Please excuse the bad focus, spotty white balance and odd lighting. Indoor pools are notoriously hard places to get good photos in the first place. I was also using a friend’s camera (and 70-200 f/2.8 lens!) and I’m not used to Canon’s system.
– Papa-D
Time Flies!
08 Apr 2013 Leave a Comment
They went from just idly lying next to one another at 5-mo-old to having deep, inciteful conversations with one another at 8-mo-old. *sigh* Oh how time flies!
Isaac’s First Haircut
22 Mar 2013 1 Comment
I got sick of Isaac’s comb-over and, since his new hair is all in now, decided to cut it. Now we have the same haircut!
– Papa-D
Viva (en) Las Vegas!
21 Mar 2013 4 Comments
SolarCity, the company where I have worked for almost two years now, is expanding into Las Vegas, Nevada. Our headquarters in San Mateo, CA is overflowing and several departments will be expanded into the new office. As part of that expansion, they are offering some great incentives to get existing employees out there to spread the culture and help get a critical mass from Day 1.
Well, my department is one that is expanding. Jenny and I thought a lot about it and have decided to accept the offer to move.
It makes a lot of sense for us for a lot of reasons. The biggest reason is that, between real estate prices in Vegas being amazingly low right now and the incentives being offered by SolarCity, we will be living quite comfortably out there. We can get a beautiful, large home in a safe, quiet neighborhood with good schools. We can send Isaac to all the additional schooling and lessons he needs or wants. We can provide him the opportunity to grow up without us worrying whether we’re going to be able to make rent after repairing the car.
We can do all this on my salary alone, but Jenny does still want to work. She decided to interview at SolarCity and has been offered a position as well!
I just got back from a scoping trip with about 30 co-workers and I’m even more excited now that I have a better idea of what the real Las Vegas (the part off the strip) is all about. Jenny and I are now pre-approved for a home loan and will be flying out there for another scoping trip in the next few weeks. The move should happen before June 1 (though the date isn’t finalized yet).
We are both really excited about this move and all the opportunities it will provide. We are going to miss the Bay Area, but we’re looking forward to this adventure! (Speaking of adventure, check this out!)
– Papa-D