From Arizona to California to Pennsylvania

Much has happened in the last two weeks-

Ev was extremely sick, possibly food poisoning. He was bed ridden for a good four days. This made getting the house ready for moving day pretty difficult. We're procrastinators anyway so I can't put all the blame on him. Good bye ARIZONA.

We packed our necessities (clothes, toothbrush, blowdryer etc) and shipped what we could of our larger belongings in the car to PENNSYLVANIA.

Ila, Thor and I flew to CALIFORNIA for my cousin Harrison's Bar Mitzfa. We spent one day having friends over to meet the baby and another day driving to Rancho Cucamonga to visit my Great Uncle (Ila's Great Great Uncle) and the last free day with my brother and sister in law (flew in from Missouri.) As short as it was, it was worth the trip. Unfortunately, I decided that it was in our best interest to leave Thor with my parents in California for the next two weeks. Selfishly, it would have been difficult to have flown to Philly with him & Ila alone and then leaving him alone in the subleased apartment for the few hours when we might be out somewhere where we wouldn't be able to bring Thor along. On the bright side, I believe this may be a great opportunity to further his necessary potty training. He will be a happy, he's spending time with my parents pup Monty and my brothers pup Ranger. 

(Photos from the gathering to meet Ila)

(Photos from the visit to Great Great Uncle Joe)

(Photos from the Bar Mitzfa)

My brother and his wife announced that they are going to have a baby boy in August! His name is Leo Anthony Vella. I'm not surprised ;) I was on to them, but how in the world were they able to hold in that kind of precious information for six and a half months?! Seriously!

Ev, Ila and I are finally in PHILLY. We have subleased an apartment downtown that overlooks Rittenhouse Square. It's a beautiful vacation location. We've been enjoying our time (so far) by sleeping in, taking walks through the park and exploring the downtown shopping area. Last night was Mothers Day & our one year anniversary. We celebrated by sleeping, walking around town, and eating at the fabulous Barclay Prime. If this is what it's like to live down here full time, I'd love it. But Ev and I agree that we're happy with our purchase on the outskirts of downtown in South Philly. Driving to work for him would be difficult and finding parking would be even worse. 

Looking forward to another week with my baby girl!