This past weekend was the first where we had nothing we had to do in quite awhile. A friend had a BBQ that we went to and enjoyed ourselves at. I think Amelia managed to eat 5 cookies, but that's balanced by all the tomatoes and carrots she ate. She also had a great time playing with the "big kids" and other adults. After being shy for about 20 minutes, she was running around like she owned the place. She got to play in the dirt, with sidewalk chalk, and the cookies had icing so she was quite a mess when we left. She passed out immediately in the car, but woke up when we got home and took a quick shower. She's starting to enjoy those more than baths, but we don't have any non-slip stuff on the shower floor here, so it's a slippery exercise.
We also got ourselves fully set up in the temporary housing. Amelia and Teddy are adapting pretty well. Amelia keeps trying to find the ice machine like the one that was in the hotel we stayed in the first night back. Teddy is doing fine in the apartment, but definitely not a fan of the elevator. She is enjoying living closer to a fire station, so there's plenty of sirens to howl with. As I write this Teddy is literally sitting on my feet because she's more scared of the thunder here than at our old house. Either that or we're about to have another earthquake.
We have finally settled on the new house and signed all the paperwork. The movers come a week from Saturday, and we can't wait to get in. I think we all just want to feel "home" as opposed to the temporary places we've been, even if one was Hawaii. When you see us I think we even look more relaxed because almost everything is done. Now all we have to do is unpack and paint. My goal is to be fully unpacked by Christmas. No need to rush things. :)
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