OK... now I'm up to date.  Today, I have errands to run and people to see before my next adventure.

April 21, 2012  Todd and Jill drove up from Orlando.  While they were driving up, Todd called my favorite youngest nephew (Brian) and told him about the baby.  We called my mom, on the speaker phone,  Todd told her that on his birthday (2/17) he found out that they were pregnant.  So she will be having TWO more Great Grandchildren in October 2012.  The we went to see Mamaw and they told her about the baby.  Then Aunt Liz and Dan arrived, so they got to tell them.

After our visit, we went to Wasabi's for dinner at the Towncenter.  And since we were at the Towncenter, we had to go to Pottery Barn for Kids and Babys R Us.  While we were at Babys R Us, we finally got to talk to my sister and brother-in-law to tell them about the baby.  This was special for me, because a few days after Todd & Jill told me I was going to me a Nannie, Cathy called to tell me that Ashley was pregnant again and she had to keep it a secret until that day.  I thought to myself.... "you have no idea".... and I can't wait until I tell her my secret.  I sure enjoyed "filling" her in with my news.

April 17, 2012  Todd and Jill went to the 12 week check-up, so they are telling other family members and close friends about the baby.  Jill gave me the OK to share the news with a few of my closest friends, which I did asap.  I made sure that they knew not to post anything of FB yet.

March 2, 2012... Todd and Jill drove up for the weekend and gave me the BEST birthday present!!!  First they gave me a Willow Tree figurine and a cookie cake.  I thought the figurine was about "me and Todd" and the cookie cake was from my granddogs, but then Todd kept saying... "You are going to be a Nannie"
"You ARE going to be a Nannie"  -  I was a little slow and didn't understand.  I think he finally had to say, "We are having a baby"!!!!  OMG, I'm going to BE a Nannie!!!  I am sooooo EXCITED!!

"Oh, and you can NOT tell anybody until the middle of April".

I'm so proud of myself... I didn't tell anybody.  Of course, I had to keep telling them I hadn't told anybody.  Besides they were the only ones I could talk to about the baby :)

Christmas 2011 -  Well, I did something really different this year with my traveling buddy, Evelyn.  First we drove to Orlando to spend the night with Todd and Jill.  We had a WONDERFUL time!  The next morning, we got up and took the Florida Turnpike south (I still can't get over how many times we had to stop to pay tolls) and we headed to the Keys.  I've been in Florida for a LONG time and NEVER been.  So we celebrated Christmas day in the Keys.

Thanksgiving 2011 - I spent the week in Pensacola with family.  I was able to spend time with my favorite oldest nephew, Sean (who I haven't seen since the AF sent him & his family to Germany) , my wonderful niece Ashley (Sean's wife), my favorite youngest nephew, Brian, my favorite sister and brother-in-law, and my wonderful mother.  Of course, I save the BEST for last....  I got to spend lots of time with my favorite GREAT niece IZZIE.  We had sooo much fun!

October 2011  More friends and my first trip to the Alligator Farm in St Augustine.  Good day... GREAT time with my friends.

October 2011 - Our annual TP Red Hats get together in St Augustine. Great time with great friends.  A special thanks to our wonderful hostess, Lynn and her husband Charlie, who let us kick him out of the house.

August 2011 - My Aunt Jo made a quick out of James t-shirts.... isn't it GREAT!!

June 2011 - Back to Pensacola to visit family.... as usual there were more dogs than humans.

March 2011 - Trip to Pensacola to meet my new Great Niece, Izzie Neri. She's had my heart since she was born in Germany, but it was sure nice being with her and her mom, Ashley!

And Izzie went to sleep, I sat and watched the baby monitor.... LOL

12/2010 We met our Diamond Princess friends in Orlando FL for a long weekend.  We had a BLAST... and we did not buy one ticket to any park!  We spent time walking around down town Disney... well, some of "walked", huh Evelyn.  We played minature golf.  Parked the van at the Grand Floridian in Disney World and rode the monorail to each of the hotels. Everything was decorated for Christmas.
Thanks to Todd & Jill, we also went to the Gaylord Palms to see ICE and saw the Disney fire works from the top floor of the Comtempory Hotel. 

Most important, was the fun we had with friends!!!

  

08/28/2010 (continued)  When we arrive at Seatlle's airport, we rented a car and a GPS and drove into Seatlle to explore on our own.

08/28/2010 (continued) from the ship we boarded a motorcoach for a 2 hour drive to Seatlle.  I think we spent more time stuck in traffic trying to cross the boarder then we did moving.

08/28/2010  Our Alaska adventure is coming to an end.  This morning we woke up to the beautiful view of Vancouver, BC.

08/27/2010  This was a full day of cruising through the Inside Passage.  It was so beautiful.  At the end of the day we had the opportunity to enjoy the most beautiful sunset we had ever seen.

08/25/2010.... taking you back....when we arrived in Ketchikan on the Diamond Priness cruise ship.  This is where I took off by myself.  My excursion was a flying in a seaplane through the Misty Forjes.  There were five customers and our pilot. I got to sit in the front seat. We flew for about 30 minutes then land in the middle of a lake.  I even got out and stood on the pontoons.

OK, before I start my new adventure (next week), I want to try to finish my last two adventures: Alaska and the Keys

New Adventure... Italy and Austria

I'm ready for a NEW adventure... I'll keep you posted.