My Sister's Visit

Back at the end of September my sister finally made her 

way out here to visit me and see what Texas is all about. 

It was so nice having her here, and just being able to hang out like we used to.

We didn't do anything super special, but we did have a list of

places and things she just had to see before she left. 

One night we went to dinner at Babe's.

We went on a Sunday night and it wasn't too crazy busy.

Our server told us at the end of our meal Shaque was there. 

We contemplated asking to take a picture with him, but we both chickened out.

I also took my sister to Bahama Buck's to experience her first shaved ice.

Now for all my friends in CA, this is nothing like a slurpee or icee..

it's about 1 million times better! 

My sister is a huge Icee fan, and she agrees shaved ice wins hands down! 

If you haven't tried it, get yourself to a shaved ice stand. 

Or come visit me and I will take you!

The biggest of our adventures was heading to the Texas State Fair.

I have never been, and obviously, neither had she.

Travis tagged along with us. 

We ate some really terrible fried food, saw Big Tex, walked around, 

saw some animals, and did even more walking.

Overall we had a great time, but holy hell is the fair expensive. 

Big Tex. RIP.

These were nightlights. My BIL may need all of them.

Biggest Frito Pie Ever. Literally.

Enjoying said Frito pie.

Fried cinnamon roll with bacon. Barf.

Fried Shiner Bock beer. And a cold Shiner. Fried beer = blah

 

Fried alligator. Double barf.

Butter sculptures.

This is Boris. He is HUGE.

Big Tex

I'm still alive...

But I'm living with no cable or Internet at the moment. 

Hopefully that gets fixed early next week. (I hate AT&T)

The past three weeks have been crazy.

My sister came to visit, we moved, and four days later

I went to Kentucky for the ABC Kids Expo. 

Needless to say, there is lots to catch you up on!

Remember Me

Hello!

It's been a while. 

I'm horrible at keeping up with this blogging stuff. 

I just don't feel like our life is exciting enough to have enough material to write about.

But, hopefully soon I will.

My sister is coming to visit this weekend. 

It's her first time here in Texas.

I could not be any more excited! 

We are hanging out, taking Christmas card pictures, shopping

and going to the Texas State Fair! 

There should be plenty of blogging material after that. 

We are also moving in 18 days.

I have packed a whole two boxes.

I need to get my act together, stat.

We find out tomorrow if we get the house we want to rent.

Fingers crossed we do.

It's the perfect little home for us right now.

And most importantly, it has a lovely backyard for Miss Callie.

Oh, and we are going to try our first round of IVF here soon.

Things My Dog Has Taught Me

Callie has been a part of our family for three weeks now.

God help me if I am the same type of parent to our children 

as I am to this dog. 

Here is what I have learned. It's not good.

1. I'm a helicopter mom.

This poor dog. Every time we are at the dog park I hover over her making

sure other dogs are trying to fight her. Travis keeps telling me I need to relax.

 hahah...not going to happen

2. I hate leaving her.

I don't like leaving her home alone. I know, she's a dog.

But she is stuck in the apartment and all alone. I'd much rather 

spend the money and take her to daycare where she gets to play all day. 

3.  The best of the best

I only want the best stuff for her. 

Whether it's food, toys, daycare, you  name it, it has to be awesome for this girl. 

Seriously people, how am I this obsessed and neurotic about our dog?! 

I just love her to pieces and can't imagine not having her around. 

1 Year

This weekend marks one year since we moved here to Texas.

What a year it has been! 

There have been some really hard times this past year,

but overall I am so glad we made this decision.

I think I would have always regretted not moving here and giving it a try.

 

I have mentioned before, I absolutely love the area we live in.

Everything we could ever need or want is within a 5 minute drive. 

We have also made some really great friends out here. 

Adopting Callie has certainly been a huge highlight of our life here in Texas.

 

Travis has worked his ass of this last year, and last Saturday he was 

finally rewarded for all his hard work.

He got a nice big promotion! 

I am so proud of him, and this is a very well deserved promotion.

It has been a lovely way to end our first year here in Texas.

Don't get me wrong, I miss my family and friends back in California

very, very much. But we are finally settling in to life here in Texas.

My sister is coming to visit in a few weeks and I just can't wait. 

We are hoping this next year here has many more blessings in store for us!

callie

Meet our darling little girl Callie!

We adopted her last Sunday, and I could not love this girl more! 

She is the sweetest dog ever.

I cannot for the lift of me figure out why she was the shelter for so long.

But, I'm not complaining because we got her.

The shelter is guessing she is around 3 years old.

They are also guessing she is a collie mix..maybe shepherd.

One thing is for sure though, she is such a love.

We have been working on some serious separation anxiety. 

Any time we are out of her view she starts crying and barking.

But aside from that, she is perfect.

Yesterday and today I took her to doggie day care since Travis and I were

both working all day. She had the best time ever.

When Travis picked her up yesterday she hopped in the back seat and

immediately feel right to sleep. 

I may have asked Travis if I could stop working and just 

stay home with her all day. I'm already turning into one of those dog owners!