God is great!

Saturday July 20th 

This morning Bill, Harrison and I went to a Saturday Morning Coffee Meet Up at the Westin Hotel and it was wonderful! Harrison loved playing and running around in the play space while Bill and I met some really nice families! My heart is overflowing with excitement! I was invited to girls night out tonight but on the fence as to whether I will go or skip this time. Harrison and I are planning to go to Julie Samra's house on Monday morning for an art/play time. We also met two other families whom attend Pearl Church, the church we will be going to tomorrow. God is certainly wonderful! 

Buffalo and yummy coffee

Friday July 19th 

Cows eating in the road on our way to get more passport photos- 24 each! Thankfully they are much cheaper here! 

Harrison experienced his first time standing in the corner for 3 minutes for using a pencil on the couch in the lobby. He was not happy about it at all!

So far my favorite Americano is from Gloria Jean's Coffee at Inorbit Mall...so good! 

We really enjoyed coffee at Beyond Coffee while Harrison played trains and cars (the workers enjoyed playing too)! So cute! 

Buffalo and Duplex

Thursday July 18th 

We saw our first buffalo walking in front of our driver on a busy highway this morning. 

We looked at more houses and apartments today...I think we have finally found what we are looking for- a duplex at Jayabeheri Silicon County. It's a 4 bedroom, 4 bathroom and 4,000 sq feet with lots of built in storage. We are waiting to see if the owner will paint the bedrooms white (currently they are green, bright orange, and moth colored). It has a large expat community and is walking distance to a grocery store, coffee shop and restaurants. As well as 15 minutes from Amazon's office and 10 minutes from Harrison's preschool. 

Wednesday learnings

Wednesday highlights-What  I have learned... summer school break is April-June which is the hottest part of the year 

If anyone wants to ship us anything the best way to ship and make sure it gets to us is via DHL (also known as Blue Dart) or FedEx- NO electronics, dry food is ok and all tags/packaging must be removed from new items! General letters can be mailed by post office. 

Globe Toters will be Harrison's preschool, starting sometime next month. We took Harrison to see the school today and he seemed pretty excited. The school is from 8:50am-12:30pm Monday-Friday but we will start slowly. The website is http://www.globetoters.com/Hyd-GTG/home.aspx

I find it very interesting that stores typically open at 10:30/11am 

We did look at apartment and houses today. Found a house we really liked in a gated community and first house next to security. Looking forward to seeing an apartment complex that will allow me to do some walking around outside tomorrow. 

I was amazed at the variety of shacks and litter so close to the colonies (gated communities). Pretty amusing to see pigs, goats, cows, chickens and dogs just roaming the streets. Today we will look at more houses and apartments. We want to live close to Bill's office and Harrison's preschool. 

We made it India!

Sunday morning we had a wonderful church service and prayer before we headed to lunch at my favorite Thai place in Queen Anne. The flight from Seattle to  Dubai was HOT! But thankfully very smooth! Harrison slept for 3-5 hours :) and loved watching movies. 

We ate lunch/dinner or somewhere along those lines at Burger King- ice cold diet coke and fries were tasty- whopper junior was gross so down the trash can it went.

While in Dubai we were able to briefly FaceTime with grandma and Nana before the plane started to board. 

So thankful to have the 19.5 hours of traveling behind us! 

Tuesday July 16th 

First thing H asked for this morning at breakfast was tea- so cute! We went to check our a preschool close by, Globe Toters (Bill and I went inside while Harrison slept away in the car). We really liked the school and will be taking Harrison on Wednesday to take a look. 

Bill and Harrison all ready for our big flight! 

Amanda and Matt highlights

I am so Blessed to have Amanda and Matt come visit us for a long weekend before we leave for India! I loved showing them the city we love and being a tourist. My favorite part was sitting around talking after Harrison was in bed or playing a game of "Ticket to Ride"...even though Matt was the winner each time. Here are some other great moments...

Kerry Park, beautiful weather and a best friend since 3rd grade! 

Amanda and Matt chilling on the Troll 

Always a great time looking around at the Market...

Beautiful Discovery Park

My two favorite guys...

So much fun!

We have had an awesome time with my Dad and Debbie over the past 12 days. I feel extremely Blessed to have them come visit before we leave for India. There were tons of highlights, laughs, and just plain silliness but here are some of my favorite...

Beating the heat by going to Playdate Cafe in Lynnwood, Harrison had awesome time in the bouncy house (only to get in for a few seconds to run and then slide down)

The ball cage was so fun! Harrison wants a ball cage at home...

Nothing like holding Poppy's phone

Let's catch the bubbles! I love his excitement! 

My little reader and Poppy

Harrison could not decide if it was cold, hot or raining outside...