Goodbye, Tucson. For Now...

     Ever and I are back home (again) from Tucson.  There was a lot of back and forth for awhile there, but we're both happy to be home.  Ever's curled up on the couch after his bath, holding his Dry-Dry (security blanket....very Linus from Peanuts looking thing).  I'll have to make a post about that thing someday.  It definitely has personality.

     Some highlights of the last few days, because I like writing into nothingness to no one in particular:

Got Holly's grave marker all ordered and paid-for-like!  I stayed up until 1am designing one, and when I went to the cemetery the next morning they were all...."Ummmm......sooooo.....here's this book with pre-made designs that....ummmmm....you have to choose from.  Did I say 'have to'?  Ha ha ha, silly me, I meant 'can,' but, ummmmm........just choose from the book, k thanks."  Even doing that took 2 hours and cost $700.  Tax refunds are helpful for these things, says the typical American family.  I don't.  I say, "why does a piece of rock with some words have to cost so much?"  A smaaall piece of rock.  Maybe someone can enlighten me on that one.  It wasn't everything I would've hoped for, but I think it will be okay.

     Hmmm...Ever is convinced that this here red crayon is blue.....color blind much??  Normal mother fears, I'm sure.

    We also went to the Children's Museum, where Ever did not want to have any pictures taken and barely managed a smile the entire time we were there.  Still, I took pictures and think he had an okay time:

     Oh, crap.  THOSE pictures are on my phone.  Which has limited ability to do anything cool, like upload pictures to anything, especially to a blog.  And I have no idea where my small-s-card-holder-that-can-actually-fit-my-phone's-tiny-card-into-my-computer-thing is.

     Here's a rug that I'm making out of t-shirts, instead:

     That is officially all I have for the moment.  I will probably never finish that rug, either.

Change of plans

     Well, we were supposed to visit Holly today to leave her some gifts and do a balloon release, but the day had other plans.

Namely, this:

And, more importantly, this:

     My little guy is sick today and there's just no way I'm going to take him out on this cold, dreary, wintry Tucson Valentine's Day.  Dimas had a surprise family photography session planned, but that's being put by the wayside as well.  Which is a fantastic thing, because I have absolutely nothing to wear, in addition to crazy hair with no styling products, etc.  Great idea, though...we need to get some nice updated photographs.

     But, I still have a few tiny surprises in store to celebrate the day of love, as it were.  It's not much, but there's a little something for everyone.

Happy Valentine's Day, Daddy!

Happy Valentine's Day, Ever! 

Happy Valentine's Day & Happy Due Date, Holly! 

     

     Yes, I have them laid out on the hotel sittery.  No, that's not a real word.  But, I totally bought Dimas an Ipod Nano for no good reason other than I don't know how else to show the man that I love him without buying him electronics.  I had this whole plan of having a Valentine's brunch/lunch thing in our hotel room.  I have heart cookie cutters for it and everything, but, again, this:

     The day just had other plans.  Feel better, baby boy.

Tucson!!!!

We are here!  I'm not really as excited as I seem, but it's a nice little break.  There are stores and things of that nature here, and it should be a fun week. Or at least an okay one.  I meant to take a random picture to post, but got too busy with the strolling and eating of stuff.

Despicable Me is on in the other room......sounds like something I want to see!