Marchie's World

Archie was teaching Rachel how to blink yesterday. It was hilarious. Every time he said "blink" she started laughing hysterically. He also is working with her on doing somersaults. She has started putting her head down on the ground from a standing position like she wants to do one anyway, so we have just been helping her along.

She still loves her vegetables, and has recently mastered the word "broccoli", which is one of her favorites. So there was a short period where everything she pointed to was called broccoli as it also became one of her favorite words to say.

Rachel has started to 'run'. When she's got her little pink Converse "Chuck's" on, it is so funny to hear her little feet stomping all over the place.

We're in 'pop' country. The aisle in the grocery store that has Coke and Pepsi in it says "pop" on the aisle sign.

There are no WHITE american Kraft cheese singles (or other brands). They only have yellow and orange type. I have looked in about 4 grocery stores (all different chains) and none of them have them. You have to buy it at the deli. I guess in the long run that's better for us as the singles are probably highly 'processed' foods.

ok... this seems to be mostly food related. Sorry.

What we knew of as Arnold brand breads 'back East' is Brownberry brand. Same logo and packaging, just a different brand name.

They have lots of restaurants with variations of "Coney Island" in the name. I was very confused about the high volume of that "theme" restaurant in Michigan. I didn't know if there was some connection between Michigan and Coney Island, NY, or if there was a Coney Island somewhere here in Michigan. Nope. It turns out that they call hot dogs "Coney's". Very strange.

Ok, that's all for now.

Nope, no pictures still.

Well, we joined a local gym, and have gone a couple of times so far. However, we put Rachel in the child care area and I guess she didn't do too well for very long (about a half hour). I think it was mostly my fault though, as I kind of set her up for failure - she didn't have her afternoon nap that day so she was pretty out of control by the time we got down there (they give them 10 or so minutes to calm down before calling the parent over the intercom). Yeah, that was fun. So we will give it another shot sometime soon under better circumstances.

Oops, gotta run. Will talk again soon hopefully :)

We have now been in our house for a little over 3 weeks and things are getting there, slowly but surely. The big stuff is done and now it is time to find homes for all of the little stuff... even if the stuff's new "home" is the trash can. We really have been hauling and saving a bunch of stuff that we haven't looked at for over two years, so we are working on being very diligent on getting rid of stuff. Since we have been here we have also been acquiring new stuff (kinda like the circle of life, right?) - a microwave (the one that came with the house is one that is tiny, has very little power, and is so old it doesn't even have a turntable), some area rugs, and mostly things to help organize the house (racks, bins, etc).

This afternoon I gave Rachel her second haircut. We'll have to see whether it needs touching up after I wash it. The hair that is at the top of her head (the crown area) is still the same type of hair she was born with - dark and straight - while the stuff underneath it, down around the nape of her neck, is the "newer" stuff lighter and curlier. So, I kind of gave her a layered cut, so the under stuff can catch up with the top stuff. The top stuff seems to grow faster, but it could have just been how I cut it the first time, we'll have to see. Archie's next, but I think we'll just stick with the same cut for him :-P

We were going to go and find the local dog park today, but the weather was a little overcast on top of the rather cold temperatures (low 20's) and a bit of snow, so I think we lost our motivation on that one. We'll have to make up for it by taking Millie for walks around the neighborhood this week. It will be good for all of us (Millie included) to be up and moving around. I think I am going to go around to some of the local 'gym' type places soon to see what they have to offer. I saw a Gymboree place not very far away, but according to their website, they charge $65 a month, and you only get one class a week for that price. Seems pretty high to me. So, we'll look at the Y and such as I know they have swimming for babies and maybe one or two other programs, as well as stuff for mom and dad :)

Well, that's all I've got for now. My computer kind of crapped out before we moved, so I am way behind on my pictures and stuff, so I apologize for not staying up to date on that. I did just get a good headstart on getting our office set up and organized, so I will be able to use Archie's in the meantime (til we figure out what we're going to do about mine).

TTFN

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