Our lives in boxes

This is what our house is beginning to look like, a collection of bowes in various places, empty looking walls, and a general sense of disorder is lurking about.
We're moving!
Alex and I made the decision to move back up to St. Denis to be closer to his job, the commute has been killing his back and the time spent going to and fro everyday is a waste of an hour and a half. We've become accustomed to living here in St. Gilles, and love it so much that we're sad to leave. However, we're contemplating the idea of buying a small place near the sea to be able to spend our weekends at the beach here. It's a good time to buy, and since we're only looking for something small, (but in a great location so as to sell it later when we're ready to buy a house), we think it's a good investment for us right now.
Meanwhile, monkey has been doing all kinds of cute things. He does this great spin move now, where he goes in one direction, seems to rethink his strategy, and ends up doing a 360°. Hilarious. He's also begun to use a spoon! At first it looked like this:

He made quick progress to this a day later:

We're such proud parents!

Anyways, this may be the last post for a while since I don't know how long it will take to get our internet and phone set up in the new place. Hopefully, it won't be an 8 week long fiasco like last time.
Peace and Happy Holidays to everyone!