Walkin, Walkin, Walkin

(Rawhide theme) Walkin', walkin', walkin'...keep that baby walking...walkin', walkin', walkin'...one stride!

Ada is just days away from taking her first steps...I know it! We have a little push cart kind of thing that allows her to hold on and walk around. She looks like a cowboy struttin' with her bowed legs and lack of balance. Too cute. She likes to show me that she is a pro at walking on her knees behind this contraption with her eyes peeking over the top, but she makes me beg to see her walk tall. It will be interesting to see if she walks on her own before her first birthday.

That is so crazy to think about...our little chunky monkey is turning ONE!! It's such a reward to see her progress in her development over the last year, the big milestones and the day-to-day surprises. My scientific mind is having a hay day analyzing her every move. The psychology classes I took in college (really the same class taken three times) are paying off!! More importantly, it is fun being a mom and having the ability to nurture, protect, and teach this wonderful angel the ins and outs of life.

Exploring the "Great Indoors"

Ada and I are excited that Drew is coming home tonight. He was in the Denver ERM office for training. The training was for effective communication during presentations. It's a great three day course and you come away with with more self confidence to stand and speak in front of clients and others. A course that most of us need...I know I still have a fear of speaking in front of others.

In Drew's absence, Princess Ada and I explored the "great indoors" and far away lands that have adventure around every corner. We almost got lost in the mountainous mounds of laundry that seem to multiply on their own, but I ironed them flat. I defended my Princess Ada from the gigantic monster that crawled in from the laundry room. After screaming, I drew my trusty vacuum sword that sucked up the monster and I banished it to the garage. Mission completed! Where were those furry beasts when you need them!! We traveled to far away places in Princess Ada's magical books that taught us about opposites, the alphabet, and sharing a strawberry with a mouse before the big hungry bear found it for himself. We talked to and chased the three furry beasts that roam the "great indoors". As well as observing the three happy fish that paced back and forth in their quaint little pond in the laundry room. We have also been busy building and destroy beautiful castles and towers. That's a tough job, but the locals needed the help.

We have many stories to share with Daddy of our adventures when he gets home and I know Princess Ada will babble to him for hours. Mean while, Princess Ada's guardian will be heading to bed.

Love to all from the "great indoors".

Happy Fourth of July!

Ardmore is where we celebrated the Fourth of July this year. A tradition that has been revived, the Hiseys invite family and friends for a fun afternoon of food, swimming, and making homemade ice cream!

It was a lovely time. Ada was spoiled as usual by Poppi with a bowl of peach ice cream!! She couldn't get enough of it and her face was covered with sticky goodness! Nancy Anne took some great photos of her. I can't wait to see them! Overall, I think that peach was the favorite flavor, which had nothing to do with Buster, one of their dogs, licking the top of vanilla ice cream container.

We also had a relaxing time lying around the pool and splashing with Ada. In typical fashion there was plenty of dunking, wrestling, and stealing the floating mats between Evan, Drew and Pops. Ada was looking at them like they were crazy! So she had fun with Mom and Auntie Jennie relaxing away from those silly men.

Jim, a friend of the Hisey family, suprised us all with a fun floaty boat for Ada to sit in. She loved it! It had a neat little cover to shade her from the hot sun and it played music too! Thank you so much for your generosity, Jim! Now Ada will have a floaty like the rest of us.

The weekend was filled with many memories, Jennie's "Harmony Hash", Ada's constant babble and bottomless stomach, the dogs sitting under Ada's chair waiting for the next tasty nibblet, celebrating Drew, Lloyd, and Mike's birthday, and watching the Wimbledon tournament.

Thank you all for such an amazing time spent together.

We love you all!
T, D, & A

We're published!!

Welcome to the world of the Hisey Clan! We've decided to jump on the blog bandwagon and connect you all to our lives.

We hope to use this space as a way for our family and friends to stay connected to us even though we are not close (geographically speaking, of course!).

Below are a couple pictures that our wonderful friend, Laura, took of us while my Mom was in town visiting her favorite Ada. She had such a wonderful time with Nana! Thank you so much for coming down to stay with us for awhile, Mom. I really had such an amazing time with you.

We hope to hear from all of you. Send us a note and let us know how you are doing!

God bless you,
Drew, Tanya, and Ada