My little busy boy

Today Dreycin is 10months, he is such a little busy boy now! He walks back and forth from the living area to the kitchen, and back to the living room and so forth. He is babbling away, says Hi and Hey and even will "talk" (babble) to whoever you are talking to on the phone! He also hears us say "Come on Pepper" and he says "Mon, Mon, Mon." He is going to be talking before we know it. We have also been working on sign language (more, milk, and eat) since about 7months, and now he is able to sign more and milk. He is such a big boy, I feel like he skipped being 6-12months and went to being a toddler. I have been thinking about his bday coming up, and am really debating on what to do. I cant do it at our home, because our patio home is a large 2bdrm but not big enough to accomodate more people than it already has! The other options are at the place Dreycin goes to swim All About Kids, or Gymboree. Coincidentally I got a magazine with all kinds of 1st bday decorations, so I have to pick a theme too....who knows we may just jump on a plane and come home to celebrate his bday!? The same weekend that we want to celebrate his bday, is the Marine Corp Ball so pretty soon I will need to find an awesome "different dress" again!

Tomorrow we are heading to Central City, Ky for my dad's sister's funeral. I wasnt close with Diana, but my dad was even from a distance. A little history....my grandfather Adrian Ray Doss (my dad's dad) was married 3x. The first time he had 3 children named Diana, Adrian Ray Jr, and Bruce. He married a 2nd time with no children, and his 3rd wife was Shirley Mcneely, my grandmother (dad's mom) and they had David, Dwayne (my dad), Darlene, and Deborah. The oldest was Diana 66y/o and the baby is my Aunt Deborah whom I have been closest with my entire life, more like a sister to me. Diana has suffered with many heart problems over the year, with the last heart attack this summer the dr's told her to go home and spend time with her family. This labor day weekend my dad flew down here and went and saw her, then he went back to Dallas on monday. Diana passed Tuesday morning, I think that way my dad was able to deal with it better. Its quite ironic that Derek and I ended up in Louisville where all my Doss family is from. Tomorrow I will get to meet my grandfather's sister Millie who is 82years old. Funerals are bittersweet, because it brings you together with family that you may have not seen in a while. Same goes for weddings, i guess.