Hello Austin!

We have lived in Austin for only two weeks now but it feels like forever. I can see how so many friends warned us about watching your money here, there is so much to do and so many tempting Farmers Markets! Hadley and I spend the workdays making our playground rounds, checking out homes, and exploring our area! Our corporate apartment is very close to Barton Springs, Bee Cave area, which is our favorite part of town to drive around and explore. Hadley is working on learning how to pop his ears, and Lauren is taking more and more Dramamine just to drive around all the hilly areas!

 Hadley's vocabulary has become very colorful thanks to the sometimes unbearable Austin traffic. Last week we experienced "The Drag" while waiting on Aunt Emily for lunch, wouldn't suggest doing that at night by yourself, lots of (there are no politically correct terms for this) urchins of sorts.

The first week here was a dream, now allergies are giving us a hard time. It seems so strange to come from East Texas where we hardly had a problem, to Austin where the men in our family can't escape them! We put an offer in on a short sale home this week, it has great bones, but needs a lot of TLC. Thankfully we have lots of friends and family to take advantage of if we get it!

We have until May 31st to close on a home, so the pressure is on!!!

Lots of Love from Austin