Heat, Visitors and Shorty Wang

August is still in full swing. The weather is HOT but it's to be expected. Temperature wise it is in the mid to upper 90's which is not bad but when you add in the humidity it adds another 10 degrees. So with most of our days being around 95 to 98, the heat feels 105-108.

Last week Kimberly and Chloe came to stay for a few days while Mark was in California doing his training at Google.  We are all so proud of Mark.  He was recently hired by Google and will start his new job on Monday.

The week was very relaxing.  We stayed mostly around the house due to the heat but Chloe did get to enjoy another dip in the pool.  We bought a little float for her of course she is still too small to be in it without someone holding her but it did give her more freedom to kick and splash.   

Josh spent time around the house with us too.  Chloe is quite taken with her Uncle Josh. 

We did find one thing quite amusing while Chloe was visiting.  If she got "fussy" during the day all we had to do was turn on the TV to Anthony Bourdain-No Reservations and she would stop what she was doing and focus on him.   I guess she found his voice soothing and you can see in the photo she is mesmerized.

Kimberly and I spent some time doing some sewing and monogramming for Chloe.  Kimberly made her a Texas Tech tutu and monogrammed her a onesy so she will have something to wear in Austin to show her support for the Red Raiders. 

Kim also monogrammed her a lacrosse onesy to wear to her Daddy's lacrosse games.

I made Chloe a few little outfits that she can hopefully wear for a little while.  

I've got more material and more patterns so I will fill more days with more sewing in the weeks to come.  Just call me Shorty Wang.

Random Tidbits

Chloe, and Kimberly too, came for a visit last week.  We had such a good time.  Chloe entertained us all. 

We took her out to eat at Sam's Boat overlooking Clear Lake.   And we drove to Galveston but it was way too hot so we didn't stay.  Did I mention we are in the middle of an extreme heat wave?   The temp has in the upper 90's but when you throw in our humidity we have heat index temperatures of 107-109. 

We spent time in the pool just chillin.  Chloe really liked the water and she wore her itsy bitsy teeny weeny yellow polka dot bikini that her Great Aunt Devonn sent her. 

We didn't want to see them go home but Chloe needed to see her Daddy.  We can't wait until the next visit.

 

On a sad note, Josh's beloved dog of 15 years had to be put down.  Raider was more than just a pet to the family, he was our families "Marley".  It was a very hard day but we all knew the day was coming and it was definately time.  The family  has tons of funny stories about Raider's adventures.  He was one in a million.

Update:

We helped Josh move back to Houston from Austin.  He took a job advancement that required him to move and he is settled in his new place.