our weekend... so far...

my kids at breakfast the other day. when we were on ichat with mom-mom, nora would put them in and look at my mom. then my mom would freak out, and "get" my attention. then nora would quickly take them out and look at me so innocently and ask, "don't my teeth look perfect, mom?". this went on forever. she's going to be a handful!!!

goggly eyes!!

at our mops fall carnival with friends. (all four in my care! wow... rethinking my four kids in seven years idea!!! but really, they were great. and so fun to watch!)

listening to story time. so sweet...

on friday, we went to watch daddy's ship pull in. and then, we drove pier side to see how long it took (to see if we could beat the ship, for when they pull back in from deployment...). nora was so fascinated watching the ship pull pier side. all the work the heroes did. how the heroes would come off the ship to see their sons and daughters. it took awhile to get her to realize that daddy wasn't coming off right away. he had to finish working and then would be home for dinner! (next time we do that, we will make sure daddy knows so that he can at least come wave!!!) it was so sweet. i think she really remembered when andy came home from his deployment!

we had dinner several nights with leigh and kids. one night, we met at our favorite joint and then rode the monorail that connects the two parts of the mall. (it's confusing. don't ask...)

last night was the navy ball. i didn't bring my camera (i know... the world might be coming to an end!), but they are going to email us the formal pic so i can post it on here, and i will try to get ahold of other people's photos. it was so much fun. i'll ramble about that when i post the pics.