Daddy and Connor

Daddy giving Connor a bath for the first time after his return.... new photos to soon follow.

Eric's Homecoming

Yes....He is finally back :) We are all so excited. It was heartbreaking not being able to bring him home afterwards (he had duty) but atleast he was able to spend a long weekend home with us. Here are some pictures of his ship pulling in... unfortunately I didn't charge up my camera battery before we left to go meet him. So I don't have as many pictures as I would have liked... but here they are.. Welcome Home Eric!

My Sweet Baby Playing

Connor is now getting real good in grabing for toys and playing with them. Here he is tonight. He can't wait to see Daddy soon :)

Mysterious Picture Concluded

So My father got a call from his aunt and found out that the picture was of a wedding, her sisters wedding, my grandmother was one of her bridesmaids. So mystery solved. My thoughts are that it must have been a pretty big wedding if the bridemaids bouquets were that big! wow!

Our Zoo Trip

We went to the zoo today with Nancy, Tara, and Nadine today... it was a good time.

Connor First Trip to the Pool

Connor and I went with my friend Nancy and her children to our Neighborhood pool today. Yesterday I got Connor cute swimming trunks, a hooded beach towel, a hat, sunglasses that have the strap so that they stay on, and of course a Float.. it is a crab... way too cute! So we headed out and had a picnic there.. fun fun... it took Connor a little to get used to the water.. but after he was used to the cold.. He was fine... it actually was a pretty warm day... it was beautiful.. not to cold.. not to hot... a nice warm breeze not a cloud in the sky.... beautiful... gorgeous. I love being a house wife and being able to do this with Connor.. tomorrow... the Zoo... I feel like I have joined the housewives club... it is great :).. but nothing could replace my Eric. ... Oh how I miss you Eric... let me count the ways :)

Connor's New Toy

Here are some pictures from this morning.. he actually slept until 8:00am.. I couldn't believe it! He is doing so well... I ended up getting him a little stationary entertainer and he just loves it! Can't you tell :) Well we found out that Eric's ship is not extended after all Hooray!!!! I can't wait to see you Sweetheart! Connor and I have been missing you so much!

Mysterious Picture

Here is the mysterious picture of my Grandmother. Did she secretly get married to this gentleman before WWII and if so who is he? If he is who we think he may be.. he was her love that died in the war before she met my Grandfather. Guess we will have to wait and find out.. maybe her sister knows. My Dad and I described the picture to my great Aunt when we visited her in Kennesaw, GA this weekend she said she had never seen it. Hummm We will send the picture to her and see what she says. It is such a beautiful dress and such a big bouquet of flowers.. it could be a wedding picture... couldn't it?

The Hippo and the Tortise

(AFP) - A baby hippopotamus that survived the tsunami waves on the Kenyan coast has formed a strong bond with a giant male century-old tortoise, in an animal facility in the port city of Mombassa, officials said.

The hippopotamus, nicknamed Owen and weighing about 300 kilograms (650 pounds), was swept down SabakiRiver into the Indian Ocean, then forced back to shore when tsunami waves struck the Kenyan coast on December 26, before wildlife rangers rescued him.

"It is incredible. A-less-than-a-year-old hippo has adopted a male tortoise, about a century old, and the tortoise seems to be very happy with being a 'mother'," ecologist Paula Kahumbu, who is in charge of LafargePark, told AFP.

"After it was swept and lost its mother, the hippo wastraumatized. It had to look for something to be a surrogate mother. Fortunately, it landed on the tortoise and established a strong bond. They swim, eat and sleep together," the ecologist added. "The hippo follows the tortoise exactly the way it follows its mother. If somebody approaches the tortoise, the hippo becomes aggressive, as if protecting its biologicalmother," Kahumbu added.

"The hippo is a young baby, he was left at a very tender age and by nature, hippos are social animals that like to stay with their mothers for four years," he explained.


This is a real story that shows me that our differences don't matter much when we need the comfort of another. We could all learn a lesson from these two creatures of God, look beyond the differences and find a way to walk the path together.

I miss you Eric!

Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away. I miss and love you Eric!

Beach Trip

Dad, Connor and I decided to go to the beach and take pictures this evening. The water is absolutely gorgeous... it is one of those things that you just can't get over... at least for me. I have lived in this area most of my life.. and I never can get over how beautiful the beach and water is in Destin, Florida. Yep it truly is the Redneck Riviera.

Raspberries

My sweet baby loves to give me dirty diapers and sweet raspberries

Hummm Good Parenting?

So I know that sitting a child in front of a TV really isn't all that good for them. However I have discovered these Baby Einstein videos... since Connor is naturally attracted to light he is even more attracted to the TV.. and these videos are so cute and educational... just look at him, he gets really into him... his favorties so far is Baby Noah and Baby Galileo atleast they seem to be his favorites Plus.. it keeps him awake... so he can do more sleepy sleepy at night. Thank goodness he is sleeping through the night :)