You can call me Dr. Kater...

[Rachel]

GREAT PHOTO. I love the documentation of such significant events by pictures. The thrill of this one should last for a long, long time. You go girl!

[Kater]

Now you need to start figuring the distance from Ft. Collins to Findlay, Ohio for Memorial Day Weekend 2009! Congratulations again, it's very exciting for all of us, so I imagine it's over-the-moon exciting for you!

That sounds like a plan to me! Let's see here....1,266 miles. Doable!

Are you bringing Kirk with you?

Yup! I've already bought his airline crate and am getting him used to it. I'll be flying him direct from Honolulu to Denver on United Airlines (this is really my only choice). It looks like we are going to have to send him unaccompanied though. We haven't got all the details ironed out, so maybe things will change. I'm *trying* not to stress about it too much so far in advance, but the whole thing makes me quite nervous.

Thank you all so much for your kind words! I am still walking around in gleeful disbelief!