life in salinas

best smile yet!

learning sign language "light" (his favorite)

snoozers on the way here! ahhhhhh

how funny is it that the very next post i do is about living here in salinas?! apparently i was a major slacker on the blog posting last month. well, i won't sweat it. i'm glad april is over...it was a trying month. lots and lots of packing and waiting and waiting and waiting. our first closing date on our house was april 9th and we didn't end up actually closing til the 23rd. plus, i was living at a friend's house for the last 10 days i was in colorado while josh was setting up our humble abode here in salinas. (i was really glad not to be involved in that part!). the reason i stayed back in colorado was to attend a friend's birth as a doula. it was awesome. first time i'd seen a birth. i had my eyes closed at mine during the final push! it was awesome. i cried!

linkers and i got here a week ago. i'm feeling pretty settled but i don't think he is. the drive here was remarkably easy. we (meaning cory and i) just tried to give him a good break from the car seat every few hours. it worked until the final stretch when lincoln had had enough and so had we. i drove as fast as i could to get us here (read...speeding ticket).

anyways, then a day later lincoln developed a 100+ fever. we're pretty sure it's from teething. i think he's working on 4 teeth including 2 molars. the fever lasted two days and he's been uncharacteristically sensitive, whiny, and clingy since. the teeth have yet to pop through so we're definitely praying for that to happen soon. we want our carefree silly boy back!

our apartment complex is really nice. we have a large garage in which we store unpacked stuff so it doesn't clutter the apartment...so nice! there's a pool, hot tub, basketball court, playground, and volleyball court within steps of our steps! the stairs to our apartment (2nd floor) come off the large courtyard that is in the center of the complex. it's very nicely landscaped too. it's nice to take a break from home improvements!

i'm so glad that josh's parents are here. we have already spent lots of time with them and intend to continue to do so! i like having another place to go where you don't really have to ask if you can come over.

oh, i found an awesome coffee shop near our house. it's an all organic, fair trade, and local coffee shop. plus, they make a mexican mocha...meaning chocolate, coffee, and cinnamon! mmmmmmmmmmmm! love it!

driving 25 minutes to the nearest natural grocery store is a bit of an annoyance but in june we are gonna start getting an organic fruit/veggie box direct from a local organic farm. i'm excited to try all the new fruits and veggies we'll be getting. stay posted for recipes!

alright...well thats our last month in a nutshell. glad that we are settled...at least until we find a house!

oh and no jobs yet but i'm in the process of becoming a substitute teacher.

same phone numbers as of yet.

stay posted!