first dip into mish mesh

we are back!

and we are finally well! i really can't take good health for granted anymore.

it was crazy, the medical bills we've chalked up this first half of the year.

after a whirlwind of sun, sea, sleet, grey skies (from phuket to edinburgh to london), and ingesting lots of english strawberries and smog, we are finally home - jetlagged but man, the kids have matured a lot.

given that we've nursed ourselves back to health (we brought our antibiotics with us), we celebrated by taking a dip in the pool on sat.

alex is a pro - kicking up a storm and even doing breaststrokes...

no pictures - i'm crazy busy .... perhaps after this last conference...

alex is babbling a lot these days, sort of like a garbled tongue... mish-mesh of many-syllable words...

eric set up the baby chair we lugged from london. together with the art on the walls, and me trying to declutter our kitchen counter and other nooks, our apartment now feels very much like a home.

but, it feels like we've outgrown the space a little....hmmm....