We arrived home on Saturday to the unfortunately familiar 100+ temperatures. Kate did well on the flight. She was exhausted, but after a quick nap on take-off refused to sleep since there was too much to see. Luckily for us there was a very nice couple sitting behind us who loved to play with Kate and kept her happy and occupied the entire time.
I am definitely a fan of Southwest after these flights. Both SW flights we were able to keep an extra seat next to us with her carseat in it so she could be strapped in for take-off and landing. And, since we are blessed with a crib sleeping baby who will NOT fall asleep anywhere else but crib and carseat, the carseat was a savior to preserve some napping on the plane.
Kate has shown a lot more interest in walking since she's been around so many little kids. She even turned one of her "standing" toys into a walker.
Now that we are back in real life, Daddy P is working. Today was his first day getting up and starting work! We interview nannies tomorrow and Wednesday and hopefully one will steal our hearts so that I can also start "work." Our friend Anne is being nice enough to babysit this week for me so I can go see my one client (woo hoo!).
We continue to tease ourselves with open houses. We saw one yesterday that was allllmost perfect. Very cheap, relative to what we've seen. A small, three bedroom house with an efficiency garage apartment (kitchen, full bath, one room), and a workshop wired with electricity. Something like that would allow both Daddy P and I to work from home, which would mean a huge savings on rent. The only downside was the relatively small house! It only had one main family room, but did have a screened in porch. The kitchen was totally redone and beautiful, but also tiny. So it's a tough one. The money we'd save on rent, and the cheap mortgage might make it possible to bump out the family room. Just not sure if we're up for such an endeavor!
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