Hadley is 3!

Hadley celebrated her 3rd birthday in Alabama! She absolutely loves her birthday and just wants to hear 'the song' over and over. She got to be the star of the week at school and have cake for a week. She was so excited to get so many packages and cards in the mail and to FaceTime with everyone. It took her about 5 minutes to tear through all her gifts but she had a lot of fun.

Now that the terrible 3s are upon us, she is definitely testing her limits and has quite the attitude at times. Some of her favorite things include: music from the show Hamilton, sleeping with as many stuffed animals as possible, eating mushrooms, eggs and avocado, taking things away from Ally and riding bikes. She isn't really into TV or movies but loves books and taking care of her Chickie.  She knows the ABC song, days of the week, months of the year and a little bit of Spanish. She has grown a ton in the last few months, especially her feet! She is tall and lean!

We are now fully potty trained, sleeping in a big girl bed and very smiley.

Birmingham Bound

Its been a long, long time since I have updated but with so much change... its time to get back to posing regular updates. We officially became Alabama residents in late February and the adjustment is ongoing.  I started a position as Associate Athletics Director for Marketing at UAB on February 1. Karl's xenotransplant project has been relocated to UAB and he began his official duties on March 3. We moved out of our home in Brownsburg and into our new place in Hoover so its been a lot of unpacking and getting adjusted to a new place. Ally is finishing up kindergarten at Deer Valley Elementary, which is one of the top rated schools in the area. Hadley is going to pre-school at Odyssey learning center and both transitions have gone very well.

We selected a home in a very large neighborhood that offers a ton of great amenities and so far we have been beyond pleased with our choices. To have pools, playgrounds, restaurants, hotels and more right in the neighborhood has been even better than we hoped. The area is full of adults like us with kids like ours and already the girls have made a lot of friends. The main pool and playground is one block behind our house so we are there a lot.

 

To read more about Karl's project and the real reason we made the move south, visit this story http://www.uab.edu/news/innovation/item/7206?+er20160412.  We are missing being close to our families and friends but technology has helped that a little. Its been a challenge for me to go back to working so many hours and every day of the week but we are getting into a new routine. Summer is coming so we are excited to have visitors and make plans to spend time up north when we can.