Second, we’ve moved to Seattle. What a change from Philadelphia! For me, being on the other side of the country feels like I’m upside down. Living in a West Coast city is much, much different than an East Coast city. I haven’t been here long enough for me to make true sense of my impressions of it so far: the people are nice; the climate is different – yes, it does rain here all of the time in the rainy season, which is when we moved here; and we had to buy a car(!).

Claire seems to have adjusted pretty well. We’ve been having some sleeping troubles (i.e. separation anxiety troubles) but other than that she’s been having a great time. Here she is at our new neighborhood park.

For some reason I love this expression. You can see the wheels moving behind those eyes. It’s at times like these that she looks most like Aaron.