It's Official. It's over!

Not that this affects our family too much since my husband is still over there flying high and will be for some time, it is historic and needs to be shared. And, in sixteen years, if Cheyanne ever looks back at her old Momma's blog, I want her to know what she was doing the day that the Iraq War ended.

Today, Chey met someone new in her family to love. Since we've been back home with my family, we've been soaking up as much family time as possible.

Especially Cheyanne. Little miss shy Chey has become quite the social butterfly. At least in the family, that is. Since she was so shy as a younger baby, I tended to shy away from groups of people or unfamiliar faces with her because it caused her such distress. Well, something in her switched. She still definitely does better in small groups, but she is not half as intimidated by people like she used to be. Today, we finally got to test this new phase out. My parents and I drove up to West Virginia to see our dear Aunt Phyllis. While she is technically my dad's cousin, she "practically raised him" as she likes to say. She is a special and vital member of our family from WVa, and I have been itching for Cheyanne to meet her. Of course, like the horrible blogger that I've become, I didn't take a single dang picture during our visit. ::Ugh Sigh:: What was I thinking- or better yet- what was I not thinking? I was definitely not thinking about pictures because I was too busy keeping an eye on Cheyanne who was more than happy to chase be introduced to her Phyllis' 3 cats today. My daughter is 15 months old and has rarely seen a cat before. Yeah, we're completely dog people. So, needless to say, I saved a few cats lives today from a curious tail pulling toddler. And just in time for the cats to learn that Cheyanne wasn't giving up easily, they disappeared into their hiding spots which clearly meant it was time for us to go. Anyways, this post is not about cats. Its about our day on the day that the war ended. 

That's what we've been up to. Visiting and soaking up some extra attention. Extra attention definitely isn't scarce here. With grandparents less than 50 yards away, I'm loving the family time and Cheyanne is loving the many open arms and laps. 

Here she is tasting her first cherry. Despite the grimace on her face, she actually loved them. I know this because she not only ate Nana's but she ate mine too (along with my eggnog milkshake).

So, what were you doing on this historic day?  Anything worth jotting down? You might want to because in sixteen years, who knows who will be asking you as they read about it in their history books. My Giant, Chey will definitely want to hear it from you. I'm sure your day was much more worthy of a jot. Mahoney, Graves, same goes for you… 

In other important news… Auntie T comes east bound in 24 hours!! Even though she won't be here at home until Thursday, DC is waaay closer than San Francisco so I'll take it. I think I can hold out for a few more days… but just barely! Come home fast Sister!