Jon was signed to a record label last night.

(Above, a few photos of us at the ‘chuch, because yes! to leafy green jungle plants on the rooftop bar of the best little Mexi-hipster spot right down the street from our house.  And mulled pineapple soda, so.)

We are celebrating over here.  Celebrating because it looks as though this move to DC was definitely the right one.  Celebrating because all of the hard work, the traveling all over the US, the busking in Chinatown night after night…it looks like it’s all going to pay off.

Jon was signed to a small independent record label last night.  

This is just the beginning of lots more hard work, and there are no guarantees.  But it’s progress.  We’re moving in the right direction.  And Jon is in just the place he’s been wanting to be for so long:  ready to create, with a strong team of supporters behind him and access to great writers, producers, and an amazing recording studio.  This guy just won the golden ticket.   

So we’re happy and thankful, glad we like it here so much, and glad for the opportunities we have.  We’re excited for January when we’ll finally meet this new member of our family.   And it looks like DC will be home for at least the next four or five years…although this wasn’t the original plan (I like to keep moving and already have my sights set on our next home, hopefully overseas), I’m sure it will be great.  Five years means we‘ll have time to explore this city top to bottom and squeeze every bit of juicy goodness out of it.   Five years also means that our baby has time to grow into a little person and make memories here. 

So we’re popping the champagne over here (Jon literally, with his new team after he signed, and me figuratively with a bottle of spiced apple juice after he got home last night) and enjoying our weekend.  I’m working on creating the world’s best DC to-do list, since it looks like I’ll have plenty of time to get everything crossed off (said to-do list might as well be called places-to-eat list, though, since that’s mainly what I’m interested in.)  Stick with us, because it looks like we’re going to have some fun over here!