We're back!

Well it has been a whirlwind few weeks! We left Virginia on October 10 and headed north to Rochester, NY for Ben's 1st interview. The interview went really well and Maddie and I had a great time touring the city and visiting The Strong Museum of Play!

After 2 days of interviewing we headed east to Lake George, NY to spend the night with Maddie's Grandma, Grandpa and Great Grandma Joan. Maddie loved looking at the boats and throwing pebbles in the water. She even got to pick her first Hershey Kisses from the candy tree!

We then headed to Gloucester where we spent the weekend with Nonnie and Papa. We had a really nice baby shower on Sunday the 14th and saw lots of family and friends, including Maddie's buddy David. They had a great time running up and down the hallway carrying balloons.

From there we headed north again to Maine where we spent the week hanging out with Ben's family. Maddie especially loved playing with her cousins Elias and Josiah! She couldn't get enough running around and copying everything Elias did! We visited Fort Knox while we were there but mostly just enjoyed some down time while the kids played. We had another baby "sprinkle" as Ben's mom called it and got to see even more friends and family! Maddie also LOVED the dogs. They let her pet and "hug" them, even though she called them kitties most of the time.

Monday morning we left Maine and met up with friends Amy, Jack and Collin for lunch at their house. Jack and Maddie had fun playing with toys and in the leaves while Collin napped.

Monday night we arrived in Pawtucket, RI after a nice dinner with Nonnie and Papa on the way. Yesterday Ben interviewed for the fellowship postion there while Maddie and I went to The Roger Williams Park Zoo.

Immediately after Ben's interview finished, around 4pm, we all loaded into the car... again... and headed on our way back here to Virginia. We were pretty exhausted when we rolled in at 1am but glad to be home!

Today Maddie and I hung out at home unpacking and doing errands and Ben got to sleep in a bit before going to work at noon.

This afternoon Ben officially accepted the fellowship position he interviewed for in Rochester, NY so now we know where we'll be moving to at the end of June and can begin to look forward to and plan for that! We will be in NY for 1 year and then it's back home to New England to hopefully settle in for good. Hooray!