Indiana

Now that we are in Indiana, again, and partially settled in I can continue to write about what is going on in our lives. We are still in our temporary apartment until the end of July when we will relocate into our year long lease. Unfortunately, we ended up by the stadium, which was our last choice due to games, but I think we will do alright in the building we chose. I wish we were able to pick an apartment with more light rather than living in a cave, but we were just happy to be able to select our apartment. We picked a one bedroom on the first floor with easy access right by the pool and office area. The other first floor options were either partially engulfed in the ground or difficult to get to or didn't give us a lot of flexibility with our move in date. So we picked the best option. The nice part about this choice is that the porch area is even with the ground making for an easy move in experience. That will be a blessing when moving the washer and dryer. This apartment also had newer appliances than some of the others (which had olive green ovens eek!). I'm hoping that will be a bit more efficient when it comes to our energy bills. Overall, I think we made a good choice. A lot of the other places we looked at would not have been a ground floor apartment, and definitely would have required professional movers to save on the hassle. I'm excited to get over to the new place so we can finally unpack and organize everything! Poor Lucian has been living in 3-4 rotating outfits.

Lucian seems to be enjoying the area so far. I'm sure he will be a lot happier now that we won't be dragging him around all the time to look at apartments. We have been taking him down to the school to wander around and to a few of the parks. He has even enjoyed playdates with our friends who have a boy his age. It's been a change for us all and we are adapting the best that we can. Luckily, Joe will be starting training this upcoming week for his bus job, and I have been able to get some hours at the massage center I worked at previously. Overall, I think we will be a lot more settled and a little less stressed once we move into the new apartment and get into a routine. Just like with everything in life, we will find a grove that works for us and than have to change it all over again to something else that works. Oh well. Here are some updates about Lucian:

I attempted to measure him with a tape measure the other day and he is approximately 35 inches tall. He is getting big and heavy. He still wants me to carry him around though!

Likes:
playing in the creek
meeting new kids at the park
playing with legos
watching little einsteins
watching construction vehicles

Dislikes:
water that is spraying that he can't control
the dinging of the clocks on campus
saying goodbye
any type of squash

Thanks for stopping by and reading about our current adventures.