Grandmom Came To Visit!!!

We had such a great time with Grandmom here visiting!! The girls had a little photoshoot with her... Here are the results of wrangling a 2 1/2 year old and an 8 month old who just learned to crawl... Enjoy!! :-)












I believe Amelia is saying, "Maddy just walked in front of the camera AGAIN!! Ugh!!" LoL.





Check out the concentration tongue:



"Please don't hit me... Please don't hit me... Please don't hit me..."




We had a great time, and are so thankful that she was able to visit us!! I hope it's not another 6 months before we see her again!!! :-)

Hope everyone's week has gotten off to a good start!! Love you guys!! :-)

A Month?!?!

Has it really been almost a month since my last post?? I'm so very sorry to both of my faithful readers!! LoL...

I don't have any fun photos to share at the moment... Just wanted to check in...

It looks like I'll have plenty of hours ahead of me to catch up on blogging... The girls have both come down with Hand, Foot & Mouth Disease... It's going around on base here, and lots of our friends have it, too. Amelia woke up Tuesday morning with a really high fever and was upset all day... She sounded like she was in quite a bit of pain, so I took her to the doctor and her diagnosis was confirmed... We've been washing hands like crazy and Lysoling everything in the house. She seems to be feeling quite a bit better, but now has a rash over most of her body. Fast forward to today. Maddy was whining all day. I looked in her throat and didn't see anything wrong... Just before dinner, however, she laid on the living room floor and fell asleep. We woke her up for dinner, but she said that her mouth hurt and didn't want to eat. I felt her head, and she felt warm. I took her temperature and sure enough, she has a fever! From what I've read online, the symptoms only last about a week, but it is still contagious for a couple of weeks after the symptoms are gone. :-/ That being said, we're pretty much quarantined for a couple of weeks...

On a MUCH more positive note, my mom is heading this way TOMORROW!!! I couldn't be more excited!! I wish the kids were well, so we could do all the fun things we had planned, but I know we'll still have fun!!

I mostly just wanted to let everyone know that we're still alive and kicking. Bryan started class this past Friday and seems to be enjoying it so far. He's been able to come home and have lunch with us every day which is REALLY nice, and he's home well before dinner time every night!! This is SO MUCH BETTER than the first part of pilot training!!! :-)

I guess that's about it for now... Amelia is up and fussing in her bed. I better go check and make sure she's ok!!

Love you guys!! :-)

House Tour

FINALLY!! I got the house put together long enough to take some photos!! Yay!! I was planning to do a video tour, but have come to the realization that the only way this was going to happen was to do it during naptime, so I didn't want to talk... So, here are the still photos of our house... If you scroll through them quickly, maybe they'll be like a movie... Here goes...


The front of our house... 1 car garage, front door, living room window, guest bedroom window, Amelia's window...



Standing in the kitchen looking at the living room. The doors on the right-hand side of the photo are the front door of the house and the coat/toy closet...



Looking at the living room from the dining area of the kitchen...


Looking into the kitchen from the dining area...



Looking over the bar that separates the kitchen from the dining area...


This is the hallway that leads to the kids and guest bedrooms. The first door on the left is the pantry. The second door on the left is Maddy's room. At the end of the hallway, it turns to the right which leads to Amelia's room, the guest room, the linen closet and the kids' bathroom...


The guest bedroom. MUCH larger than the one in Del Rio (and quite possibly the one in Abilene)!!


Amelia's room...


...Complete with a sleeping baby!! All together now... AWWWWW... :-)


The kids' bathroom...


Maddy's room... Complete with a sleeping preschooler... Let's do it again... AWWWW... :-)


This hallway is on the other end of the living room and kitchen and leads to the garage, laundry room, 1/2 bath and our bedroom... The door on the right is the 1/2 bath. The hallway ends in a T-intersection. To the right is our bedroom. To the left is the garage and laundry room...


This is the 1/2 bath...


The open door is the laundry room. The other door is the garage...


In the interest of not having a storage unit, we have crammed A LOT into this house, so please excuse all the "stuff"!!! This is the laundry room/Nash's room... He gets a good size one this time!! ;-)


Our bedroom... And, yes, I just realized that there's still a box at the foot of our bed. That's the last one we have to go through!! :-)


Our bedroom... Looking towards the door and the bathroom (the open door on the right). The closed door on the left is the closet (which is HUGE)!!


Our closet. This photo doesn't do it justice!! By far the largest one we've had so far!! :-)


Our bathroom... Oh yeah... Did I forget to mention that our house is handicap accessible? That's why there's a big hole under the sink and the rails by the toilet. There are also 4 rails in the tub...


The back yard...


The rest of the back yard...



That's about it!! We are really enjoying this assignment. I would even dare say that this is the best assignment the Air Force has given us so far. Well, as far as location is concerned this is the best! Bryan hasn't started class yet, so we haven't met anyone... I'm hoping to find some playgroups, etc. soon... Now that we're settling in. In the meantime, I'm okay with going shopping and playing on the beach!!! :-) So, we're all set up... Who is going to be our first visitor?!?! ;-)

Still Here...

Just a quick note to let everyone know that we're still here!! We've been spending a lot of time unpacking and organizing our new home!! In our "down time" we've been hanging out at the beach!! The girls have made the transition very well!! We're really proud of them! Maddy was unsure of the ocean when we first got here, but she's all about it now!! :-) She begs to go to the beach every day!!!

Amelia has 4 teeth now, and I think I saw another one trying to come through today!! I took her to the doctor the other day because she didn't seem to be feeling well, and she weighs 17 pounds, 10 ounces!!!! She's a very healthy little girl (minus the ear infection that we're treating at the moment).

Not much to report at the moment. Once I get the house the way I want it (and can keep it that way for more than 3 minutes), I'll do some photos or a video tour of the house to share on here!! I hope you all had a great week!!

Happy Mother's Day to any of the moms reading this!!

Love you guys!! :-)

Happy Easter!!!

Here are a few portraits of the girls!! They just wanted to wish everyone a very Happy Easter!!!







Have a fantastic day!!! :-)

Easter Party

The base had an Easter party for the kids today. Maddy had a BLAST!!! Here are a few photos from the day!!


The Easter Bunny led the parade on a fire truck...



Amelia did NOT like the sirens!!



No one was really sold on the Easter bunny this year...



Maddy's first pony ride!!



Getting ready for the big egg hunt!!



Maddy with her loot...




Maddy & her friend Alison hanging out while the daddies fish!


This is what Amelia did while they fished!



Real men fish with pink children's fishing poles!! ;-)




Maddy helped release one of the fish the guys caught!!


We've had a great day so far! Hope your weekend is going well!! Love you guys!! :-)