Mentally, we have already moved. When we got back to our house in Rotterdam it didn't feel like our home anymore, just a rented place where we have to stay for a bit longer. It was also the first time that I didn't feel the need to 'escape' the cottage after a long stay there. We worked so hard that it finally becomes a decent house that we look forward to living in.
The work that we did is quite thankless as it is merely converting hidden space into usable space. The problem is, half of that house was hidden space. That made it useless space because it was completely packed with stuff. Over the past year and change, we have essentially doubled the size of the house by hauling away one carload at a time, although not too much has changed on the surface. The two weeks we spent there pretty much finished the job, but it was the opposite of a vacation.
Abigail and Amélie did not get as much attention as they would have liked, but they are still doing quite well. Abigail made a couple more jumps. She can now completely pull herself to her feet with only the bars of her crib (although she panics when she realizes she is getting tired and has no idea how to get back down), and she learned to sit up without any support whatsoever along with clapping her hands.
Today is Naomi's first Mother's Day and also our wedding anniversary. We started it out with some extra time in bed (although the girls didn't let us sleep much) as we are both exhausted, and some of the worst strawberry pancakes ever. Hopefully the rest of the day will go better...
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| Blankets are better than clothes for Abigail. |
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| Looking fancy for Naomi's birthday in the dresses Kalia found in Hawaii. |
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| Storms roll though on the 70th anniversary of Liberation Day. |
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| Abigail is happy 'walking' in her new favorite chair. |
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