Wow, it has been a while since I was last here. Ooopsy.
Let’s see, since January we have not had one “normal” week. But what is normal anyway?
Mike finished out his winter break, started his last semester at OCU Law (halleluiah!), continues clerking at the oil and gas firm, found out he made it into the top 10% of his class and will be graduating with an excellent GPA, and he got the highest grade in his Criminal Procedure class (holla!!). He is incredibly smart and I am so proud of him. May 15th is the BIG day, only 60 days to go!
Lily is looking more like a big girl and less like a baby every day. She is amazing and fun and a handful all the time. Her wants and needs are clear to her, if not to us. These days her hobbies include extremely dramatic maneuvers to either get her pacifier or throw it across the room, to go to bed or stay up later, to get a cup of milk or tell you that is the exact opposite of what she wants, clearly. She spends most of her time laughing, playing, or screaming and rolling on the floor. It is, well, exactly what I imagined a 19-month old girl would be like. She talks all the time about Mommy and Daddy and douche (either George, shoes, the incredibly annoying people we meet, or juice depending on the context). She loves to read and can almost sit through an entire book. She also loves to sing. Her current faves are Rock-a-bye-baby and bringing home a baby bumble bee. You have to be pretty in tune with the subtle differences in hand gestures to tell which one she is singing but the show is always incredible.
In February I traveled to Dallas for a conference and loved it there. A lot. Sigh.
Mike’s Mom came to help out with Lily while I was in Dallas and stayed for the following week. We had a great time going to the zoo, eating out, and exploring Mt. Scott and the Witchita Mountain Wildlife Refuge. It was nice to see her and have the help while I was away.
The week she was here was also a very sad one for us. We had to put our little Henry to sleep due to complications with his seizure disorder. He was only 4 years old and I still miss him every single day.
Our house just wasn’t the same with only one dog so we started looking for a second dog to complete our family again. Enter, Abraham the Great Dane.
Mike and I decided we wanted a big dog and I have always wanted a Great Dane so after a bit of research we decided to start looking for a Blue Great Dane puppy. I went online that day to see what was in the paper and the only ad for Great Danes was for AKC Blue Danes. It was a sign, right? Well, about 4 hours (and a few u-turns) later we found ourselves on a small horse farm (insert your great dane joke here) just outside of Tulsa, picking up our new puppy. He is gorgeous and spunky and lazy as all get out (thank goodness). So, we are going through all the basic puppy stuff right now like chewing and housebreaking which is a ton of fun given our added bonus of living on the 12th floor. Abraham does great in the apartment for now (and he’s not the only Great Dane in the building), but we are planning to find a place with a yard after graduation.
There is a lot more I want to talk about but I am afraid to jinx any of our hopeful plans so until they come to fruition you will have to wait. But, I promise you won’t have to wait as long next time.
Yeah! You’re back!!!!