New Place

Only one box left to unpack! Really!

The move went as smooth as it could have, thanks to a lot of help. Things are not decorated or put away in all the correct places, but we are pretty much settled. We love our new home, neighbors, and neighborhood. Can't beat walking outside and hearing lawn mowers and birds chirping!

Up next: getting ready for little sister to come in less than 3 weeks! We have much to do.

Looks Like

Our apartment looks like this:

{ saturday is moving day! }

Joseph looks like this:

{ into his second week of the summer semester of his
second year of dental school. yeah! }

I look like this:

{ at 36 weeks. one month to go! }

and Matthew looks like this:

{ yankees fan all the way! }

Happy 4th!

We went on a ferry ride past the Statue of Liberty early this morning.

Happy 4th of July!

I never wanted to live on an island...

...because I'm kind of scared of bridges.

But, here we are, moving to Staten Island in a few weeks!

In a kind of whirlwind weekend we talked about moving, looked at an apartment, and decided to move. Our current apartment lease is almost up, and we thought that if we found something better - shorter commute, bigger, closer to a park, cheaper, etc. - we would think about moving. Well, this place had everything we wanted, plus more. We couldn't pass it up!

We feel like it was meant to be, since it kind of just fell into our laps. It is a beautiful, newly renovated home with a yard and a driveway! Staten Island is a lot more residential and suburban than the other boroughs, which (I have come to discover in the last year) is a lot more in my comfort zone. Boy do I miss driveways and parking lots.

We are very sad to leave our ward. We are kind of sad to leave our apartment. We are maybe a teensy bit sad to leave Brooklyn. It has been an interesting year, and we have really enjoyed our time here. But I think Staten Island might suit us better, and I'm excited to start fresh with a new home, new baby, and new school year.

P.S. The Verrazano Bridge is obviously not a rickety-old bridge that will fall into the water anytime soon. That makes me feel better. :) And, I know Brooklyn is technically on an island, too, but somehow it seems different.