minnesota!

Sorry for in my lack of blog updates! It has been a very hectic past few weeks to say the least. We have safely arrived and settled in to my parent's house here in good ol' Minnesota. The weather has been really nice and we're finally adjusting to the huge time difference. James is getting all the loving and attention that a baby could ever ask for. My mom and sisters abosolutely coo over him and my dad and brother think he's amazing. James is starting to warm up to them now. He loves looking at my dad and touching his nose and he also likes to listen to my brother talk and of course, he loves his cell phone. So... things are going great! He's also trying out all of his new gadgets that my family has gotten for him. He has an exersaucer with all the sounds and activities a baby could ask for, a new high chair for eating new foods (mac and cheese!) and his new car seat for going for rides in our new car!

We took our first trip to Target together yesterday. Wow was that an experience! I completely forgot how massive that store is. I think James and I were both like "woooooow" with huge eyes. It's so strange to be going through a culutre shock in a place that you grew up with. The Minnesotan accents are so much stronger than I remember, the roads are so much bigger and the stores are absolutely massive! Thankfully driving has come back to me quite naturally so I'm very very happy to be getting around with my car. I am missing England though. It's been our home for the past year and it's the only place that James knows. I know he is missing his daddy. He always seems to be searching for him and he gets the biggest smiles when he talks to him on the phone! I'm missing his daddy as well!

We do have good news though! Kev's paperwork has finally arrived from the Nottingham Police Dept. so it looks like his visa is on it's way!! Hopefully we'll all be reunited by the end of June. Can't wait till he's heerrrrre!


sorry for the lack of pictures! they won't upload for some reason but i'll have them up as soon as i can!