Merry Christmas!!!!

I just wanted to say thanks to our families for the Christmas presents that Austin, Amelia, and I received this year.

I'll take some pictures soon of Amelia wearing/playing with her Christmas presents. She received a cute outfit from Grandma Sally (and the bounce 'n' spin zebra that she has been playing with for a few weeks) and 2 cute outfits, socks, and a cool toy from Grandma Kathy.

My favorite gift??? A spirograph toy that I played with as a kid. There were even some of my old designs in the box.

True Story

We went to Jack in the Box (a fast food restaurant) a few days ago, and the girl taking Austin's order *seriously* said to him "Are you the guy from that movie?" Austin asked what movie, and she said, "The one where the guy kills all those people" or something. She was talking about American Psycho, and the actor Christian Bale.

Even though people have told Austin that he looks like him before, he never believes me when I say it. Whenever I see a movie with Christian Bale in it (and there are a lot, like Batman Begins, and the Machinist), I have a hard time looking at Austin for a while afterwards, because when I look at Austin, I see Christian Bale's face, and I giggle.

If anybody doesn't know who Christian Bale is...here's a picture of him, and a picture of Austin to compare.

Not my husband
My husband

Roll Call!!!

I don't know if anybody is realized, but you can leave comments on my blog posts. Sometimes I log into the blog just to see if anybody has left a comment. You don't need to do anything special to leave a comment, like have a special account or anything...my blog is set up for anonymous posts.

I'm just kind of curious to see how many people read this blog, so do me a favor...leave a comment for this post. You don't have to say anything profound...maybe "Erin, you're a loser," or "Erin, you're awesome" or "Amelia is growing so fast," or even, "Erin, your husband is a hottie."

Thanks!

Going on a safari...

On our way!
Austin feeding an elk through the window.

We had to drive sloooowly

Probably the grossest thing we've ever seen...a bison tongue.

Amelia had never seen anything as silly as this zebra.

Amelia, trying to decide which one she will pounce on first.

The 3 of us went to the animal safari park today just north of San Antonio. It's a place where you can drive through and see elk, ostrich, emus, oryx, zebras, and a bunch of other animals. They also have giraffe, kangaroos, lemurs, birds, and a small petting zoo.

Movie Night

Last night, Amelia and I had a "movie" night. We both had popcorn (hers was crumbled up into little pieces) and we watched "Ice Age" on the TV. It was really cute, but it lasted only about 15 minutes...then she dumped her popcorn bowl and got bored with the movie.

San Antonio Zoo

Austin and I took Amelia to the SA Zoo last weekend since we had another nice day. We had a good time...we fed the lorikeets and Amelia dumped a bag of potato chips all over herself.

Wendy's House

Amelia LOVES her Auntie Wendy!

And she really wanted Aaron Austin's dinner

Sparkles the dachshund

Amelia and I visited my friend Wendy's house today. I've known Wendy longer than anybody else in San Antonio; she was my sponsor at my first base, and we even went to Kuwait together. I like to joke that Wendy named her son after Austin and I, since his name is Aaron Austin, but since he was born years before I met Austin, that's impossible. Wendy is the one who helped me get the job here in SA. Wendy's house was a playground for Amelia, with lots of cabinets to open, Christmas tree ornaments to grab at, and nice shiny, breakable stuff on low shelves to grab, but luckily nothing was broken.

A look into the future!!!

While at my friend Wendy's house, Amelia tried on this hair extension piece that belongs to Wendy's little sister McKenzie. Isn't it hilarious? Austin and I laughed when we saw this picture. It's weird, but now I can finally kinda see what she will look like in a few years.

Chef Boyardee Mess

Amelia LOVES to feed herself, and we let her, no matter how messy it is.

Such a little angel (when Mom's not home)

The second I come home from work, Amelia leaps into my arms, and there she sits, unless she's eating or we put one of "her" shows on TV. If I put her down for even a second, she throws a fit and flings herself around until I pick her up again.

Austin says she's perfect for him when I'm at work, and he took these pictures to prove it. She's just hanging out after a diaper change (which would leave her in tears if performed by me), perfectly content.

The Coolest Toy Ever!

We got a surprise tonight, when a package arrived for Amelia from her Grandma Sally...it's a Bounce and Spin Zebra. It's supposed to be her Christmas present, but we opened it up early, since Amelia could really use some cheering up and this toy is the perfect distraction for her. She hasn't been having a lot of fun lately...she's had a nasty cold since we moved to warm humid San Antonio, and she's going through her 2nd ear infection (and 2nd ruptured eardrum) in less than 3 weeks (she goes to the Dr again tomorrow).

For anybody considering getting this toy, it was really easy and quick to put together...took Austin and I less than 5 minutes.

Trip to the playground

Wow! A playground
But all she wanted to do was play with wood chips

Amelia did *not* like this puppy

Having a snack

I took Amelia to the playground on base near our old house...yes, it was warm enough to wear shorts...over 80'F today!

New PJs

I found these cute jammies at a outlet store near our apartment...really cute and Amelia knows she's adorable wearing them!

Visiting friends

Amelia with Chloe and Carter

Chloe and Amelia
Our old house in San Antonio on Brooks

(way overgrown since we left it!)

The day after we got to San Antonio, we visited our friends, Kim and Jeff, and their 4 kids, Kobe, Cooper, Carter, and Chloe. When we lived across the street from them on Brooks in 2005, Colin and Aidan were great friends with the 3 boys. Chloe was born about 3 months before Amelia, and I would have never guessed that they would actually play together one day!

Did I mention that Kim is an awesome cake decorator? You gotta check these out!

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Amelia takes you on a tour of her new home

The living room half of the living/dining areaAmelia's bedroom...not yet messed up.
Mommy? Happy to be in her new home.
Amelia? Not so sure.

Well, here they are, pics of our new place in San Antonio. Amelia's adjusting really well, she likes her new, bigger bedroom, and all of the doors. She also likes to shut me in her closet when I'm hanging up her clothes. She also likes the windows...in our last place, they were too high to see out of, but she likes trying to pull down the blinds even more.

We've moved!

Most of you know that we were moving to San Antonio...well, we're here!

We just got internet and phone access installed today, so I will be posting pictures soon, and we'll be calling everybody with our new contact information.

We're thrilled to be here...so much to do, and we've got a bunch of friends here.

We'll be in touch soon!

Taking a nap and stuff about yard sales

Apparently, it's hard work being a 13 month old, because Amelia fell asleep on me last night, well before her bedtime, and then woke up 30 minutes later with her hair plastered to me head. (See mom? I tell you, Amelia runs hot!)

Sorry there aren't more pictures, we've rbeen really busy with packing (Okay, Austin's been doing most of the packing) and we had our yard sale yesterday morning, which got us up at 6am to set up. We had advertised our yard sale in the newspaper....said it started at 7am, and weren't expecting a lot of people, since it's not yard sale season. Austin went to the store to get coffee and change, and when he came back at 6:30, there were tons of people there and he had to park 2 houses down. We actually sold our 5 big-ticket items in the first 15 minutes!

You won't believe who these kids are!

Colin, 8 years old

Aidan, 6 years old

If you haven't seen a recent picture of Colin and Aidan, you will be amazed by how much they have grown. They are both so tall...in fact, at 8 years old, Colin is already 5 feet tall!

Playing in the backyard

Get out, Mom!

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Daredevil!

You know how you see your kid doing something so cute and naughty, you just have to take a picture? Here you go...Amelia loves standing on things she is supposed to sit on.

Latest news from the Hendersons

I think most everybody that reads our blog already knows this, but we are moving soon!

I accepted a job offer back in San Antonio, and I'll actually be working in the same building at Brooks AFB as I did when I was on active duty. I'll also be doing some traveling, and we're hoping that Austin and Amelia will be able to come along with me on some of the trips.

We will actually be moving on Thanksgiving day, and we expect to arrive in San Antonio the next day, Friday. We don't have our new address yet, but I will get it out as soon as it's finalized.

We're really excited about the move...a lot of our friends are still in San Antonio, and we are craving big-city life again. We're already talking about the places we'll go, and the restaurants we'll eat at.

At the playground

I took Amelia to a school playground this afternoon that's pretty close by. Even though she's too young for the equipment there, I thought she'd have fun just running around. Actually, she spent our whole time there eating the rocks that were under the equipment, and then screamed when we left because apparently eating rocks is a lot of fun.

Amelia and Daddy

Amelia loves her Daddy, and nobody in the world (even me) can make her laugh like he does. If I'm hanging out with her, and she suddenly starts smiling and laughing, I know her dad has just walked in the room. If she hears his voice somewhere in the house, she gets up and tries to find him. I took these (rare) pictures of Amelia and Austin today while they were playing around.