summer swimming!

took the afternoon and went swimming! Aurora is so fearless she can jump in now with out anyone to catch her. (is that good or bad?) she can even swim to a grown up without her floaties, about 5 feet! She is growing so much, I am glad that I can share these images with you all.

Weds Wardrobe [#35]

red red red!!!

Weds Wardrobe [#34]

After our lay long trip to the ER yesterday, Aurora wanted her hair in a side ponytail so she can show her staple to her friends!

Red, white, and blue - I love you.

Looking better already!

Gravity .vs. Aurora (warning there are photos of blood and guts)

Ok not guts, but blood. 

Aurora fell at school today while on the playground. Seems she was running, and there was a boy with black hair running too... and when Aurora fell, he fell on top of her! She hit her head on a piece of the play equipment (the tree house) and gashed her head something special. She also scraped her elbow and hand a little.

When they called me at work I went right to get her, and we went to the ER in Huntsville. A few hours later, and one transfer into the Pediatric ER, Aurora left with one staple in her head.

while waiting in the ER for a couple hours, we got gloves to play with, and snapped some photos while watching Bugs Bunny.

getting the numbing agent on the gash.

 

 

 

Single staple, and off we go.

 

After getting stapled up, Aurora asked for Pasta for lunch. We got that and headed home for a nap. it has been a busy day! 

Wednesday Wardrobe

Guest Posted by John:

Wednesday Wardrobe - MMMMMM, Thai!

Upon coming home from an early day, I found Aurora excitedly awaiting me at the door and wanting to show me the outfit she had picked out today.

The conversation went something like this:

"Look Daddy, I picked it out all by myself. It says (pointing to her shirt) I am your's and Grandaddy's Princess and I always will be!"

She then went on to tell me that she was hungry and wanted Chinese. As it would turn out, I had been wanting to try out a Thai restaurant and off we went.

She ate an entire plate full of seafood fried rice that had a hint of Thai flavoring. We had the entire restaurant coming to check on her as she finished off the plate. They were simply amazed that such a young child could eat all of it and with the Thai flavoring. It helped that the food was simply fantastic. She even tried my spicy yum ta-lay (seafood salad) and enjoyed it...but didn't want anymore.

Helping Dad Get Ready for Work

Guest Posted by John:

I know the post is a little late, but this work this week has been crazy.

So on last Sunday evening, I was getting ready for my early morning on Monday. Aurora naturally decided she wanted to help me.

Mostly she wanted to wear my load-bearing vest and my helmet. Once she had them on, she turned to me and said, "Look Daddy I'm ready to go to work with you!" She then proceeded to march around the room for a good 15 minutes.

Wednesday Wardrobe & House Hunting

Guest Post by John - Wednesday Wardrobe & House Hunting:

Today, once I got back from more in-processing on post, we prepared to go look at more houses, which Aurora was very excited about. However, after getting dressed and looking really cute, Aurora wanted to make sure that her stuffed animals looked just as good. So she had to do their hair too. Once that was complete, she informed us "I'm ready to go on an adventure!"

We spent most of the day looking at some more homes and when we got back she wanted to watch "Donald the Duck" as she calls him and as you can see took a nice little nap but was soon was ready for more fun...