I’m dog sitting for my cousin from Utah. Poor Yorkie had to ride in a car from Utah to South Mississippi only to be dropped of in a strange house with a 56lb golden retriever and a toddler. Ozzie has been shaking since he walked in the door. Kylie just chases it around the house yelling “kitty, kitty, kitty.” Bahahaha. I can’t get her to understand that it’s a dog.
I love my kid.
Suited up.
She loves the boat. “Boat, boat, boat. Wherea boat?”
Whirlwind of a long weekend.
Thursday night we were in New Orleans for the business channel rally. Those people are wild. We ended up at the Cat’s Meow (usually I hate karoke bars) until after 2am. We had a blast, probably because there were at least 20 people with us, most of whom didn’t change out of their 80s attire. Jason ended up dancing on stage at some point after midnight, you know, because it was his birthday.
Friday we headed back home to pick up munchkin so that my dad could rest for a few hours before we were off to see HP7. The three of us took a much needed nap upon our arrival at home. Saw HP7 in the late afternoon, which was an excellent decision on our part because it wasn’t sold out, and the kids were still in school. Except for that one that got scared at the beginning of the movie and yelled for nearly ten minutes before finally being taken out of the theatre. We came home with barely enough time to try to clean and start dinner before the “game night” crowd arrived. Dinner, German chocolate (birthday) cake, and three games of Mexican Train later and I was so exhausted I couldn’t make complete sentences.
Saturday we went to look at mantels because we have to get one ordered soon soon soon because Christmas stockings are a necessity. Then we went to Sams because it was down the street. Kylie didn’t want to have anything to do with the shopping cart, so I put her down to walk. First time she’s ever been free in a store. Needless to say she just walked up and down the aisles as fast as she could. She was as happy as she could be. Then Jason made her think that a plush rocking horse was going to attack her. She was laughing so hard, she couldn’t stand up. That afternoon we watched LSU beat Ole Miss (thank goodness) while Kylie ran around yelling “touchdown yay!”
Sunday we were up at 6am (!!!!!!!) so I started trying to tackle the mess that had taken over the house. Then we made some progress with the stuff in the garage that needed to go in the attic. We cleaned out closets. We took a load to goodwill. And I posted a pile of stuff on ebay and craigslist. Not much makes me happier than a serious decluttering of the living space.
Now that Kylie is napping I need to get my coffee-infused booty off the computer and into the shower. The Thanksgiving crowd started arriving Saturday night, and I think we’re up to 4 adults, 7 kids in the condo and 4 adults, 6 kids in the house with more arriving all day. Kylie needs to meet some cousins, and I have some serious visiting to do. I love when we have “big holidays.” This may be the biggest Thanksgiving we’ve had in 12 years, since my grandparents moved from Louisiana to the coast. YAY!!!
Jason made an 80s music mix last month for a group in the business channel. Because of that they’ve put us in the Royal Sonesta in New Orleans with a balcony on Bourbon St and invited us to partake in their festivities. Jason is currently attending their rally, and I’m enjoying some much needed alone time. Next up: hanging out with some crazy, wound up business data consulants in the french quarter. Tomorrow: cafe au lait and beignets at Cafe du Monde.
Artist rendering due by first thing tomorrow, and I haven’t started the next draft. Teaching tonight from 5-10. Kylie just went down for her afternoon nap. Do I start on my restaurant drawing now? Nope. Will I regret the extreme procrastination later? Most likely.
Case and point: running around laughing and saying “yay!” while waving her arms in the air.
they end up in her hair.
Kylie has been spending her days enjoying the weather. She loves to play in the grass, especially when my dad joins her.
We started the annual team drunk pumpkin carving tradition while in college… except no one ever gets drunk, but at least we didn’t light the porch on fire this year…
Jason and I were finally able to attend Laurie’s annual Halloween Bash.
And this was Kylie’s first Halloween to dress in costume. Last year we were fighting colic, so it was the furthest thing from my mind.
I’ve been neglecting this little blog of mine. Partly because tumblr keeps deleting posts, and also because I don’t want to miss a moment with this happy little girl of mine… not to mention when she naps I’m trying to tackle this growing mountain of things to do…
Here are some snippets of our lovely days lately:
Kylie loves watching the world from her bedroom these days, and she is usually joined by her best friend, Madison.
tumblr has been deleting my posts these last two weeks or so. That’s aggravating.
Randomly deleted posts are not helping this neglected blogging situation over here. I don’t really want to sit down and write or put up photos just for them to be thrown out without a trace… talk about wasting precious time.
