Believe it or not we have been her 1 whole month! It has gone by in a flash. Nora fills almost every moment of my time and putting the house together fills all the others :)...I think it will probably take us about a year (right we are set to move again) to really get completely done unpacking and setting up. However, all the essentials are complete and we are all quite comfortable.
Phil is still set to start school at the end of August and until then has very little to do. Unfortunately, rather than enjoying the mellowness, he seems to be going stir crazy. Only one more month until he is a busy bee again.
Nora has finally mastered rolling over both directions (front to back and back to front) and now takes absolute delight in rolling off her play mat. It will be no time before she is off and running! We are on the waiting list to get in and see the Pediatrician here (there is a doc shortage) so I don't have an official weight. However, she has outgrown most of the clothes she was wearing when we left Ft. Lewis, so we are confident she is growing and gaining weight just fine.
While I know the idea of coming to Misery is about as exciting as stale bread-we would welcome anyone that wanted to visit :) just let me know!
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Friday, July 11, 2008
It is crazy to think we have been in Missouri for 3 weeks now...it still feels like we just got here! Of course that is probably due to the boxes that are still scattered throughout our house :) As Phil and I have found out, unpacking with a baby in the house is a much different processes than just unpacking-I am not looking forward to the day when we experience unpacking with a toddler! It will be even more of an adventure when Nora starts moving.
We lucked out and found a nice tri-level duplex to rent off post. It has 2 bedrooms and space for Phil to have an office/den downstairs. I am loving the layout of the house and the location-we have woods in our backyard and get to watch the deer and the fireflies at night.
As soon as the house is more set up and less of an embarassing mess, I will post a picture tour of it on our website.
As for the news with Phil, he was bumped out of the Career Course for July and is actually going to work on his Masters in Geological Engineering this summer/fall instead. He has about of month of "work" before he will start school. Once his masters classes are complete in December he will get ready to do the Career Course in January. As it turns out this is a wonderful turn of events for us, since our greatest hope in coming here was for Phil to get the opportunity to complete his MA. Unfortunately, it means we will be in MO longer, but the educational opportunity makes it more than worth it.
As for me, I am trying to get back into the SAHM rhythm. Nora, unpacking, and taking care of Phil consume most of my time. We were lucky enough to have some other friends come to MO for the Career Course this summer, so I already have a network here!
Missouri is turning out to be not quite as miserable as we expected!
We lucked out and found a nice tri-level duplex to rent off post. It has 2 bedrooms and space for Phil to have an office/den downstairs. I am loving the layout of the house and the location-we have woods in our backyard and get to watch the deer and the fireflies at night.
As soon as the house is more set up and less of an embarassing mess, I will post a picture tour of it on our website.
As for the news with Phil, he was bumped out of the Career Course for July and is actually going to work on his Masters in Geological Engineering this summer/fall instead. He has about of month of "work" before he will start school. Once his masters classes are complete in December he will get ready to do the Career Course in January. As it turns out this is a wonderful turn of events for us, since our greatest hope in coming here was for Phil to get the opportunity to complete his MA. Unfortunately, it means we will be in MO longer, but the educational opportunity makes it more than worth it.
As for me, I am trying to get back into the SAHM rhythm. Nora, unpacking, and taking care of Phil consume most of my time. We were lucky enough to have some other friends come to MO for the Career Course this summer, so I already have a network here!
Missouri is turning out to be not quite as miserable as we expected!
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