Finally connected to the world again

After nearly two months, we finally have internet!! With the exception of a few things we need for the house and a few accounts we still need to cancel in states, we are officially settled, hallelujah! We still don't have a car (just a rental)and haven't really decided whether we should get one. Within blocks we have a nice grocery store, another little store with every brand of makeup, lotions, shampoo, etc as well as restaurants, buses and soon enough the streetcar. We could easily survive without a car, but come winter time I'm not sure we'll want to.

We love Germany. I've already made 3 new really cool friends. One of them lives in Leimen and has 3 kids, so Lexi has made some friends as well. We have gone to so many fun places since being here. It's great how kid friendly it is here! Although I speak maybe 20 words of German, if you have a kid or a dog you're fine amongst the Germans. So as it turns out my maniac child is a lucky charm!

The pictures are of the living room. It's actually much bigger than the photo's make it look. The layout it perfect. The backyard needs some work...more bushes, some flowers, etc. We will probably wait until next spring to do anything though. We still have boxes to unpack, but are waiting until we get closets. The houses here don't have closets, but IKEA has some cool closets you can buy. BTW the IKEA here is gigantic!! It's literally the size of Dillards (with an upstairs and downstairs!)

Overall I think we have adjusted great. Shaun really likes his job much, much better. He's going to start school October 5 and then I just started class again yesterday. Lexi is her normal self and loves exploring. She has made several German friends and is starting to pick up some German words. It's adorable. We are definitely happier with our life here so far.