Home

Well we're back home from our vacation as of Sunday. I'm so sad, and little girl has just been by my side since we got home. Even now, she's sitting beside me on the couch, playing with her dolly. It was a very productive vacation and she learned a lot. Score one more for Grampa for getting her to eat meat with ketchup. Dunno what it is about Grampa but he manages to get her to do things that no one else can, no matter how many times they try. Like last night, she ate a hotdog, for the first time, because of the ketchup. LoL!

We went to Sea World too! That was a lot of fun but I think she was still just a little too young to appreciate what she was seeing. It was really neat at the Shamu show, before it started, they asked for all service members, past and present to stand up with their families. It was really cool that my daddy was able to stand up and be shown on the jumbo screen, brought tears to my eyes, and still does even now when I think about it. I was a little disappointed that the trainers weren't allowed in the tanks with the whales any more, but I understand why. I don't like it, but I get it. It takes some of the magic away to me.

Now that we're home, she's talking a lot more, and I have not been able to keep her off the potty tonight. I've made more trips up stairs to get her a treat for peeing in the potty in the last hour, than I have since we started. Which is good, I don't want to discourage her from using the potty, but holy crap. LoL! Anyway, we're home now. Getting back into the groove of things as it were, and it's taking time, but she seems in a lot better mood and it was definitely good for me! So, until later...Holla!!!

Baptized on Easter Sunday

We're down visiting the parents and my dad asks us last weekend how we felt about getting Chance dedicated, or baptized. I was all for it and daddy just needed a little reassurance that it wasn't something that would prevent her from being able to do it for herself when she was ready. So we called the preacher, met with him in his office before church this morning and this Easter Sunday, little girl was promised to God.

Dad said it was important to him that it be done and he'd be honoured if we would have it done here. So after a long conversation with the husband, we decided to go ahead. She did great this morning. We went up and the pastor prayed over us then asked three questions. Would God accept the dedication (Well duh, LoL!), would the congregation help us as parents with the raising of her in a Christian home, and would we as the parents, promise to raise her in a Christian home. Of course the answer to all three questions, yes. So she was sprinkled with holy water and baptized this morning. It was so awesome.

We all cried! Me, daddy, gramma and grampa. After it was done she smiled and shook the pastors hand, and the whole congregation laughed and fell in love with her instantly. It is so cool knowing that my daughter, was baptized on Easter Sunday. I feel so good having gotten it done. I have to admit, my dads church is enough to make me uneasy. And not because of the specific branch of Christianity, because I'm used to my church at home, which is a little Church of Christ that holds probably 150 people on a busy day. My dad's church holds 2800 people on a SLOW Sunday. Talk about feeling out of place. LoL! But in the end, today was about her and Jesus/God. Not about me feeling out of place. It was a great day today and I'm so happy to know she's dedicated.

First Steps in the Ocean

Well, little girl took her first trip to the salty sea today. We decided to go to Venice and visit Uncle Ga's dad and step mom and we stopped by the ocean to look for sharks teeth. Needless to say, the sand was about as far as we went. The ocean was so rough at the beach, people were surfing with the sharks near by! It was nuts! And there was so much seaweed rolling in from whatever had the ocean so blasted churned up, it was this dingy brown/black color. But, that being said, little girl had the time of her life. She played around in the sand, built sand castles, and even got in the water, a little bit. We walked on the beach and I got some awesome pictures of her and her daddy holding hands as the waves came up. She was ready to run out there and jump in the water, no qualms about it! LoL! It was so fun to see her like that. Sad note, it was too rough to hunt for sharks teeth. :( I would have so loved to have given her that experience. Maybe it's better this way though. That way when we go back, she'll be a little bit older and can appreciate it more.

She really enjoys Florida! She's loving the golf cart more than anything I think though. LoL! She's all about taking rides, and any time we go anywhere with her, if it's not in the golf cart she's upset about it! LoL! Bless her little heart. And she's made a big friend in Gramma and Grampa's dog Layla. She's a papillon, and like Chance, she's very small for her breed. She weighs in at a whopping 4lb, full grown. She's a funny little dog, and she and Chance really get along. Makes me miss my puppies back home.

Well, enough about that, gotta get things ready for Easter tomorrow and for church. Little girl's getting dedicated tomorrow. Very exciting for me and daddy. On Easter Sunday. :) Plans, plans, plans. Until later!

A Learning Vacation

So we finally made it! Down to Florida to visit the parents and let them enjoy little girl. They're having such a good time with her, and of course I'm having a ball just watching, and spending time with my parents. But I've got to tell you what she's learned so far. She's learned how to golf with her own set of clubs that Grampa got her, she learned how to dance and yesterday, she learned how to swim. Well, kind of.

I swear I think they traumatized her in the NICU because before yesterday, she wouldn't get into anything that resembled a bath. But she got in and had a ball! She's such a little big person and I love watching her interact with my parents. My dad just absolutely adores her and so does my mom, but it's funny to look and see some of the same relationship between myself and my Grandpa, as I do in her and hers.

Lord knows she's already getting him to do things that he won't for me. LoL! It was so funny, when we got here, she ran right up to him and gave him a huge hug around his neck. There's still a lot of vacation left, and I can't wait to report back to what she's going to learn before we leave. :)