Moving and Utah .... catching up!

We moved back to Cambridge on 10 August. It was such a long drive with New Jersey and New York traffic. And Connecticut too. We stopped about 4 times for Marcus. He definitely has his fussy moments, but overall handled the move well.

 Marcus enjoying the Uhaul :)  Don't worry, he was in the car with me.

Right after returning to Cambridge Dave started his on campus interviews for his job for next summer. He had about 20 interviews and several flybacks. So after the week of interviewing on campus he spent the next two weeks going back and forth between DC and Chicago interviewing at the firms.

We have decided where we will be going now---Sidley Austin, in Chicago. We're really excited to live in Chicago next summer!



While Dave was interview I flew out to Utah with Marcus to visit family. Dave was able to come out too for 5 days---I stayed for two weeks. It was so wonderful to see family and friends!!

 Marcus' first visit to the SLC LDS Temple. Had to capture the moment :)

 Marcus sitting in his great grandpa Braithwaite's lap.

 Marcus with his cousins Kira and Kendra at the Zoo. Thanks Kir!

 Marcus playing with his cousin Aleah. They're only a couple months apart :)

 Marcus playing with his cousin Calvin. Cute little men :)

 Dave and Marcus with our previous Bishop, his wife and our friend Stirling. Great to see old friends!!

Marcus and I hanging out with my besty girly friends :)

After we came home from Utah Dave started school right away and life was back to normal---except for that right before we left for Utah Marcus learned how to crawl!! So now life has changed forever! I've been baby-proofing the best I can. We sold our old TV stand and bought one with cupboards that close. I've tried to move everything out of his reach that he can't touch. I've given up on stopping him from playing with our shoes---but I did teach him not to put them in his mouth----it's really cute when he does though because I just call his name and he drops the shoe and runs away. He usually runs toward the stairs and proceeds to climb them. Yes, he started to climb the stairs at 7 1/2 months---wasn't expecting that. Although I'm happy for him reaching all these milestones, I miss him just sitting there not getting into anything :)

 He stands against everything now!

 Marcus just being super cute :)