Time to Play

Well, as expected life is certainly a lot less hectic here in Edinburgh. I honestly think that just the absence of a car has given us more time on our hands. Needless to say, we do not miss the Atlanta traffic. When our internet went down a week ago, it really multiplied our time since I was completely unable to work. While this was a tremendous problem and now I am totally backlogged, it gave me some great family time. We have enjoyed playing in the garden outside of our flat. Emerson wants to go out at every waking minute. When she is not outside, she is perched on her stool at our kitchen window, watching the other children play.

It has also given us time to start Ward's first foods. You can see in the photo that his first day eating rice he was looking a little unsure. By day two, he was full throttle and now he has successfully moved onto peas, carrots, and will start sweet potatoes tonight. Emerson has enjoyed helping me make his food and is always wanting to help hold the spoon. This makes me a little nervous. Ward is such an eager eater, he dives for the spoon each time he sees it. I am afraid she is going to jab him in the back of the throat and gag him- probably not the best. Now that Ward is getting a little bit older and more active, Emerson is all the more willing to jump in and play with him. He is totally enamoured with his big sister. He gives a huge grin whenever he sees her and watches her constantly.

Of course, now that we have regained access to the outside world after what felt like an eternity (8 whole days!!!!) it is back to work for me. Trey of course never stopped working since they didn't shut down the library in honor of my internet crisis. Even so, we are both workng joyfully as we are very grateful for our current tasks and our higher quality family time that life on Blacket Avenue has provided.