Flight

Our flight to Germany went very well; Case played Leapster for a while then slept for 5 or 6 hours, all the way until I had to buckle him in the seat for the landing.

Case's feet would occasionally stick out in the aisle, and I would smile apologetically/indulgently to people who had to step over his feet, and thought to myself how much happier everyone was that he was sleeping. Also that they didn't have to sit in front of him.

Merry Christmas

Tomorrow morning Monkey and I begin our perilous journey to visit Marc in Germany. I have plenty of Leapster games plus some cough syrup with codeine to assure that Case has a great flight. To celebrate, here are some of the fifty pictures I took trying to get a good photo for Case's passport, arranged from cutest to goofiest.

My little jet-setter! Christmas in Germany, then next summer we are off to Okinawa! (Did everyone hear that we got orders to Kadena? We will be there by the end of July!)

Arrrr!

The other day Case was scratching his ear so much it was bleeding, so I tied up his head like a pirate to slow further agitation.



I know that it is a lot of pictures of the same thing; but catching photos of him smiling is still so awesome and novel to me. The camera continues to pay for itself.

Beach

Florida rocks. The weather was beautiful today-mid 70s- so Case and I went to the beach.

Thanksgiving

This would have been a really long week off of school without visiting relatives to brighten our days. My brother and his family picked Case and I up, and we drove to Mississippi to spend the day with Holly, Ronnie and Ben. Thanksgiving, while one of my favorite holidays, is not all that photogenic as holidays go, but I did get a few cute pictures of Holly and Cash.

Cash thought Holly was great. She was cracking him up by giving him rides on her wheelchair, which delighted him so much he would ask for more by running up to her and asking "Oooooooooooo!"

Toad

This morning while doing a little yard work Case and I found a toad who patiently let us poke him a few times to make him hop, and even tolerated being picked up.

Case was very gentle while holding him, even though the wiggling gave him the giggles.

Wow

Happy Anniversary Marc!

This has been the best 11 years anyone has ever had. It makes me giddy every time I see you sign on to Messenger. I can't wait to see you at Christmas. I think we have made a wonderful start on forever.