It has been a little over a month since we arrived back in SF and it is nice to be home.
We had a gruelling flight back from Delhi, with 2 days of showing up at the airport, getting on the plane the 1st day, only to be kicked off due to mechanical problems, and the 2d day sitting at the airport the 2d day in a confined security area with no food or water for hours on end, only to be sent away again. IT was a nice time of fellow stranded traveller bonding and Sofi made some friends. The upside was that we did get put up in a 5* hotel, The Grand, and that was extravagant. After 3 & 1/2 days of travelling, and a cold few hours laying over in Newark between connecting flights, we made it home to SF. Tia Susana welcomed us at the airport with the all-important new car seat. Relief!
A few days of jetlag and running around and then we moved into our new home in the Presidio park. Gorgeous house and amazing views of the Golden Gate bridge, living above Crissy Field in a national park. That weekend nannaji and naaniji arrived from London. Sofi was delighted. And we had a fun birthday party on June 4th at Menlo Park's UMe playspace with friends.
Sofi and I have been a little sick, with all the travelling and climate changes and changing weather here, but it's great to be home where things make sense and I feel like I know how to get around. Sofi is making friends and enjoying that she can play outside almost every day. Rainy days, we have a membership at Peekadoodle indoor playspace in Ghiradhelli Square. It feels like there are soo many babies and children around the City, so it's been lots of making new friends, exploring the parks and having playdates.
Sofi has started attending Parkside Preschool daytimes and is working up towards full time 5 days a week. She also goes to a summer preschool class Friday mornings at Peekadoodle. We are finding story times at the library, music classes, movement classes and playgroups for her to develop her creative side.
It's all good. Slowly but surely we are settling in.
We are also in the process of starting the post-placement visits with our social worker, waiting for her certificate of citizenship and hoping to finish the process once and for all.
