So, "o bebe" (need to think of a better nickname, but for now...) is sleeping, Bond is at our friend's house and I have the place to myself and should be going to bed, but I promised myself I'd at least post SOME.THING, so here's a quick summary of the past 7-8 months:
We moved in; lived in the house with only 2 plastic, lounge chairs; 2 plastic tables for the pool; a borrowed TV; and a queen size bed for a month and a half before we left for the US (!); flew home 7.5 months pregnant, visited all of our friends and family for the first (of many, I'm sure) "unvacations"; came back to Brasil 8 months pregnant and literally followed our sea container into our neighborhood, unpacked our house and turned it into our home, got used to having the Divine Miss M (our empregada extraordinaire!) around and doing everything for us that I, myself, would never do (ie. IRON our sheets! It's like living in a hotel!); learned Portuguese well enough that 5 months later I would be able to sort everything out at the (second) police station after getting in a car accident. That was my fault. With "o bebe" in the car. More on that later, but we are obviously fine and that's what car insurance is for, (right, Bond?!!); and, oh HAD "O BEBE" (what joy, what bliss...the baby, of course! not necessarily the experience!); and have been adjust to life with a newborn (now baby!) at 4.5 months (!) and enjoying being a SAHM.
So, yeah, lots of blanks to fill in, but for now, I can check the box and close one of many windows that are open in my brain. More, um, soonish!
