Hello again!! Its been a 2 year hiatus of blogging and I'm ready to start again. Caleb is now 3, and we now have our sweet Timothy who will be 8 months next week.
And in case you haven't heard we are moving to Frankfurt, Germany for Ben's job!
Two weeks ago Ben, Timothy, and I went to Frankfurt for our "Look and See" trip to look for housing. It was my first taste of Germany and a good dose of reality.
The 10 hour flight to Germany isn't too bad.
You leave in the afternoon, make yourself go to sleep early by like 7pm or 8pm central time and then you wake up and you're in Germany and its 9am.
Timothy slept well on me and although I didn't sleep that great (not helped by the man that was throwing up halfway through!) the excitement was enough to keep me up and trick my body into thinking it really was 9am instead of 2am.
Maybe also helped by the fact that I haven't had a full nights sleep in 8 months so I've learned to function tired.
Maybe also helped by the fact that I haven't had a full nights sleep in 8 months so I've learned to function tired.
Our first stops were Heidelberg Germany (castle! below) and Strasbourg, France (above)
Timothy with us while looking for apartments and on the train
We looked at 4 apartments and chose one with 2 bedrooms (yay for baby/toddler room sharing!) (tips welcome!), one bathroom, up on the 6th floor with a covered balcony, heated flooring, a washer/dryer combo unit in the bathroom (in two of the others, you had to go down to the basement for laundry), furnished, stocked with kitchen supplies such as plates, cups etc, and a microwave (not included in most others). Also its 100 square meters which is a little more than 1000 square feet.
I'll post pics when we get there!
The flight back was rough. This picture happened in the last 20 minutes...of course! I was by myself because Ben needed to stay an extra week and it was during the day. Timothy slept very little and I was on the inside by the window which made it harder to get up and walk around. At one point I tried to jump over the man next to me because he was sleeping and I bumped him in the leg and woke him up. Awkward!
I learned many valuable lessons on this flight back.
Mostly what NOT to do.
I cried when I saw Caleb waiting for me in the airport. Partly just because I was so thankful to be off the plane and because I missed that little guy so much!
We leave Katy June 21st in the morning and then fly out of Dallas June 23rd. 2.5 weeks.
And then we live in Germany!
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