We've officially been living here in Los Angeles County, in the city of Alhambra (about 6 miles north east of the USC Health Science campus, which is very near downtown L.A.), for a month now! We love our little old house that we're renting, with all it's little quirks and issues.
Although dealing with the drama of getting a truck/trailer from U-haul that was too small (even though we'd reserved a much larger truck nearly a month prior) made things MUCH more difficult, we were so THANKFUL to our friends who helped us load up from my parents' house in Reedley (not pictured) and the friends who came down to help us unload! These guys as well as my mom, who came for the first several days to help settle in, were such a blessing to us - I can't even explain how helpful they all were.
We've loved being able to walk downtown to restaurants/coffee/dessert (while we were being spoiled/treated by mom when she was visiting and we were all unpacking), as well as the library, a couple different parks & grocery stores, and churches we've visited. Annaliese has handled the move with as much grace as you can imagine any almost-2-year-old possibly could. The only real issue we discovered was that we had assumed that she'd gladly go back to her crib (she used to love it), but had been sleeping in a Pack-n-Play for over a month and just preferred to continue. Since her "big girl bed" was one of the things that got left behind when we had the small truck/trailer to move, I'm just waiting to transition her from the Pack-n-Play straight to the bed soon (before the little one arrives).
Annaliese has also been talking up a storm!!! She will mimic anything anyone says or does, so we all have to be extra careful! :) She knows SO MUCH including colors, animals & their sounds, and her favorite tv characters and is learning her letters and numbers. She really is a little sponge right now! Yesterday, she wanted to do "pree har" (pretty hair) with all sorts of bows & clips while I was getting ready in the bathroom. It was a crack-up so I had to share.
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