Here's more of an update of how we're doing now:
- Dave's work - He has his home office set up in the unfinished basement amongst all of our boxes and other storage items. We bought a good office desk the first week we arrived. Dave says that he's able to get more work done because he has fewer interruptions and meetings. The downside is he misses some of that friendship interaction with his coworkers and it's a little harder to communicate over the phone. Overall, he really enjoys working from home. His morning commute is just walking down the stairs. We get to see him for lunch and then he's right back upstairs for dinner at around 5:30pm. We're so thankful he's able to work from home!
- Lilly - She loves having playmates around all the time. Lilly wants to do everything that her cousins are doing. This is great because the kids have a lot of fun and can entertain each other during the day, but then it's hard to pull her away if we need to go somewhere or even if I need to talk with her. The kids mostly play well together, but they also fight and pester one another like siblings do. Lilly loves her cousins so much, it's like they are her brother and sister!
Lilly and Mia are sharing a room. They've done surprisingly well with adjusting to sleeping in the same room. I'm VERY thankful for that! Sometimes Lilly will talk or sing before she falls asleep but I think Mia has gotten used to that. Mia stands up to watch what her big sister is doing or she'll lay down and tilt her head so she can see Lilly. When Lilly comes into our room in the morning we can ask her, "Is Mia awake or asleep?" Lilly's like our baby monitor in the morning.
- Mia - Her stranger anxiety has gotten better! She doesn't immediately begin to scream or cry when new people enter our home. She's also more at ease when she's in a room with large groups of people. I think it's because she had to get used to having a lot of people around (9 people total in the house)! It only took a few days for her to warm up to Uncle Andy and Auntie Kelly! :)
Mia's still little and petite. We don't have a doctors visit set up for 12 month appointment but I'm sure she won't be 20 lbs. by her first birthday. Mia still prefers to crawl but she's cruising along the furniture and can walk when we stand her up to walk to one of us. Mia eats what we eat, and she a lot of it too! Poor girl still has no teeth though!
- Lindsay - So far moving to MD has turned out to be a great move. I get to live with my sister. We talk throughout the day, help watch each others kids, take turns cooking, and share clean up duties! I think the days go by faster for me because the kids are occupied and I have someone to chat with during the day while Dave is at work. I used to be counting down those last few hours and minutes in the afternoon before Dave came home from work. Kelly's also my shopping buddy and she likes to bake yummy desserts! :D
Since there are two sets of parents/more adults in the house, we have more opportunities to go out to run errands or have date night. Dave and I didn't have a regular date night scheduled while we were in Michigan but now it's so convenient! We're free to go out on a date after the kids are tucked in bed. Our favorite place for date night is CaliYogurt. We each fill a cup of frozen yogurt and top it with delicious fresh fruit. Yummmm!
Dave and I like Maryland. There seems to be so much to do here and in DC! I don't think we'll ever run out of things to do, places to see. We celebrated our 5th wedding anniversary on June 26th. Dave planned a surprise date and arranged a segway tour through downtown DC (segways were a blast to ride and the tour was pretty good) and scrumptious tapas dinner at a restaurant called Zaytinya. There are so many more unique restaurants that we want to try. Dave's really been into finding and trying good Chinese or Asian restaurants. We've found a few so far!
Maryland seems like a great place to live, but it is more crowded and the housing is so much more expensive than small town Okemos. Our thinking has changed and we're beginning to say, "A townhouse doesn't seem too bad." Well the plan for now is to stay with Kelly and Andy for about a year to save up money and figure out exactly where we want to be. We really enjoy living with Kelly and Andy right now so I think it'll be hard to move any further than down the street from their house. We trust that God has a home for us. We just don't know if it's stay in the finished basement for longer or buy a townhouse or single-family house.
Ah! There's too much to say. Well more to come later!
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