My father-in-law's wife asked for an update, and I wrote her this email. Since in had just about everything I wanted to say, I'll share it with you! I'll also post bunches of pictures... later.
Our
new place is AWESOME!!! I mansion compared to our last place. 3
bedrooms, a sizable living room and conjoined dining room, and a
kitchen! A real kitchen that has an occupancy of more than one! Plus
we have a washer and dryer, so my life has been transformed. We're all
settled in for the most part. We have pictures on the walls and
everything. We even bought a matching living room set last night, which
means we have places to sit! And since it's like matching, and new
from the store, it means we're grown-ups. You know, the whole being
married thing and having a baby didn't really count. A nice couch is
when adulthood hits.
The only negative thing was that when we moved in, we had fleas. Come on bug kingdom, I had to move from bedbugs to fleas? Again, I was the only one getting bites. But our incredible landlords came in and helped us get rid of them fairly quickly. I haven't gotten any new bites for a few days, so I'm feeling confident.
Ithaca
is gorgeous. It's so green, with many many rolling hills and country
roads (a bit hard to navigate, but beautiful just the same). We have a
grocery store a little over a mile away, so just in case we need to do a
midnight milk run, we'll be ok.
We're
attending the LDS student branch here, and the people are wonderful.
They helped us move, and have been so accommodating and friendly. A few
people brought us dinner the first couple nights we were here, which
was a life saver since we hadn't unpacked the kitchen yet. It's a
pretty small congregation, but it will grow when everyone comes back for
school in a week or so.
Corbin has been going to "math camp" since the
6th, and he says it's a bit boring. Apparently he's more mathematically
inclined than many of his econ and PAM peers, so that bodes well for
the year to come. He is crazy excited for school to start on the 22nd.
Me, not so much. It's been wonderful having him home so much,
especially while getting settled in. But school is the whole reason
we're out here, so press on! There was an econ PhD pot luck last
weekend, and it was really fun. I got to meet most of Corbin's
classmates, so now I'll know who he's talking about when he tells
stories of classroom adventures. And this may sound silly, but it was
mt first party where people were drinking and smoking. I guess I'm not in "the bubble" of Provo anymore. =)
Theo
update: we've started him on a sleep schedule, which hi is rocking.
He's been wanting to go to bed at about 8, and waking up at about 6 or 7.
He's also eating and loving solid foods. We haven't given him a wide
variety yet (carrots, peas, rice cereal) but he's a champ. Now we just
have to wait for his guts to acclimate and we'll be good.
He's
discovered that the cute baby in the mirror is a fun play mate, and
watching him give himself high fives and kisses is adorable! He's also
the same old people person he's always been, putting on a sweet smile
show every time we go out. At the grocery store, he would laugh and laugh until the person shopping next to us would look up at him and smile. What a ham!
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