Why does blogger...

...upload pictures in backwards order?

oops... way over exposed!

I'm in Love!

Meet my new baby!

No, I'm not pregnant.

My birthday present arrived yesterday and I am in love. (Once again, my birthday is not until May, but after taking Lil's birthday pictures Jacob agreed that I needed a better camera and when he suggested that my birthday was approaching I jumped all over it!) Of course UPS delivered my new Canon 40D at 7:00 pm yesterday evening so I didn't get much opportunity to play with it last night.


And the light of midday is not my favorite so I'll have to wait until later today to do some more playing... or pray it gets overcast. One or the other. :) So far we only got a few shots at the playground before the wind got too strong and ran us back inside.

And for those of you noticing that my sewing machine is (once again) occupying the dinning room table, I am helping decorate canvas bags for the BN volunteers. Nothing too exciting. I know, I'm bummed too.

Maybe later.

She's cute, but...

I've got to find a new time of day to blog. By the time I get Lil down to bed, I'm tired and I end up rushing a post at the computer before I go veg out in front of the TV. Notice you've been getting a whole bunch of pics lately.... They are easy, but you must be getting tired of looking at my kid by now.

We had a great visit with Gramma and look forward to seeing her and the rest of mi familia over the Fourth of July weekend. That will be part of Jake's block leave before he takes another turn overseas. We do know he will be headed to Afghanistan. But as usual, more than that we can't say....

Somebody told me once that the Army doesn't lie, the truth just changes.

Short term, we are a week away from a practice deployment. Jacob will be headed to JRTC at lovely Fort Polk next Thursday for three weeks... much shorter than I had originally anticipated, which is nice.

And since I can't resist a picture:

I certainly can't wear yellow, but she looks sweet in it.

Me and My Dad

circa 1980

I love you Daddy!

A Bit of This and That

Gramma left today. :( But she misses Grandpa and Uncle Jake so we understand. We'll see her again in July.


Lily now has a fourth tooth, and its not the top left... its the bottom left lateral incisor.


Lily can take four steps before she falls off balance.

I ordered my birthday present on Sunday and am anxiously awaiting it's arrival. What's that you say? My birthday isn't until May? Well, you're right... but I wanted it now. I'll share as soon as it gets here.

Free Bird

Let me just start by saying Mom is here for another night. Her flight out of Fayetteville was delayed so much that she was going to miss her connecting flight and there were no other flights to Sacramento tonight. So she has been re-booked for tomorrow. I'm not all that sad about it.

And now the real meat of the post:

If you've ever been to a concert you know there is always that one person in the crowd that shouts out "Free Bird" and thinks they are hilarious. (I actually saw Leonard Skynard in concert once and believe me... it was not in the least bit funny.)

My dad is that person.

Oddly enough... it is hilarious when he does it. I don't know why.

This picture is for Dad:

Watch Me Grow

You've heard of taking a new baby's picture every month with the same stuffed animal to see how fast they grow, right?

Well, I recently heard someone talk about taking a child's picture in a grown-up outfit every year near their birthday. So I thought I'd give it a try. And you know you can't beat a little black dress!

We have Gramma for just one more day. :( So I'm off to enjoy her!