Baby blog updated

She went swimming!

Home is where your rump rests

We found a townhouse to rent in Maryland! We're so excited about it, especially because we won't have to spend Todd's precious few days off looking for a house.

The story is really cool, and reaffirms that sometimes things really do work out for the best.

My sister-in-law Nicole first told us this place was for rent. Randomly, we've stayed there before--last August when Todd and I went to DC for his interview at Walter Reed, we stayed with Greg and Nicole, who were getting ready to move to Germany. Their household items were on the way to Germany, so they were house sitting for a family who was on vacation.

When we stayed with Greg and Nicole in DC, we stayed in this townhouse. So we're not renting it sight-unseen--we've spent the weekend in the house. Crazy huh? If that's not providence, I don't know what is. And when we stayed there we remember commenting how nice it was, how beautiful the paint was, etc.

To make a long story short (too late) everything is perfect for us to get this house, and I can't wait. I am so excited about moving into a place that's well painted (is it sad the paint color was my biggest draw?).

Plus, the kitchen is huge, which is one of my musts, and the house has a bunch of built-ins that are beautiful--look at the built-in shelves in the dining room. Gorgeous huh? Yea storage.

The house is in Laurel, about the furthest doable commute for Todd, but it's near a Commissary, Costco, outlet mall (!!!), and down the street from a library. Le sigh. We're ecstatic, and so very fortunate.

The basement. Again with the awesome paint.

Like a melon on a toothpick.

This little piggy

My friend and her husband stayed with us this last week, and while here she was nice enough to take some family pictures on the beach. They are fabulous. I'm so excited and pleased with how they turned out.

While at the beach we finally put Nadine's feet in the ocean. She didn't freak out, but she wasn't overly excited about it. She was just the same chill Nani. (Though, the child loves baths, so I think we'll have no problem turning her into a water baby.)

Here's one of the raw images. I really like this one.

Also, I don't want to jinx it by posting yet, but hopefully we'll have some Maryland housing news soon.