a visit to Cambridge

Sorry for the delay in posting but we've had a busy time down in England. We set off a week and a half ago for Cambridge, in search of housing for the three of us to live in for the next three years. I had lined up 6 places for us to look at on a Friday and Saturday in hopes that we would see something we liked before Nick's conference started on Monday. Instead, we saw houses complete with disgustingly stained carpet, dark cave-like qualities, bathrooms with no shower, and (the worst) shattered glass strewn across the floor from a broken window that the landlord hadn't even bothered to clean up (but had bothered to board up the window). I won't go into the despair that both Nick and I felt after our two days of house hunting but we did decide that we needed to up our price range and look further out from the city. So to make a long story short, we now have a beautiful place to live in Grantchester, which is just 2 miles outside of Cambridge. Nick will be able to bike in along the River Cam and Cal and I will be enjoying living in the countryside while being able to take a short bus ride into the city center. We are really looking forward to it.

While Nick was at his conference in Cambridge, Cal and I stayed with first my Aunt Beverly, and then my Uncle Ken and Aunt Liz. My cousin Amy was also able to come down from Manchester for the day so she could meet Calvin. We had a great time and it seemed that Calvin made quite a bit of progress while we were down there. He is handing out lots of smiles now and starting to grab things. He is also quite the drool monster and we think he might be teething. Let the fun begin!

Here are a few pictures from our time down in the Midlands. Only 3 weeks left in Scotland!

Falling asleep in Aunty Liz's arms


Cal thinks Uncle Ken's phone conversation is hilarious


Meeting up for a picnic with Dad in Cambridge


His first set of keys


Aunty B reading a story to Calvin


Cal getting caught cuddling with Aunty Amy