It's me again

Hi! Um, yeah. Another blog hiatus. I'm noticing a pattern here. I have a myriad of reasons to explain my lack of presence, none of which I will go into [yup, this time I'm that person on Facebook who posts cryptic statuses (which is totally lame)].

But really, I'm just too lazy to post any more. Sorry grandparents.

I've posted some recent pictures on the Nani blog. She turned three while I was blog-gone. And went to Nevada. And met Santa Claus. And got excited about Christmas. And now it's January.

In other news, we are supposed to find out this Friday where we will be stationed next. I am really nervous about it. Most places in the Army are hot and humid and have snow. And are east of the Mississippi. Please cross your fingers for us that our assignment is Seattle. I really need to be on the west coast. Plus, it's close to Tillamook, Ore, so we should have cheaper access to their cheese.

I'm here, no worries

Wow, I haven't blogged in nearly three months. Yikes. There are some recent pictures on the Nani Blog.

We went to New York City last weekend. It was quite fun, but I think it's a trip that must be made without a toddler. I don't get the whole New York thing; it's just another big city. Though I did very much enjoy the 9/11 Memorial, which was far more emotional than I anticipated.

Also, we went to Mood fabrics, from Project Runway.

"Thank you Mood"

The Memorial and Mood were the only NYC items on my list. Check and check.

We even saw the Statue of Liberty.

Gold

When taking pictures of our favorite subjects, there are exceptional shots we always hope to achieve. The Shot. The one you immediately want to print and hang on your wall. The really tough to get shots (well, for me--many of you bloggers are amazing photographers; I don't know how you choose which of your many amazing photos to display).

I got The Shot of Nadine last week while we were in Richmond. As soon as I took it, I got ridiculously excited and couldn't wait to get home to see it on the computer and edit it and send it to be printed. It's that good. Wanna see it? (Yes, this is purely a brag post.)

Practically perfect in every way

I posted a video on the Nani blog. Nadine is singing the "Months of the Year" song that I learned . . . in elementary school? (Probably right after we learned "Home Means Nevada.") Do you other BC people remember learning the "Months of the Year" song, or am I totally mis-remembering where I learned it? Maybe it was in church . . ..

(Random church insert: We sang a song about the primary colors [which are one, two, three--red, yellow, and blue] and, because the part of church devoted to children is called Primary, I thought those were the colors of Primary. Kinda like school colors. I was embarrassingly old, probably nearly high school [or even in high school!] when I put together that the church's Primary doesn't have official colors, but that we were actually singing about those primary colors that form the foundation of all other colors. Heh.)

Regardless, I taught it (the months song) to Nadine, who learned the words in a ridiculously short amount of time. And I had to get it on video, because it's so cute.