We're here! We left Charlotte last Sunday and drove three days, arriving in Austin Tuesday. Since then, it’s been hectic! There’s been a lot going on with the movers coming with only half of our items, unpacking, and starting to explore our neighborhood and city while also taking care of our new puppy!
Sadie:
10 weeks old, 16.8lbs, and the cutest dog I have ever seen. I know I’m biased, but she is absolutely adorable. We picked her up before even getting to Austin because I couldn’t wait any longer to see that sweet face. She was born in Troy, Texas which is in the middle of absolutely nowhere and was part of a litter of 11. Immediately sweet and cuddly in the car, we thought that maybe the transition from her farm to our house would be seamless… NOT the case. The first night she cried allll night long, whined when she saw her reflection in the oven because she thought it was her sister that she missed, and wouldn’t eat. But since then, she’s gotten better every day, and now has a routine where she goes out around 2 or 3 a.m., and then wakes up at 6 a.m. and other than that sleeps through the night. I think she is going to be high energy but she is so loving and follows one of us around everywhere we go. She knows her name, and yesterday we discovered treats at this local dog store that she will do anything for! We also had her first vet visit yesterday and she was incredibly well behaved. I also realized if we ever have daughters, we are in trouble because Sadie is a total Daddy's girl and has Patrick wrapped around her little paw (he is sitting next to me with her and just told her that "Every day is Natinal Sadie puppy day because she is the most beautiful puppy ever" ha! After 5 days, we already see her as such a gift, and are completely in love with her.
Whole Foods:
We went here yesterday and I have to blog about it. For those who don’t know, Whole Foods was started in Austin and the flagship store is in the middle of downtown. Patrick and I went yesterday and it is simply awesome. I have never seen a more beautiful, upscale, enormous grocery store! They have produce you wouldn’t believe, each section of fresh poultry, meat, or seafood is bigger than all three combined at a normal grocery store. They also have two cheese sections with wheels of every kind of cheese imaginable behind the counter. There are counters scattered throughout the store (I counted 4 and I couldn’t even take everything in) with ready to eat items (vegetarian? There’s a counter with all white bean and spinach salads, quinoa, veggie and gluten free lasagna). There is an olive bar with 20 types of olives to pick from. Fill your own container stations with various types of nut butters (peanut, almond, cashew you name it) and olive oils and vinegars so you can pick your size and try away. Spices I’ve never even heard of. Two separate wine tasting stations and a huge selection to chose from (including racks of eco-friendly wines and local wines from Texas). A desert bar where you can select truffles, candy covered apples, anything chocolate covered from their chocolate fountain they have running. It is truly insane and somewhat overwhelming!
Adding to the greatness of this Whole Foods is that they also serve food here at three different sections throughout the store. I saw sections serving sandwiches and salads and sections serving amazing looking pasta dishes, you can come here for lunch or dinner and have a variety of options to choose from. There are bars at the sections as well and one main bar in the middle of the store. All were PACKED! We were there on a Friday around 5:45 and it seemed like the place to be, tons of people enjoying their happy hour at the grocery store… amazing. There is a section made to be a coffee bar like setting as well, where several people were finishing up their workdays on their laptops and sipping lattes or smoothies.
All in all, I’d say we’re going to love this city. We’re slowly but surely getting everything unpacked (all of our stuff didn’t fit on one truck which we didn’t find out until the day before the truck got here so the rest of our things arrived Monday – the movers have been the low point of this move). Our house is starting to look like a home; we adore our new addition to the family, and can’t wait to explore more! A friend of mine from college and her fiance moved here recently too and they're coming over before we go to dinner tonight so hopefully I'll get everything else unpacked today and will upload pics of the house soon. Have a fabulous weekend everyone!
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