Where in the world is Diego Garcia?

Heat index today is 107. Um..no thanks! We are in August though, and although the heat is high, I am glad the month of July has passed. Our 35 day long absence from Chris will come to an end Saturday and I couldn't be more thrilled!! I shouldn't say the whole month was a bust though, we kept verrry busy. Unfortunately, I left my camera card in Chris' computer so I have barely any photos of our recent events, but I do have some stories!

Fourth of July was celebrated in Roswell at the Home Depot. The fireworks were not as good as years past, but the girls seemed to enjoy it all the same. Sam did very well with her first fireworks experience. I attribute it to being raised with Call of Duty. Not sure if that's good or bad, lol. We were joined with the Chessey's and had a fun long weekend.

Amy and Kaitlyn came in the following week and that was a nice surprise. We visited the aquarium and did a lot of shopping. Cara and Sammy seemed so content hanging with the fish. And Mommy was excited to finally see the penguin exhibit, so it was a successful trip! We missed Daddy though!

I took a weekend trip with some girlfriends to Tybee in mid July and the girls stayed with Val and got to meet some "guiney piggies". Val took some great video of the girls meeting em..I'll have to figure out how to upload. Cara was very hesitant at first, which makes me happy because I would hate for her to feel overly comfortable with small rodents.

Samantha turned 9 months July 15th. She's my little string bean, coming in at 19 % for her weight. She's doing really we'll though, aside from a little low iron. I'm so blessed!! She's sitting up, pulling up, and blossoming into a little girl. Everyone assumes Sam will be my quiet one..but as she gets bigger, she becomes more and more assertive. Her new trick is throwing her hands up when you play the up/down game. She is learning so much, so fast. I'm convinced she mumbles "mamamamama" when she's cranky. It's her attempt to melt me heart, I'm sure of it!

We visited Williamsburg, VA towards the end of July. The girls took their first plane ride! Did pretty well, considering our flight out was bed time. Probably only annoyed the surrounding passengers, which is better then the whole plane! On the flight home Cara said we were "crashing" during take off and landing. I was silently praying my daughter wasn't in touch with a psychic medium. Thankfully we landed on the ground in one piece! The trip was great though! Got to see a lot of family and friends from the Gale side. It was nice to catch up with everyone. Also did a lot of eating. My Grandma is such a great cook!! My Grandpa turned 80, so we had a big party for him and he was just thrilled to have everyone there. Cara really took a liking to him and their fish. They would feed the fish together and it was too sweet to watch. I'm so glad the girls get to be around family so much. It will make for so many great memories!

Ryan came back home last week and we're glad to have him back. Now Uncle Pooh is living close to us, so we'll get to see him more!

Cara and Sammy had a spend the night with Gigi and Perry last weekend. They went to eat pizza and surely got spoiled to pieces! They are going to probably prefer their Grandparents as they get older, lol! They also got to go to the Georgia Mountain Fair in Hiwassee, GA with myself and Mimi. Rode rides, pet some animals and got a few goodies from the local vendors. Cara became the entertainment by dancing in front of the band. Granted, I think there were ten people in the crowd, but she entertained em! The weekend wore us out!

Now we're just waiting for Chris' return. Not sure how long he will be home but planning on heading to the reunion in Cinci for Labor day and a family vacation in October. I've always loved Fall!! Can't wait for this weather to relax a bit so we can get back outside.