What We Do for FUN!

This is what we do every day....we chase around the cat. I was sitting here e-mailing Krystle back and I looked down to find Dorian chasing the cat around the room. Mister would get comfortable and then there went D scooting across the floor only to grab his fur and hit him on the head! Mister gets up and goes to a different spot, and then Dorian (with huge amounts of motivation to get him) gets up and crawls to where ever mister is! It is really funny! And when this gets old the cat and dorian antagonize the dog in the window! They sit and try to get Griswald all hyper! Yes, we do this everyday, it never gets old! I don't know what Mister would do without Dorian! ha ha ha

I Can See!

So When Niles and I were driving home from PA at about 1 am in the morning I decided to take over and give him some rest. Dorian was sleeping and we planned to drive the whole night. I got behind the wheel, got onto the interstate, and QUICKLY realized that I couldn't see more than a couple feet infront of me! HA HA HA I couldn't read any of the signs on the road and everything was really fuzzy! So needless to say I didn't do any more driving on the trip!

But we got home and I then realized I couldn't read anything on our TV, or even to drive down town at night to the go to the store! I made an eye appointment and the Doctor said I would need glasses from here on out! Apparently when I was pregnant with Dorian I gained to much water that caused to much pressure on my eyes. This fluid build up shifted my eyes to make me not see so well. Problem solved, and my glasses came in yesterday!!!

Learning New Things!

These are crappo pictures, but I didn't have the camera with me when it happened! So I used my cell phone! Dorian can sit up on her own now! Yes my friends you are witnessing the first pictures of D moving her body on her own to sit up and stay up! Also a first, as of last night we broke her second tooth out! She has her two bottom teeth poking through now! It now hurts when she bites down on my fingers! ha ha ha She is just getting so big!!! after the bath she went down stairs and laid down and picked herself up to sit again...this is the real deal! That is a great b-day present for me! I loved it!

A surprisingly GREAT day!

So you know how you wake up and you just have it in your mind that the day is going to be crappy? And you are so set that nothing can make it better?...Okay, well that was me today! Today was my birthday, and I turned 25! Yay, half way to over the hill! But insurance goes down, FINALLY! I thought that nothing could make this day the way that I wanted it...I was very wrong!

I was so upset that two years in a row the military made Niles miss my birthday, that I am away from my family, and that everyone wouldn't even know that today was anything special to me! Wrong, wrong, wrong!

Okay so just to start off I woke up to three really really funny and nice text messages from all three of my brothers! Yes, it was amazing...all three of them remembered and actually through out the whole day each of the three called me! AMAZING!

Liz and Chris took me out to lunch with Dorian. They made sure I was able to eat a good meal! Liz took D for the entire lunch until I had eaten my lunch! I cant remember the time (since she has been born) that I've sat down and enjoyed an entire meal without shoving it down my throat cuz I have a crank-monster! ha ha ha Thank you both!

And the day actually got better! Dorian miraculously took a two and half hour nap...and so did mommy with her! I'm talking that hasn't happened since day one with her! ha ha ha We woke up to grandma calling and wishing me a happy birthday also!

Earlier in the day I completely forgot to get the mail, Niles usually grabs it on his way home from work up the driveway! Come to my surprise I actually got mail, that wasn't a bill! ha ha ha Each person in Niles' family sent me a b-day card! Autumn, Madison, Russ, and Mom...Thank you! That means more to me than you even know! His family also called to send me b-day wishes! Sorry I missed your phone call, I was taking a wonderful nap with Dorian! ha ha ha I will call you back later on this week!

So yes, my crappy day that I had set in my head was ruined by my wonderful friends and family making it a really great day! Thank you all so much! I love you!



This is D at the restaurant Liz and Chris took me to in Alamogordo! She was throwing her toys all over the place...it was really funny!

Okay so D grabbed a lemon and put it in her mouth! The next two pictures are of this interesting experience! She actually really really liked it and tore that lemon up! She went through two or three of them while we were there!

Okay, most of you have never seen this side of D. I have just recently found out that this is what happens when I am no longer in sight! I seriously walked around the corner to put something away and within seconds this happened! We had real tears, couldn't catch our breathe...amazing that I could be that important to always having to be around! ha ha ha

And within seconds of me being in the room, or at least in sight, she was back to playing again with her measuring cups! lol

She wore herself out with all of the b-day fun! ha ha ha This was the start of my amazing nap today!

Best Friends

Now that Dorian can crawl around on the floor Mister (the cat) has taken a new found interest in her! He follows her around all day, it is actually really humerous! He actually lets D pull on his fur and ears and eyes! (now that we have a dog mister has calmed down a lot!) But Mister loves him some attention from Dorian!

We Miss You Daddy!

Dorian and I are chillin out for the next couple of months together missing our daddy! Niles left last week and it is soo not the same around here. This is the first of many deployments, this I know, but I think the first one is the hardest!

Niles has e-mailed me a couple of times since he left, and from what I know he made it to Germany with no problems and had made it to Turkey. He says that is absolutly gorgeous over there and can't wait to go back on a vacation! ha ha ha But from Turkey he still had two more planes to get on till he arrived in Afgan! I will keep you all posted if I hear anything more from him!

But we miss you Daddy and can't wait for you to come home...here are kisses from me and D!

Introducing...Griswald!

While I was in Florida with my sisters kids Niles called me and asked if I still wanted a Shitzu. I was ecstatic and said yes! He found one for sale at a reasonable price and bought in that second! His name is Griswald, and he is about 11 months old! He is a full bred shitzu! When we first got him his hair was super long and he looked really fat! We came to find out that his long hair hadn't been brushed so it was matted to his skin! I know you are not supposed to shave dogs like this down to their skin...but really I had no choice! Niles went out to get a dog grooming kid, and we went to town!

Griswald LOVES the stupid cat and is really really good with Dorian! I mean I'd bite someone back if they pulled my hair and eyes! But Griswald just licks her ha ha ha I am really going to try to keep this dog, and I know my reputation proceeds me, but honestly I'm going to try! We love him, a little annoying at times (like right now he has seriously been barking for the past 20 minutes) but we want to keep him!

The only problem with our lil' boy is that he isn't completely potty trained and doesn't listen to well! I have gone to the extreme of signing us up for a doggy obedience class! HA HA HA I have to attend with him for six weeks, we are given homework and what not...kind of crazy, but I'm going to give it my all to keep him!