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I DID IT!!!!!!

I fit both cars in the garage for the first time EVER!!!!

(don't worry honey, I didn't throw too many of your things out ;-)

Someone has the giggles...

Field Trip #2

Emmy and I were invited to join our mommy friends for a special outing at the Nashville Zoo yesterday!  We jumped at the opportunity to go on our second field trip on such a glorious spring day!

I had forgotten how much fun it is to visit the zoo! It was my first outing with Emmy at such a venue, flying solo no less.  I had definitely played out every worst case scenario in my head...Thankfully, she was such a perfect angel!  (I am still curious how one might go about using the restroom when you have an itty bitty baby strapped into a big stroller and your by yourself, but I decided to figure that out on a day when the zoo wasn't, shall we say, such a zoo.)  I felt like one of the cool kids pushing my stroller around among the masses...We spent some time hanging out with my friends and then on our own getting lost among the animal enclosures...After a solid two hours, feeling great about our day and with an excessively full bladder, we headed back to our car to feed the little one and to drive home in time for Emmy's nap.

I love giraffes!

So does Emmy!

This guy was doing some "trunk lifts" with a log-pretty cool!

I didn't dare take her out of her stroller and mess with a good thing!

This one's for you, Baby! These guys were making all kinds of noise!

Such gorgeous creatures!

Catching flies.

Nick Update!

I have received a few phone calls and a couple of e-mails from Nick over the past week (one week down-HOORAY!!!)  He tells me that they are very much still in limbo.  He's been sleeping in a "bay" with about 200 other soldiers, but should (hopefully!) be moving into his permanent "home" within the next two weeks.  He said that despite the fact that this base in Kandahar has been in existence for several years, it is a model of inefficiency.  There might be many amenities, but there are so many people stationed there, that there is a wait for everything.  A typical wait for food at the mess hall is 15 minutes...ugg!  So it's taking him much longer than usual to get even the simplest tasks done.  All of his soldiers are looking to him for answers to their questions (and there are lots!), so his "to do" list is endless.  He flew for the first time last night, and said that it felt great to get behind the controls again.  He promised that they weren't doing any dangerous maneuvers!  We've discovered a couple of  interesting facts about Afghanistan--it is 9.5 hours ahead of me here in Tennessee; and that they drive on the right side of the road with the driver seated on the right side of the car...Just a couple of examples just how different things are in that part of the world.

Helicopter Boy Update: He has called his mother!  Hallelujah! (Unfortunately that hasn't stopped the e-mails; how am I supposed to know what the "task organization" of our company is?!?)!  I can thank my husband for reminding him, upwards of 20 times a day, to reach out to her.  When Helicopter Boy asks if she has sent another e-mail, my trusty hubby's response is always, "Probably."  What a good man he is looking out for me and my inbox! ;-)

Shake, Rattle and Roll!

Caught in the act

I have taught Emmy that it's ok to be a little bit vain...

But this is a little much...

It's understandable, though, I can't stop looking at her face either. ;) 

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GLIMPSE OF SPRING

Our trees are blooming! Unfortunately our weeds are growing too. :-/