Our New Building

The reality of moving into our new building really sank in today, with people starting to box up all their belongings for our move, that will take place on Wednesday of this week. I thought I'd snap a few pictures of our new building to post. It doesn't really look like the building is ready to move into, but we are moving into the lowest level, which was all they were going to construct, initially. That construction was almost finished when the decision was made to build it to it's full height now, with interior construction that could be delayed somewhat.


Here's a pic snapped from the Northeast:




And, here's another shot taken from the Northwest:




My last picture was taken of the entrance that we will be using for now to access the building. There's lots of scaffolding in this area. I'm not sure what it's there for, or for how long it will be there. This should be very impressive to any VIPs we bring into the building. I hope they don't make us wear hardhats to come in and out.



I've posted pics of this bulding previously. If you want to see them, they are day 85, day 225, day 256, and day 289. If you want to see the construction cam, you can see it here.

Pile Of Bricks

This is where a house once stood. The bricks are about all that remain now. I suspect that if they are not disturbed, they will still be here for many more years to come.

Today vs. One Year Ago

Tonight, I took another picture similar to the one I started this blog with, slightly more than one year ago. In all this time, we've only given her hair one light trimming and her hair is starting to get really long. And, even though we thought she was the cutest baby ever back then, she just keeps getting cuter all the time!



And, here's the picture I took last year to start off this blog.

Day 366

Tonight, we went to see The Peking Acrobats.The show was great and we really enjoyed it. They didn't allow flash photography, so I had to meter all my shots manually, and use a much slower shutter speed. This pic included 3 lions and a giant ball, that later on, had 2 of the lions balancing upon it.



Since this is day 366, I have completed a full year. My plan for this blog is to continue posting pictures here, on a frequent basis. But, I'm not going to go to extremes to make sure I post everyday. In the future, I plan to post some larger pictures with bigger thumbnails, and will sometimes post more than one picture, changing the format of my posts, somewhat. I'm also planning on taking another picture similar to my day 1 post, to show the difference in how Alyssa looked one year ago compared with how she looks now.

Day 365

Today, I snapped a picture of Alyssa in the bathtub. In this picture, she's leaning her head back in the water, to get it wet, so Shawn can wash it.

Day 364

Today, I snapped a picture of a complete set of 50 state quarters. I've collected 4 sets in all. One set is for Alyssa. I've saved one for each of my 2 boys. And, the last set is for Shawn and me. We plan on travelling to every state, and spending each one, in the state it's from.

Day 363

Tonight, I snapped a picture of Alyssa's messy face, after having some ice cream.