Life Back to Normal

Now that we have been home for a full week, things are getting back to normal and we are settling back into a new habit of working out, spending time with family, and enjoying our time together. Having been apart for so long, we really appreciate spending time in each other's company even if we are simply doing other things. It is one of my favorite things about our relationship because it means we won't get bored of each other. Our hobbies might not be the same, but we can always just sit next to each other on the couch next to each other while I read a book and he plays a game.

In the last week, Claire has learned to walk on her own and is now cruising around the house non stop. She doesn't even crawl anymore at all and it all seemed to happen so fast! She wants to go everywhere we try to stop her from going just because she thinks she can now and we have to be hyper aware where she goes. She loves bath time and tries to go to the tub if we leave the bathroom door open. I wish she could eat with utensils but she still prefers using her hands and she definitely likes feeding herself. We've now had two Sundays at our new ward and she is terrorizing her way around the place. There aren't as many other kids to play with but she still finds things to play with in other bags and I hope it doesn't distract too many people.


We have joined a new gym together and are trying to get into a good schedule of going together if someone watches Claire for us in the evenings. It is harder than expected though and I don't know how long we will get to go together, so we will enjoy it while it lasts. I'm back to my regular schedule of teaching for VIPKID every morning as well which is wonderful to be doing normal classes again. Chris hopes to get a job working in the ER at the hospital to get experience and so we can save more money during the time he has off school. We hope he gets the job but if not I'll probably go do subbing again so we aren't wasting our time that we are in Blackfoot.