Finished at last!

Tonight all three of us were swinging on the deck. That's right, it's finished, minus a few touch ups here and there but we put the bench and table and swing on it. Myla just about fell off the swing trying to stand up on it while we were moving but mom, with her cat-like reflexes, caught her right away. Feels good to have something like that accomplished even though it took almost a year to complete. (Ten months and two weeks, but who's counting!?)

We had great weather today and decided to take advantage of it with a good long walk along the canal with the dog and little Myla in her stroller eating snacks while rocking her sunglasses. We've got tulips starting to push through and grass greening up a little bit here and there, at least where the grass didn't die last summer. It would be nice to have a lawn for Myla to play on if we're still in this house. We're getting a lot of things packed up and consolidated to start showing our place hopefully soon, but I guess we'll see.

Myla is saying little things like imitating the dog, the cat and a duck. And she's started this cute little thing where she blows her nose. She'll do it with with just about anything- a dryer sheet, napkin, baby-doll's sock. She is such a joy!