Tuesday, March 9, 2010

We’re still here!

So I didn’t really mean to disappear from the blog this year, it just kinda happened. But we’re still here! We haven’t been up to much, Billy has been home for the past few weeks and we’ve been just kinda soaking up our time with him. He left today to go back to Texas =( It always takes us a few days to adjust after he leaves. I guess we don’t really ever adjust though, we just miss him.  I rejoined the working world yesterday, so maybe that will help the time pass more quickly. Ave started back to her old daycare and is loving it! I may or may not have cried all the way to work yesterday and today after dropping her off. I don’t think any tears have been shed from her about it =). I really think I’ll like the job, at least I do so far. I stay busy so that makes the day pass quickly and everyone I work with seems great. I will miss staying home with Ave, especially since it seems that winter has apparently left the building. I start to work and the weather turns awesome! Go figure! But I think it will do us both good. I feel like she really needs the interaction with the other kids on a daily basis and maybe I need some adult interaction too. I have to admit, it will be nice to not have to watch Super Readers and Caillou every morning. No pictures this time. If you want to see pictures, look at them on facebook =) I’ll try to keep this thing updated. try.

On another note, please keep one of my dearest friends in your prayers. She’s going through a tough time right now. She’s probably the strongest person I know, but I know prayers will make her even stronger!

Monday, January 4, 2010

Happy New Year!

So I just had this whole year-in-review blog written and my stupid computer decided to just turn off. I may or may not have shouted at it and left Ave wondering what was wrong with her momma. I don’t feel like rewriting it. In short, I felt like 2009 went by way too fast! It was over-all a good year. I quit work in April and have been home with Ave. There are pluses and minuses to that, although the pluses greatly outweigh the minuses.  We flew out to San Francisco in June and vacationed it back home, it was a fun trip. Spent a lot of time at the lake during the summer and hope to spend even more time this summer. We made a few trips to Texas for weddings, reunion, and holidays.  Christmas was great this year. Ave only wanted two things from Santa, an Ariel doll and a kitty. Santa left two kitties! (and umm, don’t really know where they are right now, haven’t seen them today and it’s 3:00…. she hasn’t noticed yet, so I’m hoping they show up pretty soon) She was really creative with their names. The girl kitty is Daisy May. Funny, Granny and PaPaw have a kitty named Daisy May. The boy one is Fubby. I have no clue where she came up with that one. This past week two new “people” have joined our lives, Siggy and Olivia. Siggy is Ave’s boyfriend and Olivia started out as Siggy’s sister, but is now Ave’s sister. They’ve been hanging out pretty much every day and even sleep on the couch. Good thing they’re imaginary. And I also have no clue where she came up with those names, we know NO ONE with those names!  It really does amaze me how “real” they are to her.  They even played in the snow with her this morning. We had to wait on them to get their coats and boots on before we could go outside. And apparently Olivia fell when she was putting her boots on and it was hilarious! I’ll stop now and share some pictures. Hope everyone has had a great start to 2010!

My family126

Christmas morning192

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Had to take a little detour to get to Fordyce. 193

Santa left her kitties at Maw and PawPaw’s house201

My sweet girls =)204

By the  looks on their faces, I think the poker was a little serious at this point256

My winnings!  (and I was trying to be artsy with my camera)278

Cathy230

Marley Jane sticking her tongue out314

Avery and Brennan332

Catching snow on her tongue002

She had just thrown a snowball at “olivia”003