Well we are finally in Key West and in our house. We are renting a duplex on base. Our unit has been recently remodeled since Hurricane Wilma flooded it. We drove down from Ft. Lauderdale after getting Carrera on the plane for the summer. Of course the day we drove down, June 3rd, the lower Keys had a HORRIBLE rain storm. Inches of rain in just a matter of minutes. It flooded streets and knocked out power to a lot of people. We missed the storm thankfully, but our duplex unit got flooded. There was still a bit of standing water on the floor. The new floors they put down are now coming up and we have a dehumidifier in our unit running 24 hours a day. They are coming to fix the flooring sometime soon. I'll keep you updated on that.
In our new place we have no furniture, and are borrowing dishes. We did buy new pots and pans and some new basic kitchen utensils. We are sleeping on an air mattress and Grace is in her playpen that we flew over with. Needless to say none of us are sleeping well. We were supposed to have a "ship ahead" of items we needed before our household goods arrived. Well it was supposed to be waiting for us when we got here, but it turns out it won't be here until around June 29th. Our household goods won't get here until sometime around July 20th. Grace will have to sleep in her playpen until that time. Thankfully my sister in law let me borrow her high chair, so feeding Grace is MUCH easier now.
We are enjoying being back in the Keys and in the US. We were shocked to see how expensive groceries are here. Driving is overwhelming too. The Autobahn is much easier than the freeways in Miami. No one signals or lets anyone in to merge on the freeway. Germany was much more organized and courteous. I miss that. It's also very overwhelming how much of everything there is. It never stops. There is so many choices, so many buildings, so much of so many things. It was hard to get used to not having so much in Germany, but being back here is overwhelming. I miss seeing the open green spaces between villages. Now it is nonstop buildings, strip malls and housing developments. I guess we were just really lucky to have had the opportunity to live in Germany.
Well here is an update on Grace now. She now has her two lower teeth. She likes black beans and rice from El Siboney here in Key West. We found out that she doesn't like Greek food and it doesn't like her, but she LOVES Dairy Queen though! She is a big fan of blizzards and swirl cones. She isn't crawling yet, but she is getting close. She can get one end or the other up, but not both. Usually if she wants to go somewhere, she just rolls. She is starting to pull herself up on things. Who knows, maybe she won't crawl. We got our new washer and dryer and she enjoys sitting in front of them and watching them. Strange child. At least it allows me to get some chores done. She has a new game; we call it "The Bonk Game". She holds a toy up and we say bonk and we lower our heads to it. It makes her laugh and smile. She is so silly. She has begun the phase where she has to be around us all the time. She will no longer sit and play on the floor by herself. Needless to say it makes getting things done a challenge. photos of Grace being her clingy helpful self. She was helping me put the shower curtain up. Check back for more updates soon. I'll try to get a picture of Grace in our new boat.
Check out my new teeth!
In our new place we have no furniture, and are borrowing dishes. We did buy new pots and pans and some new basic kitchen utensils. We are sleeping on an air mattress and Grace is in her playpen that we flew over with. Needless to say none of us are sleeping well. We were supposed to have a "ship ahead" of items we needed before our household goods arrived. Well it was supposed to be waiting for us when we got here, but it turns out it won't be here until around June 29th. Our household goods won't get here until sometime around July 20th. Grace will have to sleep in her playpen until that time. Thankfully my sister in law let me borrow her high chair, so feeding Grace is MUCH easier now.
We are enjoying being back in the Keys and in the US. We were shocked to see how expensive groceries are here. Driving is overwhelming too. The Autobahn is much easier than the freeways in Miami. No one signals or lets anyone in to merge on the freeway. Germany was much more organized and courteous. I miss that. It's also very overwhelming how much of everything there is. It never stops. There is so many choices, so many buildings, so much of so many things. It was hard to get used to not having so much in Germany, but being back here is overwhelming. I miss seeing the open green spaces between villages. Now it is nonstop buildings, strip malls and housing developments. I guess we were just really lucky to have had the opportunity to live in Germany.
Well here is an update on Grace now. She now has her two lower teeth. She likes black beans and rice from El Siboney here in Key West. We found out that she doesn't like Greek food and it doesn't like her, but she LOVES Dairy Queen though! She is a big fan of blizzards and swirl cones. She isn't crawling yet, but she is getting close. She can get one end or the other up, but not both. Usually if she wants to go somewhere, she just rolls. She is starting to pull herself up on things. Who knows, maybe she won't crawl. We got our new washer and dryer and she enjoys sitting in front of them and watching them. Strange child. At least it allows me to get some chores done. She has a new game; we call it "The Bonk Game". She holds a toy up and we say bonk and we lower our heads to it. It makes her laugh and smile. She is so silly. She has begun the phase where she has to be around us all the time. She will no longer sit and play on the floor by herself. Needless to say it makes getting things done a challenge. photos of Grace being her clingy helpful self. She was helping me put the shower curtain up. Check back for more updates soon. I'll try to get a picture of Grace in our new boat.
Check out my new teeth!