And We're Off !!

Off to Texas we go!!! Hooray!!

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4 Round trip tickets from Doha through Germany to Texas:
$5,200

Transport service to the Doha Airport (extra charge for minivan): 85 Qatari Riyals

18 hours on a plane with two 2-year olds:
PRICELESS ( in more ways than one!)


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Please say a prayer for us to have a safe flight home.

It's Thursday....

Nothing much to report. Lil H's new favorite saying is "No way." Not exactly something you want to hear everytime you tell a kid to do something. It's hard not to laugh, but it's becoming easier. :-)

Here is a recent picture of the girls. Lil H is on the left, Lil N on the right.

First Poo in the Potty

Let me preface this by saying that 3 years ago I couldn't imagine talking about this, much less sharing this story with anyone else, but in our present day, it's reason to celebrate -- my how times have changed.

Today, Lil N went poo in the potty for the first time. It's a long story why she was even on the potty trying to go poo so I will spare you the details. But the main point is that she did it. We're still going to hold off on "serious" potty training for a couple of months, but we're excited that the first poo in the potty has been accomplished. Big sis cheered her on and Lil N definitely knew she had done something great. She was just as excited as Mom and Dad.

Way to go Lil N!

NEWS FLASH: Hurricanes Blow Through Villa in Qatar

It only took 5 minutes for Hurricanes H and N to destroy this area.

Tiny Words Thursday

Update: Add "uv you mommy" to the list. Hooray! :-)

I've been trying to keep track of what all the girls are saying and wanted to get it written down somewhere. So here are some of the words/phrases that I've heard this week:

momma
mommy
daddy
bye bye
oh no -- with a complete "end of the world" type expression
yeah
no
uh oh
poo poo
oh doodles -- oh toodles from Mickey Mouse Clubhouse
poople -- the color purple which is what color everything is
shawk -- the word shark, even is said with a distressed voice
mo -- more
i sorry
ball
whale
doe no -- don't know
amen
bess you -- bless you
witch
suck -- stuck, we'll have to work on getting that "t" sound made :-)
where did daddy go?
wheresit -- where is it?
sicker -- sticker
rabby -- rabbit
puppy
kitty
wa wa -- water
me
mine
me did it
baby
uh no an no --another one
sissy
go daddy go
come on mommy
shoes
there it is
here you go

And of course they have their own language between them. We're just trying to join in on their conversation! Still can't get "I love you" out of them. :-(

Monday, Monday....

Update: We still haven't found the wedding band. We're hopeful that it might just show up somewhere in the house, but we've both looked everywhere we can think of.

Well, it's Monday. I never liked Mondays much. But today started out okay. Straight up 7 a.m. I awoke to our precious angels laughing in the other room. It's always nice to start the day with laughter. When I walked into their room, I was greeted with the light being on and a little sly smile from Lil H. Yes, she finally figured out that she could reach the switch from her bed and turn the light on. So now we'll have to move her bed elsewhere. No big deal, we knew it would happen sooner or later.

I called Mr. D to tell him the news, and his first words to me were "Oh, tell me you found it". I said "No... I didn't know we were looking for something." Well, his wedding band has gone missing. He never takes it off so it isn't like he has misplaced it. It has somehow managed to slip off somewhere. I've looked everywhere I can think of... dresser drawers, the trash, the dishwasher, the refrigerator, the bed, in cereal boxes...everywhere. I'm hoping it will turn up somewhere at work. But most likely, it's gone. Alone in a strange land... how sad. Maybe this story will have a happy ending. We'll see.

Happy Father's Day! Happy Daddy's Day!

Warm wishes to all the dads out there but especially to our dad here. Mr. D has often said that his best part of the day is coming home and having both girls run up to him and give him hugs.

I'm very blessed to have such a wonderful husband and father to the girls. He has always done more than his share of helping with them. Even if we didn't have two of them --which kind of forces him to help a lot of times-- I know that he still would be just as helpful.

And of course the girls just love him to death and think their Daddy is so "Hot Diggity!"

We love you!!

Mrs. D, Lil H, and Lil N