It seems it has been a while. Or maybe you had not noticed?! Doubtful. It seems my days are taken up with other things that preclude me from having extra time to write and keep our little blog updated. So sorry - but here's a random assortment of pictures to explain what we have been up to.
Back to Iraq. This was taken right before Blake left to go to the airport.
Just sitting on the porch waiting for the neighbors to come home.
Oh, room service! I went with Blake to the Gaylord Texan for a night while he attended a work conference. In the morning I decided to get breakfast brought to me
and it was heaven.
This is called "swinging" and she is not allowed to swing here anymore. This was the first and only time, and I snapped this picture very quickly on my iPhone - before anything bad happened. It was after a bath, which would explain the nakedness. She usually swings from bars at the playground, or from a closet bar, or she has tried on the edge of a table - whatever you have available, she'll try. Nice form, don't you think?!
Mmm. So, for Blake's first meal home we had barbecue, all the way from Memphis! Our friends Walt and Lauren drove home to Memphis for a visit the weekend before Blake flew in, so I put in my order and they stopped at Corky's to get some ribs and pulled pork for us. I also made sour cream and cheddar mashed potatoes and roasted green beans.
For dessert that night I made apple crisp, which might be Blake's favorite dessert. This is notable because when we got married he did not like "fruit desserts."
Ava really likes the carousel at the mall. Blake rode with her one day.
Here's Ava playing dress-up in her kitchen.
Just having a laugh with her adult friends.
Looking lovely and quite composed in her borrowed outfit at the Jewetts' house (she got chocolate milk all over her own outfit). Pretty shoes, which she wore home.
Waiting in line the first day the Apple store opened in University Park Village. Maybe you know how much my husband likes Apple? Well, we got him a t-shirt.
Almost in! We only waited about 45 minutes, which I didn't think was too bad, if you're going to do something like wait in line for a t-shirt in the first place. Oh, and I did buy a cover for my iPhone, so I wasn't one of "those people" that just came for the shirt.
Checking out her lipstick job in the rearview mirror.
Ah - the day finally came to put the nursery together. Here's the pile of stuff waiting to be unpacked.
We had to wait a week for the carpet to get here till we could put everything in. Here's Blake cutting the carpet pad.
Ava and Blake having fun.
Smiling for the camera.
We rode the miniature choo-choo about 4 times in a week and a half. Ava loves it! Especially the popcorn at the station stop midway through the trip.
Okay, this was just a good day - the day my new vacuum came! Can you see Ava's little painted toenails?! So cute.
A familiar sight - Blake and his mistress, er, I mean his Mac.
Back to putting the nursery together - here's the rest of the stuff in the living room waiting to go in!
Got the carpet in, and the shades up. Now we were trying to decide about furniture placement. I guess I will have to go take a picture of the finished room for you to see - but please give me a month or so.
