Now that we are settling in...

life is calming down. (Thank goodness) We are enjoying lazy days at the pool, trips to the park and playing games. Ella recently has been into playing UNO. She is quite good and wins her fair share of games.

William is as adorable as ever. He will be nine months next week. He hasn't started to crawl (yet) but he finds other ways to get around. Ella is learning that nothing is safe from his reaching fingers.

We LOVE our new apartment. I was (extremely) nervous about moving here. We live on the second floor of an enclosed building. We have a long walk to the car. We also do not have a washer and dryer in the apartment. I realize that for my CA friends no washer/dryer is no big deal, most people around here don't have one. But coming from our own house with a garage and backyard (and washer/dryer) I was really worried. The thing is, while we did have all those lovely things we didn't have our health, space (our house was 750 sq ft) or a real kitchen. This apartment is 1200 sq ft. Awesome right?! The kitchen is much more functional and easy to use (read: has a dishwasher and counters) We LOVE having a pool in the complex and swim almost every day. The thing about life is that it is never perfect. There is always some thing not to like. I am trying to embrace all the positive. (Except form the occasional grumble or two when hauling loads of laundry downstairs...no one's perfect right?)

Today we went to the Library and got our library cards. Ella received her very first card ever! She was so excited. The library is beautiful and we loved every minute of it. Lucky for us it is within walking distance so I am sure we will go there often.

Last night during scripture reading Charles asked Ella what "joy" was. She said, "Its when you have lots of kids and they love you!"

It really is.