Say Hello To Uncle Adam and Aunt MiKail!

Yes, we are officially an aunt and uncle! Adam's sister Kyrenia gave birth to a healthy little girl this afternoon. We are so thrilled! We've been getting regular updates from Adam's parents, and both mother, baby (and father :)) all seem to be doing great! Although I haven't heard officially, the planned name for the baby is Aelinor (pronounced Eleanor). Our congratulations to Alex and Kyrenia! It's times like these that I wished so much that we lived closer to family - we were sorely tempted to hop into our car this morning and drive down to Utah just to see her! Oh well, we'll see her in about a month, which will be good.

All other news seems rather small - Adam and I have been calling Kyrenia every few days and emailing her to see how she has been doing. What's fairly humorous is that we spoke to her just last night - she had just gotten home from having dinner with some friends and was feeling just fantastic. Then, she ended up going to the hospital around midnight - funny how quickly these things happen when it's time!

I do have a couple of other tidbits - Adam and I are planning to move when our lease is up in August. As we are working towards adoption, we've decided it would probably be best to live in a larger place. Our plan has been to visit a different apartment complex each weekend so that we have plenty of time to check things out. Well, yesterday, we're quite positive we found the place we'll be living - it's an apartment complex in Bothell that is very well cared for and very quiet! It has a big pond with a fountain in the middle and plenty of open space and forested areas. We're looking at either a 2 bedroom one level or a 2 bedroom townhouse style. Both have either a slider door that goes out onto the grass, or a balcony, so at least I can do some sort of gardening there! We'll see what's available in August, but we're pretty hooked! Of course, I think we'll still look around just to be sure, but we're both feeling pretty good about the idea at the moment. Although I think our little house is adorable and I love our yard, it was really hard for us to come home and realize we can't move right now. All in good time, and besides, I have a garden to grow this summer!

Speaking of which, it's been a beautiful spring day today, so here's some pictures of how my little garden is progressing...



They're hard to make out, but the bits of green are my spinach that I planted a couple of weeks ago - they've just come up in the last couple of days!


My peas - up close. It looks like I'm going to need to thin them soon!

The whole row of peas...

Blooms on the tree by our driveway - most of the trees are in bloom right now and it's beautiful!

Check out that blue sky! It's making more of an appearance lately!

It's been a beautiful weekend - in fact, as I speak I'm sitting outside, enjoying the fresh air. I'm so excited for spring/summer to be here!