West Coast Living

Greetings from Ft. Myers!

Well technically North Ft. Myers. As per an earlier post, we are temporarily transplanted from the gold coast to the gulf coast. We're renting a townhouse for 3 months while Rob sets up The Call's new frequencies in Ft. Myers and Naples.

We are renting this place from a young couple. The owners are in transition as far as jobs are concerned and in order to make ends meet, they've moved in with his parents and are renting out their house. Which, good for us, is furnished.


I took pictures of EVERYTHING so that after we childproof their home, we can return it to it's original, childless, condition.

I'm happy with this place so far. It is not as big as our house, but it is built to use the space wisely - something the builders of our townhouse did not consider. Also the backyard looks out to TREES! The neighborhood seems quiet and we suspect is largely populated by "snowbirds".

Here are Caleb and Annalise enjoying the new digs.

Caleb has been a little bit of a firecracker since we got here. I think it's because he's so curious about everything - at least I hope! I think being 2 years old must be either terrific or terrible. Or rather, I think it's probably both extremes jolting back and forth and spending no time in the boring, predictable middle.

One thing I thought I was annoyed at, but realized I will miss when it goes away, is Caleb's insistence on being like me. Today for example, I made a peanut butter sandwich for him and a ham sandwich for myself (with pickles). He would not eat until I added ham and pickles to his sandwich and he ate almost all of his peanut butter and ham sandwich with pickles.

Annalise has gone from belly baby to sitting pretty overnight. She spent about 20 minutes in that "mommy props me up while I sit" phase and now sits very well. Since we will be here until she is about 9 months old, I expect she'll be crawling long before we go back to Miami.