Matt has been prepping for trial for what feels like a couple of decades and things have gotten pretty lonely around the Lee house. His trial starts on Monday and could last for a few weeks, so I made a decision to make a short, impromptu getaway to Orlando to visit friends and a mouse or two. It beats sitting around an empty house, but we'll sure miss Matt. Tonight we met him for dinner and when we left, Evie said, "See Dada again? Dada hold me?" Me too, Evie.
It's been a long time since my last post! Since then we made a journey out west, visited the NC Zoo and trudged through another failed fertility treatment cycle, during which I had the opportunity to become acquainted with a piece of surgical equipment shaped like this guy, only less adorable. I'm trying to think of these more as learning opportunities and chances to tweak the next cycle for a better outcome. Hopefully it will pay off in the end, but at least we'll know we gave it our best shot.
Thankfully, Evie has made the situation much more bearable by constantly making me laugh. She's expressing herself more clearly and saying the cutest things. Today, she advised Jack (Dat) to, "be a good boy! I wuff uuuuuuu!" In a more frustrating but still funny incident, I was making muffins and she kept asking for a bite. I told her I had to make them first and she said, "No make dem! Eat dem!" And this conversation was heard earlier in the week:
Evie: No, no, Dada! Dats a bad boy!
Molly: Evie, no bossing!
Evie: Dada, no bossin'!
Matt: That's called "irony," Evie.
Some pictures for ya:
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| downtown Steamboat |
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| Hot springs-fed pool in Steamboat |
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| evaluating the zoo exhibits |
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| She asked me to take a "pitchoo" of her in front of the lion. I love the expression. |
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| Love. This. |
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| Evie's outfit, picked out all by herself. Marie's expression says it all. |
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| Wuff u, Dat. |
