at the airport

i've been waiting for a slow day to post this event, and it's taken me a month to find time (not to mention that now the pressure is on to get things done before i head back to work).

on july first, i flew sarah down to help us finish moving in and organize the garage sale stuff.  we were both excited that she would be flying, so that she could drive back up with us for the fourth of july.

when the day finally came around, it was a cool, overcast day, so alice and i headed to hobby about the time she was due to take off from dallas love. about 3/4 of the way there, sarah called me to say that the flight was delayed an hour, because of weather on our end. 

i had brought some books to sell to half price books, so i thought i'd look for a place to pull over and look up a location on my phone.  but, the closer we got to hobby, the harder it rained.  this was right at the time hurricane alex hit the mexican coast, so it wasn't too surprising that we were getting some of the outlying rain.

since i drive a low car, i stay out of the right lane during and after rain storms, but it was coming down so hard, i couldn't even see the lanes.  i decided it would be best if we just went to hobby and waited it out.

sadly, there is not much of a resturant on the outside of the security checkpoint, and all of the seats were full, so alice and i waited near the arrival exit.

sarah called again and said they were delayed indefinitely, but when i talked with my mom on the phone, she said they had taken off according to the website.  sarah called me about 2 hours later to let me know that they flew down to houston, but could not get permission to land, so they flew back to dallas.

at this point i was starving, because i wanted to eat lunch with sarah, but i had to have something, so alice and i shared a chocolate chip cookie. = )

after 3 hours of carring around alice and her bag, i saw a lady who had checked out a luggage cart, and it had a child seat!  best $4 i've spent on a rental ever = )

so, for the remaining part of the delay (another 2 hours) alice and i took some pictures of alice doing various "airport things"

the big fan outside was neat for a little bit, but it wasn't all that cool, and he humidity was awful!

checking in when there is a long line is no fun!

where's my bag?

this is taking forever.

when is aunt rocky coming in?

sarah is shorter than aunt rocky, and since mutti improvised, this will have to do.

oh taxi!

a hero's welcome = )

somewhere between 11 months and a year

my sweet alice is less than a month from reaching the impressive one year mark.  looking back at how active she is, and how much she's grown, i'm still a bit skeptical that this is the same baby i brought home from the hospital.

as i type, she is pushing her "lawnmower" around with ease, which reminds me why i started up this post.  wednesday, for the first tme ever, alice started walking.  now of course, she's not exclucisvely bipedular, but she takes a few steps here an there.  i am so proud!

alice's language acquisition is also on the rise, she mimics "uh oh" whenever billy or i say it, though it mostly sounds like "oh oh oh" = )  i'm convinced she's trying to say "bear" (as in pooh bear) but billy thinks it sounds more like "pah" = )  she'll get there i'm sure.  she's pretty good at mimicing tone, she can's say "tweet tweet", but she'll attempt the tone we give the name. 

she has outgrown almost everything in her closet with a 12 month tag, and 18 month clothes are fitting her pretty well these days.  she's still in size 3 diaper, i don't know how much longer that will last.

i recently completed my least favorite chore of the entire summer, which was enrolling her in a new daycare.  her old one is too far out of the way from our new house, but i think the center she is in will be a good fit.   they are small, but have a camera available for us to peek in on her classroom anytime we would like.  hopefully that will make the transition a little bit easier.

for now, i'm going to enjoy the last few precious days with my little alice before taking a few optional inservice days, then we'll have one last week before i head back to work. 

is it june yet?