On May 6th, Emi, Rob and I moved back to Minnesota after spending some time in Germany. We have not been so great about blogging since returning in part because it was hard for us to blog on a site previously dedicated to our German experience.

So now, we have a new blog...for recording some time in Minnesota. To catch up on the past, almost 5 months....

We returned to our condo that we owned prior to our move and thus also prior to Emi's appearance in our lives. The transition of making our one bedroom a 3 person home, was a struggle at first but has worked out well.

While we were transitioning, Emi has continued to show connections to Germany, including working on her German puzzle that was given to us by friends before the move.




Near the end of May, Emi starting walking. At first, she was a bit unsteady, but we got out as often as we could so she could enjoy the sunshine. Rob started working 2 weeks after we arrived.


In June, I started working and thus we had our first experience of trusting a stranger to care for Emi. We found 2 fabulous nannies. Also, and more importantly, we celebrated Emi's first birthday on June 13th with a trip to the beach. Emi loves sand and water so the day was wonderful. In particular she enjoyed her cake.

Emi started playing independently a lot in June. One of her favorite things to do was to wrestle and snuggle with her horses.
More about our summer to come soon.