Update #2 (final update): This morning I finished off the last of our first gallon and last night we bought another. So, I think the hardest part is now past us — the first purchase, the tasting, and the second purchase. *Crossing fingers! Thanks to everyone’s very practical advice and experiences I think we can all now get on with our regular milk-drinking and compromising lives. I did take Beau’s advice, although unbenowst to him, I did so before he got around to the comment. We are human clones, so go figure . . . Easing into it with with chocolate milk, chocolate chip cookies, and finally chocolate rice krispes cereal, yes that, helped tremendously. Jeanine, on the other hand, showed her true Engineering (and entrepreneurial?!) colors when it came to figuring out the math for all of us providing a common ground for the masses to stand upon — 1.6%! Thank you for that. And finally, Katie did provide the much-needed light at the end of the tunnel when it comes to raising a child initially on whole milk.

Got milk?

Update: I sit here alone, in my dark cave of an office at 10:30pm. The milk is still sitting right where we placed it for that photograph. It has been just over 24 hours and the seal has not been broken. Will we be given the strength from above to have that first glass? Who will break the seal that binds us? I think I’ll have another glass of orange juice, but each time I open the fridge door, the milk just sits there. Mocking me. Help.

The story: Today I went to the grocery store on the way home from work in anticipation of a major shift in our shopping patterns. Lauren and I had discussed such a monumentous move last week and I called for the go-ahead after work. She gave me the approving nod and off I went. So now 2% milk has a permanent home in our fridge — replacing my whole milk and Lauren’s skim. We’re both strangely adamant about our choices of milk so we’ll see how long this lasts . . . any bets? Any similar stories?

We’re home! Here’s some photos from Paris, and from Limoges, where the 24hr design competition was. They didn’t win but had a great time just enjoying where they ended up. Hope you enjoy these photos — complete with captions since we made you wait a little while. =)

We made it! Here we are at the Eiffel Tower . . . we will visit this amazing place again tomorrow to get some day-time shots. We are also going to hit up the Louvre tomorrow as well.