Who's looking?

So a little while ago I put this live feed gadget on the blog cause I was curious who was looking at our blog. I had a few odd people following the blog and just wanted to see if we needed to go private or not. Anyway, what I learned is that there are a lot of people checking it out, which means that I really should be updating it more. But what I found out that was more interesting than who was checking things out but what they were looking at. If you google the following phrase, '4-d ultrasound 32 weeks', check out what you find. Kind of odd but I guess there are a lot of people who are looking at our ultrasound pictures. Weird, cool, creepy, or flattering, who knows.

Eme names the new set of calf twins on the ranch

So here is the video of Eme giving us the names of the calf twins. So Papa - it is Purple & Purple 2. If Hoagy can come up with something better then you should probably use his names since he is a dog.

Happy Day - Homecoming Day

Monday was the day we have been waiting for 181 days since Nov 3rd:  Homecoming day for Brad's boat.  It was a long day but a very happy day too.  Brad boat came in late afternoon and we did not get home until late evening.  It was like Brad never left for both Eme and I.  Eme loved dancing at the pier to the Navy Band while we waited for the boat to arrive.  They had star klackers that she loved to play with too.  She spent most of the time waiting dancing and clacking her star.  As the boat finally pulled up to the pier she started calling out for Daddy.  She couldn't wait for the boat to get docked and wanted to go down and get Daddy on the boat.  They finally got out to the top and disembarked in rank order from most junior to the most senior, which meant that Brad was the 8th to last person off the boat.  We waved to Daddy when he finally got up topside and made our way over to the brow, which is the walkway from the boat to the pier.  Eme kicked her way out of my arms and ran down the brow into Brad's arms screaming Daddy.  Unfortunately, the picture man was no where to be found so we have no pictures of this but I tried to recreate it when Brad went back down to get all of his stuff.  It was a very happy day and Eme reacted better than ever expected.  Here are some pictures from the day. 

Eme and I waiting for the boat.

As the boat arrived in the harbor, all of the other boats in the port sounded their horns as they passed by.   Hearing this sound brought tears to my eyes and butterflies to my heart.

We made a lei for the boat out of plastic table cloths. It was huge.

Sorry for the sideways picture. These were the leis that we made for each sailor on the boat and the crafts that the MWR provided for the kiddos.

Eme playing with her klacker.

Seeing the boat up close and personal for the first time brought excitement and hugs. We practiced lots of big hugs and kisses for Daddy.

There is Brad topside third from the left.

Giving Daddy the Klacker to play with.

Our first family picture in 6 months.

Eme wanted to touch the lantern in the arch.

A family of cheese head smiles.  This is my favorite family picture to date! 

Eme and Daddy.

Here is the cup sign that the announced the homecoming.

Artistic pictures of the lei I made for Brad, his cover and the rose he gave me.

The banner that we put up at the house.

A magnet on the fridge that can go on the car too.