SO MUCH TO TELL

THERE HAVE BEEN SO MANY THINGS THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE THE PAST SEVERAL WEEKS AND I AM JUST NOT KEEPING YOU UP TO SPEED. WE HAVE HAD SEVERAL VISITS FROM FRIENDS AND FAMILY AND ASPEN HAS CHANGED SO MUCH AS WELL. WHERE DO I START?

TROPICAL STORMS & HURRICANES - SO, YESTERDAY TROPICAL STORM ERIN HIT AND WE GOT 6 INCHES OF RAIN IN A FEW HOURS, THE ROADS WERE TOTALLY FLOODED, AND GUY AND I HAD NO FOOD. YES WE ARE HURRICANE SAVY. WE DIDN'T KNOW WE NEEDED TO BE STOCKED UP FOR A "LITTLE" TROPICAL STORM. OBVIOUSLY IT WAS WORSE THAN WE THOUGHT. TIGGER AND TANYA AND PAUL AND MEL ARE ON THEIR WAY THIS WEEK AND WE FOUND OUT THAT HURRICANE DEAN IS HITTING ON WEDNESDAY. WE THOUGHT THIS WAS PROBABLY NO BIG DEAL UNTIL OUR FRIENDS TOLD US THEY WERE BOARDING UP THEIR WINDOWS...WHAT??? WE THOUGHT THERE WAS JUST A LITTLE STROM COMING. ANYWAYS, WE ARE NOW OFFICIALLY SOON TO BE HURRICANE SURVIVORS. AHHHHHHHHHHH! THE ADVENTURE BEGINS!!

ASPEN - THE GIRL IS JUST CRAWLING EVERYWHERE. IT IS AMAZING HOW RAPIDLY THINGS CHANGE. I SPEND MOST OF MY DAY MAKING SURE SHE IS NOT EATING ELECTRIC CORDS, STRINGS, TRASH...YES TRASH? SHE PULLED GUY'S TRASH CAN DOWN ON TOP OF HER TODAY IN HIS OFFICE. WE WERE LAUGHING SO HARD BECAUSE SHE WAS COVERED IN PAPERS AND WAS TRYING TO EAT THEM. SHE CRIED THE OTHER NIGHT WHEN I WAS GETTING HER MEDICINE READY TO GIVE HER. SHE STARTED SLOWLY CRAWLING TO ME AS SHE CRIED AND THEN SHE LAY HER HEAD DOWN ON MY SHOE..IT WAS SO SWEET! SHE IS JUST GETTING MORE BEAUTIFUL EVERYDAY. I THINK I MUST HAVE THE SWEETEST AND PRETTIEST BABY EVER.

TALKING - EVERY MORNING BEFORE GUY GOES TO THE CHURCH, HE GETS ASPEN OUT OF BED AND FEEDS HER AND CHANGES HER DIAPER. THIS IS A ROUTINE THAT STARTED WHEN SHE WAS FIRST BORN. I WAS UP AT NIGHT FEEDING AND SO GUY WOULD LET ME SLEEP IN AND HE WOULD GET UP WITH HER. WELL, JUST THE PAST MONTH WE HAVE NOTICED THAT AROUND 7:00 A.M. EVERY MORNING WE HEAR "DA DA" COMING OUT OF HER ROOM. WHEN GUY GOES TO GET HER, SHE ALWAYS JUST KEEPS SAYING "DA DA" VERY SOFTLY. SHE KNOWS THE DIFFERENCE BECAUSE ALL DAY SHE CRAWLS AROUND FOLLOWING ME SAYING "MAMA OR NANNY" OH BOY..I NEED TO TEACH HER THAT NANNY IS NOT WHAT SHE IS SUPPOSED TO CALL ME. I CAN'T HELP BUT LOVE IT THOUGH. ALSO, WHEN SHE BATHES SHE PLAYS WITH HER DUCKY AND WHEN HER DADDY SAYS DUCK, SHE REPEATS "DU" IT IS VERY CUTE!

VISITORS - WE HAVE HAD SO MANY VISITORS THE PAST TWO AND A HALF MONTHS THAT WE HAVE BEEN HERE. IN JUNE BEAU AND KRISSI CAME FOR A NIGHT JUST TO SAY HI, SINCE BEAU CAN FLY FREE WITH SOUTHWEST AIRLINES. IN JULY, CHRIS, JESS, ALISON, AND CHRISTIAN CAME FOR A WEEK TO JUST RELAX AND HAVE A LITTLE VACATION. WE HAVE SOME PICS WE NEED TO POST ABOUT THAT WEEK. WE SPENT THE WEEK GOING TO KEMAH, THE BEACH, THE MALL, AND EVERYWHERE ELSE YOU CAN IMAGINE. FINALLY, JUST LAST WEEK MY COUSINS, ERIN, JAMES, KATE, AND CALEB HENDERSON, AND HOLLY BAKER CAME FOR 3 DAYS TO STAY WITH US BEFORE HEADING BACK TO MEXICO CITY. WE HAD NOT SPENT GOOD TIME WITH THEM IN SO LONG AND IT WAS REALLY NICE. WE WENT TO AN ASTROS GAME SO JAMES COULD SEE HIS TEAM, WE WENT TO KEMAH AND FED STINGRAYS, AND WE ALSO JUST LAYED AROUND AND ENJOYED BEING TOGETHER. TODAY TIGGER AND TANYA VASS ARE ON THEIR WAY, AND THEN MONDAY PAUL AND MELANIE PARTLOW ARE STAYING FOR A FEW DAYS. GOD IS SO GOOD TO BLESS US WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY. I THINK THIS IS HIS WAY OF GETTING US OVER THIS ROUGH TIME OF MOVING. I WILL POST PICS OF ALL OF THESE VISITS WHEN I GET PICTURES. WE STILL ARE CAMERA LESS BUT ARE DEFINETELY LOOKING FOR A CAMERA. ERIN IS SENDING ME PICS OF OUR TIME WITH THEM AND SO HOPEFULLY YOU WILL SEE ALL OF OUR ADVENTURES!