The end of this summer was quite relaxing, mostly spent in sunny SD. We had weeks of what seemed like record-breaking heat in August. Now that it is officially fall, the weather has turned a bit to the cooler side.
August and September have been filled with time spent with family and friends. We have tried to visit with our now 6 month old niece. She is starting to recognize faces, so we are making sure that she doesn’t scream and cry in terror the next time we babysit her like she did the first time we watched her on her own. Grandma and grandpa have also come down to see their little one grow like a weed.
My parents have also driven down for a long weekend, bringing garden fresh tomatoes and peaches!
We had a reunion of sorts when our friend from grad school got married. Congratulations to M and P! Old classmates as far as Ohio were in town, most of them toting a little one with them.
The most exciting part of the summer has been the anticipation of our very own bundle of joy due in April 2013! We are enjoying our time together as a couple, realizing that this was our last summer of real freedom. We spent this summer trying to get to know our town a little better. We finally made it to our neighborhood Farmers Market, finally drove all the way to the end of the peninsula until we couldn’t drive anymore, found a new path along the beach we will likely frequent in the future, revisited Torrey Pines and Balboa Park and tried a few more neighborhood restaurants we never go around to going. We have spent a good part of this year traveling near and far and visiting our families, and because of that we are finally ready to settle down and grow up a bit. And even though we didn’t travel to an exotic land or experience a huge milestone this summer, I wouldn’t have traded our evening walks to the grocery store, dinners cooked at home or TV movie nights for anything!
Nesting On A Hill 