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And, I'm back. I've really actually missed this, so I'm happy to be back at it. And hopefully I'll be more active now again. We moved in the midst of all of this, so I was caught up in packing. And then moving. And then unpacking. And then not having internet yet in our new place. (Aahh!!)

I have all kinds of updates for you, but they'll have to be spread out. Otherwise, what would I have to talk about?!

So for now I'll tell you about the new place. It took me a bit to convince Mo that we needed an additional bedroom and more space. For those of you who didn't see our old place, it was a bit like this:

 Okay, maybe not *quite* that bad, but that's what it felt like. And it wasn't a whole lot cheaper than that. So now, for just a little more than that price, we have a whole additional bedroom, a whole additional bathroom, a broom closet, a jacket closet, a separate dining area, a usable balcony, access to an outdoor courtyard, a walk-in closet in the bedroom, somewhere to store our bikes (that isn't our balcony), tons of kitchen cupboard space, sliding kitchen shelves for the pots and pans, and more drawers than I know what to do with! (Okay, just kidding. They're all full already -- but it was so fun filling them with things that were crammed in boxes and bins and shoved on top of each other in one closet before.)

Now it's a bit more like this:

So what this means is that, in theory, we have a room for Blueberry. Of course, in practice, it's also becoming the computer room, guest room, closet for all my Pakistani clothes, etc. It *might* require some modification as we go along.

But in the meantime, we're having fun settling in and are enjoying our new location close to all kinds of fabulous things. And we're no longer streetside, which means that we don't have to listen to the building door buzzing people in all night long, motorcycles zooming by, car alarms going off, partiers coming home jabbering at each other, or trucks bumbling along. It's delightful. Yes, we have the freeway a block and a half away, but that immediately become white noise. Ocean, right?

We still need some furniture and things to round it out. And since Mom was coming to visit, lots of the annoying small things that still needed to find homes got shoved in the closet to make the place livable for her visit -- to be dealt with later. (No, really!) 

But at least it feels like a place we can call the first home for Blueberry!

In other news, I haven't updated the Baby Score in a while. Honestly, I've lost track. Because at least one has been added to the pregnant side, and one moved to the new baby side last weekend. So I'll have to figure out the actual score and get back to you, but it must be something like 6-12 at this point.

Stay tuned for my one-sense-at-a-time look at the current stage of pregnancy!