Monday, February 28, 2011

Green beans!

Six months and three days old! It’s hard to believe that Mikayla is on the downhill slide to one year old. We commemorated the weekend with a celebratory meal of mushed green beans. Minus the initial smell and color – which I’m sure I’ll be seeing again all too soon – the meal went very well. No funny faces, the pursed lips didn’t come until the end, gagging was minimal and for the first meal in a while, there was no rolling of the tongue with her mouth wide open. She simply ate it up. My little girl is growing up…

Top 10 Things I’ve Come to Love About Texas

10. All trucks and SUVs come with grill guards
9. Random picnic tables in the middle of nowhere
8. Armadillo spottings – dead and alive, though mostly dead
7. Never needing a passing lane – the slower cars move to the shoulder
6. Drive thru liquor stores
5. Being called “Ma'am” in authentic southern drawl
4. Goats grazing along the side of the highway
3. Driving two hours to find enough cell phone service to activate a phone
2. Blaring old school country music as you’re driving down the road is considered normal
1. 99 degrees in February