Umm, We Moved…
October 16, 2009Apologies for the big, huge gap in time between posts again… Anyone who follows this probably knows this, but we moved! Actually, we moved an entire month ago — weird. Our new place is in the Mt. Washington/Glassell Park areas of Los Angeles, just next door to Eagle Rock. It’s a great area — old, eclectic, and full of restaurants. We’re just 15 minutes from Pasadena and my job — Dave still has a 30 minute commute, but that’s still an improvement. Our place is much smaller than the house, but it is just right for the three of us, it seems. When we first moved in I was overwhelmed by the small closets and number of boxes to unpack, but we’ve tackled it all, and (almost) everything has its home now. We finally unpacked all of our amazing wedding gifts, and I’m having so much fun using all my kitchen gadgets!
We obviously miss our old roomies…. thankfully we’ve been able to get together every week so far. As much as we miss having our buddies around to hang out with all the time, I’ll admit that I love having my own kitchen.
Fletcher is nearly 17 months now. He’s talking, talking, talking… sometimes babbling, often saying real words. He’s really into mimicking – everything – this week his favorite sound to make is a siren. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. That’s basically how it sounds. I’m convinced that he understand every word we say, which has started two new rules for us: 1) watch your language, and 2) be as silly as possible. Basic silliness is how we pass our time when it’s just the two of us. I don’t really know what we do, but we sing and dance a lot. Then I do a little work, and he reads a little and loves on Hal (Hal and Fletcher are definitely best friends now, without their fellow babies and cats to play with) and then we sing and dance some more. It’s fun. We’re happy.
I’m still working from home three days a week, and I’m loving it. My work on Dinosaur Train is nearing completion, but thankfully a couple more little projects popped up to keep me busy in the next month or two. I’m hoping that keeps happening.
All in all, we’re all great, and life just keeps happening! The newest parenting challenge that is presenting itself…. preschool and waiting lists. All the sudden, everyone all around me is talking to me about preschool. PRESCHOOL! I know it is the right time to begin the search and get him on the list for whatever school is right, but wow, that happened fast.
I’m so glad you can enjoy time together as a little family. Fletcher is sure growing fast. (But still lots of time before you have to worry about pre-school.) Enjoy every day, and give both boys a hug for me.