4 Months Ago Today

4 months ago today we were on a plane from LAX to Tokyo to Changi, making our way to Singapore for our big move. Derek had just left the working world, ready to be a student again. Dewi had started crawling, and had just said goodbye to her nanny-share nanny and buddy. I had just wrapped up all my work at WEAVE, and was about to start life as a temporary stay-at-home-mom . We had just cleaned our house from top to bottom and re-painted for our renters, sold off all of our furniture and household goods, packed up most of our items, made several Goodwill runs, and said goodbye to DC. We had just spent Christmas with Derek's family in Wisconsin, then New Year's with mine in California. We had just said goodbye to family and friends and were on our way to Singapore...just the 3 of us.

Here we are, 4 months later in our new city, and the feelings of being nomads are slowly going away. I have started a great new job, Derek has handed in his last paper of the semester, and Dewi is growing and excelling every single day at her daycare and at home with us. She is walking everywhere, and loving her newfound freedom, saying new words, dancing to new songs, and delighting at every single piece of her new walking world. We are moving off campus to our own apartment next month, we are prepping for our first visit back home, and we have visitors coming in the next few months. We have taken the MRT and buses everywhere, tried out restaurants recommended by foodie friends, had our full (often too full) share of hawker food, gone to parks, museums, friends' homes, and relaxed at home in our teeny apartment. Life is good, and best of all- we have at least 3.5 more years of exploration to do in our new city. Life is good.

At Jurong Bird Park