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Just Another Day

Not much going on 'round these parts. It is so dang hot and humid we can't hardly go outside. Laura is pretty sensitive to the heat, pretty obvious given who her parents are, so any time outside has to be evening or just a few minutes at a time. We'll see how that works for us in San Antonio! Could be interesting. We have booked our hotel for San Antonio, we're going the 29th thru the 1st. We're excited because it will be our first family vacation! So far Daisy will be boarded at our vet. Maisy will be fine on her own. She doesn't get on or in anything and she doesn't scarf down food. Which brings us to Oz. We are in debate. If he's fixed and declawed before we go we may leave him to his own devices. He has a tendency to scarf his food down so Andy thinks we shouldn't leave him. Plus Maisy is still not his biggest fan, or any fan at all. The hissing has died down but its still tense for her.

So far no big plans for the 4th. Andy will have a few days off from work because the kids will go home on pass. Probably will go to the fireworks again this year at the Boardwalk and hope we don't have to wait 45 minutes to get out of the parking garage again.

Laura has dance camp July 14th - 17th. They will be doing a bit of all dance styles. At the end of the week, if she wants, and you know she'll want, to take any classes this fall we'll sign her up. She wants to continue with gymnastics (she LOVED watching the Olympic trials) and so far she's hung up on ballet.

Preschool starts on August 14th. I'll be sure and send out pictures of her first day. She'll be so sweet in her uniform. Yep, she'll wear a uniform. Most schools in Louisiana require uniforms. Usually navy or khaki pants and polo shirts. I'm not sure if there are shoe or backpack guidelines for her school but some of them do have those. She's excited, I'm not. She keeps telling me to not be sad, she'll come home everyday and see me.

Andy's excelling on days. Tougher than he's ever been! They LOVE him. The teachers adore him especially after he saved one from being attacked by a kid the other day (the kid was removed from the program).

Well, I guess that covers it. Laura is up from her nap and is ready to play. This morning she told me I was "Super sweet and gorgeous. Oh, and super cool too."

If We Hadn't Told You...

Andy is working day shift now. So far so good. He leaves at 4:20 am and is usually home around 5:00 pm. Its not bad but it's really an adjustment for Laura and I. This cycle ends sometime near the end of July, I believe the 26th or around there. Then he'll be off for a few weeks.

We're excited for the off time because we are going to take out first family vacation! Yay! We're going to go to San Antonio for 3-4 days. We are so excited! We are going to hit SeaWorld, the Zoo and Aquarium, the Alamo, Riverwalk, a cave, and we have a few restaurants picked out. We're trying not to tell Laura too much because she latches on and gets disappointed when we don't do it "right now".

First she has dance camp in June. Its an hour a day for a week. They do a bit of everything plus some modeling. She's going to love it! She keeps asking if today is time for dancing. So far she is loving, loving, loving gymnastics and is the best one there, not just a mother's opinion, she really knows how to do most of it and she loves doing those things so much, she picks up quick! We will be starting dance classes in the fall for her and continuing gymnastics. Andy has it in his head she needs Karate lessons but she has to be 5 for that! She did love Kung-Fu Panda though! She was karate chopping the seats in front of us, luckily it was an empty theatre pretty much!
She is also starting preschool, real preschool, in the fall. She'll go to Union Elementary in Doyline, weird I know, I figured Minden. Yes, it is all day 8-3, yes its awful! Oh and yes Moms I will be driving her there and picking her up everyday. Major reason being because the bus carries kids from preschool age on up through High School. I just don't think so!! She starts on August 14th and its going to be a rough day. She's starting school a year earlier than I had planned!

That about covers everything. Things are pretty peaceful around here for now. Unless both cats are out together then its every man for himself. Or cat anyway. Surprisingly Daisy actually likes the intruder (Ozzie) and she hates all other animals. Weird.

Sick Again.

Ms. Laura was sick again yesterday. Same thing with the throwing up. Luckily the second round of Phenegren started working before we had to take her to the ER. It was getting close though. She drank and ate plenty last night and is back to her old self today. She's feeling her oats and I'm exhausted. Seems about right.

Happy Father's Day!

I never thought I'd marry the perfect man who would be the perfect dad for our perfect girl. They truly are 2 of a kind and that's 2 against 1 but I wouldn't have it any other way.

Happy Father's Day.

The Great and Powerful Oz

As most of you know we added a very obnoxious kitten to our family a week or so ago. I tried sending pictures but they didn't get to anyone. Ozzie is full of it to say the least. He is named for Cardinal's ballplayer Ozzie Smith but mainly because its the only name out of about 75 that Laura agreed to. He's very lovable but he lives to play and play and play. So far he likes to eat cake off the table when I'm not looking, trip me when I'm walking, walk on the keyboard when I'm trying to type, attack Maisy, who HATES him, when she's not looking and best of all loves to play with Laura.

Trying A Bit Of Something New

Hi everyone! I decided we'd try something new to stay in touch. This will be any easy way to update everyone and post pictures without having to send out a bunch of emails! For those of you unfamiliar with blogs this one is completely private. I have to send out an invite for people to view it. This way I feel safe posting pictures of Laura. We'll see how this works, hopefully it will be successful! This will be an easy and fun way to keep everyone up to date on things and I'll cover some past things like Andy's trip to Japan, Laura's 4th birthday and how gymnastics is going! Also under each "blog" entry there is a comment button. Feel free to click and say Hi!