Catching up....

This post is long, long overdue and the photos in this post are all from July (with more recent ones to follow soon). We left North Carolina on July 1 and moved to the DC area for my new job. Somehow 4 months have passed since then, amidst a blur of activity. On a positive front, we love our new location. We are in a small city that is very walkable, family (and dog!) friendly, and we are only 1 block from the metro to go to DC. Our address has a walk score of 92 out of 100 (http://www.walkscore.com/), which is pretty amazing. We can walk to at least 8 different playgrounds, 2 dog parks, lots of restaurants and stores, Gymboree, 2 farmers markets, 2 movie theatres, a regular theatre, an upscale dog store that sells organic peanut butter frozen yogurt for Cassidy, Livia's daycare, the metro, the library, and many other places (not necessarily in order of importance). Livia has gotten used to the urban lifestyle of walking and being pushed in the stroller, and she often protests when she sees us going towards the car. Livia loves her new daycare, and she often talks about the kids and teachers. She loves to say everyone's name, especially a little boy named Alex. She often goes around saying, "Alex! I love Alex!" She is practically speaking in sentences now, which has been exciting to watch. Livia has grown and changed so much over the past four months. She just turned two and is no longer a baby at all. I started my job at the beginning of August, and that is going really well.


There is a sprayground in the center of downtown. Livia spent many days cooling off in it.

We went up to NJ/NY to celebrate Dan's and Dotty's birthdays. This is from Dan's birthday dinner (somehow we have no photo of the birthday boy).

Livia and her "Beba"

A rare family shot

Cassidy was on this family trip as well

Livia and her "Grandma Mimi"

We also celebrated Nana Dotty's birthday with the family. Livia now loves to say "Nana Dotty, Papa Sonny, and Elyse." She sometimes will be in the middle of eating dinner and will stop and say, "Papa Sonny!"

Here is Livia at one of the many playgrounds. This one happens to have a train and car.

Hanging out with Daddy in our temporary apartment (where we lived for the month of July)

We joined Gymboree for July since I wasn't working yet

We have gotten to see Karen and Ellie a few times since we moved here, now that they are much closer. It's great to be near them and Livia LOVES Ellie -- she cried a lot the last time that Ellie had to go home.

This last photo is for Livia's "Grandpa Owie"... Go Yanks!