Back in US Territory After 1.5 Years

We are finally back in the US. I can't really believe that it has been this long since I have been able to make a visit! It feels good to be back, and I am definitely enjoying having me some Cracker Barrel, Schlotzsky's, McAlister's...etc. It does feel like a vacation though. I miss my husband and I miss having a daily routine and some structure - or at least, I miss it for Leyla! Ha! She has been doing really well and is enjoying herself, too, but carseats and grocery karts and shopping trips can get a little too long and it has been difficult keeping her on a good nap schedule and OUT of trouble!

I bought Leyla a set of My Little Ponies and she loves to play with them at bathtime. It has been nice to be able to give her a bath instead of a shower at the pila! She loves to sit and just play!

 Modeling her new big-girl Owl Towel!

She loves to go look at the lake by Rachel's apartment. We cross the bridge, feed the ducks, look at the turtles, chase frogs...it's fun.

I taught her how to blow the dandelions! We don't have those in Honduras so that was a new experience for her!

Tia Fide took us to the zoo in Oklahoma City. Leyla had a lot of fun and got out all her energy and fell asleep before we got to see the kiddy park!

Big brown bears - they looked so cute and cuddly.

Watching the otters play.

She approached the gorilla statue very carefully - she has a love-hate relationship with monkeys and sometimes is afraid of them and sometimes loves them. She walked up to it very slowly and then crawled on its back when she realized it wasn't real!

Oklahoma Pictures

First time seeing her grandmother since June! She ran straight to her and gave her all kinds of hugs :) 

 At the OC campus with grandma and great-grandma. Leyla was exhausted!

 Opening her first (early) birthday present from her grandma!

 So glad to have seen Brenda!

 My best friend Danielle took professional pictures of her in the forum at OC! They turned out beautifully!

Playing with Aunt Rachel's bunny rabbit!

Update...

I haven't been able to get online in awhile because our internet got shut off again and then we went to the US and didn't have internet access for a week!

It was great to be in Oklahoma and see my mom, grandmother, and sister, and all our old friends from church, my teachers at OC and my best friends there. Plus, I ate at Cracker Barrel, McDonald's, Schlotzsky's, McAlister's, Charley's and Popeye's. I ate bacon every morning for breakfast, biscuits at Cracker Barrel, one sausage biscuit, a huge loaded baked potato, and 2 sandwiches :) YUMMMMY

Fide's wedding was beautiful - it was fun to be in a wedding for the first time every! Well, besides my own wedding... Her dress was gorgeous, the flowers were gorgeous, the cakes were gorgeous, and tasted amazing, and Leyla was absolutely precious in her flower girl dress and her stockings and her little white dress-up shoes, riding down the aisle in a wagon!! Everyone loved it :) I was so proud of her, she did so well - she rode down the aisle perfectly and didn't cry or whine or anything!

We had a good flight up and down, now mishaps, and we made it right on time for everything. Leyla slept most of the flights and buses, so that was great. Now I'm back home and have almost 4 weeks left of classes and then I'm done! And hopefully will be back in TN for Christmas, and maybe even by the end of November!!!

I will post pictures of everything soon, right now I need to prepare classes for tomorrow :)