I’m spending two weeks in Seattle right now while the owners of our condo use it for their previously planned vacation (planned with plane tickets booked long before they knew they would decide to rent it out to us for two years). On Friday I will move back in for good (for two years).
It’s given me some good alone time, which has been good and refreshing, but also hard to stay present in it and not want to just skip to the future when more is happening.
Kyle is staying in Victoria during this time in another temporarily rented place, but he came to Seattle last weekend. Also, our friends from college, Matt and Annie, spent the weekend with us in Seattle and it was great to see them. They live in Taiwan, so it was such a treat to have them visit. I hope that someday we will get to visit them in Taiwan, although that probably would be a ways down the road.
Rebekah is doing well throughout all of this transition (it has now been like a month and a half that we’ve been moving every two weeks). She can now walk about 5 or 6 steps by herself and stand up on her own. She has finally gotten her first tooth. She is such a joy and loves to make friends with people. Or people like to make friends with her. The day before I left Victoria, I was sitting outside of a café with her, drinking my coffee, and she sat in her stroller watching the people go by on the sidewalk. Just about every person who went by said something to her and she “said” something back, or they commented on her missing sock or on how cute she is. It is kind of funny how much people will say hello to babies they don’t know, but not to adults. I think if we all spoke to each other in the way that people speak to babies, the world would be a happier place.
I found a mom’s group in Victoria from the “meet up” website, and met once with some Moms (or “Mums” as they say there). I hope to meet with them more in the future. Other than that, I think I need to be bold and make some cookies and take them to our neighbors in our condo when I get back. Hopefully we will meet a few more people that way.
Lots of new pics, but sadly I forgot my cord to upload them from my camera. So when I get back to Victoria I will post some.
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Wow! Where you live in Victoria is absolutely stunning! What a gift. I can't believe how much Rebekah has grown - and that she's walking. We would love to see you guys. Don't know if I mentioned it to you before, but we will be in Seattle in March, so maybe we can coordinate a visit? We'll be in Portland the first part of the week, then Seattle (or visa versa). We'll keep in touch about this...
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