Getting Settled

Saying good-bye to England was hard (blog posts to come when I can emotionally stomach it), but saying hello to many new and exciting things has helped the transition. So many things have happened since we arrived in the USA - it is hard to believe it has only been three weeks. Highlights include:

• getting to see almost all of our family
• buying a new mini van
• lots of playing at the mall (too hot to play outside!)
• First Mizzou football (American football!) pep rally with the grandparents and the Abbotts
• Lots of playing with cousins
• First paediatric appointment with Dr. Holly (whom we are going to LOVE - she gave us her cell phone...just in case we have a need!)
• Jack joining his first soccer team
• Theo getting his first big wheel and driving it lots in Granddad and Grando's driveway
• Addie's speech therapy beginning
• Eliot attending lots of house showings as Mom and Dad try to find the right house for us

We hope to still use this blog as a scrapbook recording fun and important things of our family. Admittedly some of the motivation for the blog (being far from grandparents) is gone, but we have grown to love it as a family scrapbook and hope that many of our friends across the pond will still check in every once in a while. For now, here are some pictures:

Kids with Uncle Brian

Addie with Uncle Brian

Playing at the Mall (over 40 degrees)

Astronaut Theo at the Mall

On your Mark, Get Set, Go - Races in the driveway

Addie on Mom's old bike

Addie chalking in the driveway

Picnic with the Abbott cousins

Cousins - Ages Josiah 7, Jack 6, Esther 5, Theo 4, Miriam 3, Adelaide 2, Ezra 1, (and Eliot sleeping!)

First Mizzou Football Watching Party at J Finneys (a local sports bar)