post husband visit update

well, October came and went entirely too quickly but it was most definitely a fabulous month all the same. i honestly dont think i've ever spent a more wonderful month with my husband than i did last month. our obvious improvement in our relationship (and communication) made it a very peaceful and loving time. The impending stress of his family wasnt too bad, but i admit i was still on the defensive in that area and had a couple of issues on my own, but i think that is par for the course really.

so - i picked him up from the airport looking exceptionally hot (and a bit slutty) on the 5th. the dog remembered him immediately, much to our joy. she was very happy to see dad and loved snuggling and playing with him when we were together. now that he's gone, she's a bit mopey, so we snuggle.

here is a bit of relaxing on the first day:

after a day of togetherness, we headed to wichita to spend the first week together there with family. he got some more tattoo:

here is an exceptionally cute picture at his mom's house of the girls. the youngest neice, chloe, had not seen him since she was about a month old - clearly she did not remember him and just ignored me altogether. didnt bother me, but he still tried to make friends.

here we are at the house of some good friends of mine from work. this is charles and joe playing Singstar - yes, we kareoke - but only in living rooms. orginally it took me a few drinks to really get into the spirit, but now i am game for it any time! although admittedly i dance much more during songs when i have a couple in me. but since charles is equally fun sober or otherwise, he was just a rock star. period.

here we are in wichita again all snazzy for his mom's wedding on the 25th. we were the most dressed up people there, but then, we like to dress up and i think we're pretty good at it. please excuse my fat face.

and for the last week of the month we were here at our house staying up late watching movies and then sleeping in and then laying around in our pajamas most of the day. he did some video game playing, as below. when asked, he said that his favorite part of the whole vacation was the 5 days spent here with me relaxing. that works!

and he left on halloween but i was well-taken care of by joe and claudia. they invited me over and joe made thanksgiving dinner and we handed out candy and watched movies. here is Beanie's costume. she wasnt really into it, but i thought it was halarious!!!