Locked Out

This morning was pretty uneventful...a trip to the commissary, unloading groceries in 15 degree weather, getting locked out of the house by Maddie with Maddie in the house all by herself.  Yeah, I'd say that is pretty boring.  It took the base cops 15-20 to come unlock us, meanwhile Maddie cried and then stopped so I started freaking out.  But, when the cops finally did come she had turned on the TV and was playing with the wipes.  JJ was able to go to the neighbor's house and stay warm while eating half a bag of gold fish.

Icy Cold

We woke up to ice this morning.  JJ loves to see the winter.  Too bad this if the first or second we have seen of winter here in KS.  That is my new ride parked on the road.

Yes, that last post meant....

That baby number three is due to arrive sometime in September! Yes, it was a bit of a shocker, but in a super good kind of way of course:) God knows what I can handle and apparently he thinks we need another munchkin running around! How exciting!
So the nausea has set in already and I am feeling like doo doo in the mornings. But so far it isn't too bad.

3

JJ's favorite place

The Shower! He would stand in it all day if I let him!

Sleep

This is Maddie's new sleeping arrangement, per Maddie. I was not ready to move her out of the crib. Before John left he insisted on moving Maddie's big girl bed into her room from the basement(I found a mouse surprise and he didn't want them making a nest in the mattress). All week I keep hearing a particular phrase from her as I put her to bed. I could NOT figure it out until nap time yesterday. She wants to sleep in the big girl bed. Soooooo, we tried the nap and she slet. Then we tried bedtime last night and she slept! Removing all the books from her headboard bookshelf was completely necessary, except for the three tiny boardbooks.

Scrapbooking.

I am such a slacker in this area. I have JJ's done up to his first birthday. Maddie has an album with absolutely nothing in it. I have made several different plans with girls to get together but they always seem to get messed up. Soooo, I have vowed to start working on them. I uploaded a bunch of pictures yesterday and had them shipped to the house so I don't have to get out and get them. My next step is to get the basement organized and all my other craft things put away. I know it won't take forever, but it seems like such a daunting task. But here's to scrapbooking!!!!

Family Foto

Well here it is! We always take one before he leaves. It's been a whole 24 hours since he left the house and has arrived at his first destination. He'll be at the final destination in a couple of days. We are doing fine. Maddie doesn't understand and keeps asking for daddy. JJ is consistently asking to play Frisbee. I definitely don't want to be playing in 30 degree weather.

Little Kids

Here is my sister and I as kids. Don't you love my mullet? I was stylin' back in the day. My mom gave me a bag of pictures when we were home. This is one of the better ones of me :)

Boring

I have been so not in the mood to blog in forever. I don't know what my deal is. I just feel like there isn't much going on here. Of course we are busy but nothing news worthy I suppose. We don't have any snow on the ground which is good for driving purposes, but if it is going to be cold I would prefer to see pretty white over the brown grass.
It has been good to get home and be on more of routine since getting back from Michigan. The kids are sleeping better!!! Maddie had to go to the ER Friday night for her ear infection once again. Things are good now, but getting this antibiotic in her is proving to be more difficult.
John is leaving again for the same sandy place a week from today for another couple of months. Maddie has become a super daddy's girl and I think will miss him terribly as will JJ and I. We'll get through it as always :) I have some pretty amazing friends here and afar!
Happy New Year!!!

Goodbye Codes

On Monday we had to put Cody to sleep forever. His heart failure was just making him miserable -- he was sleeping all day and night except to eat and use the great outdoors. The last straw for me was arriving back at my dad's where Cody was staying and watching him barely walk to the car to greet us. I could tell he was happy to see us, he just couldn't get there as fast as he wanted. I am super sad about it, but I am grateful the kids are young enough that they don't understand. He was such a loving dog. We will definitely miss him!

Christmas Vacation

Bad blogging...I actually wrote this last week...

I just realized I haven't blogged in over a month! What have I/we been doing you ask? Well, of course there was the "family time" after John got home and then it was Thanksgiving. I cooked for 4 adults and 5 kids. It took me 3 days to get it all done! John did the usually Black Friday shopping, on that Saturday we turned in both vehicles for newer ones. Yes, we are crazy. I am driving an '08 Ford Explorer and John is driving an '03 Pontiac Grand Prix. Mind you, this was not my idea.
When I thought I had a few days of down time before packing to drive to Michigan, John decides to take a few extra days of leave to start our trip earlier. But, before we left JJ wasn't feeling so hot so I took him in and he had bronchitis and pneumonia. Luckily, he got better before we left. We finally arrive in Michigan and Maddie starts a fever and feeling crappy so I had to take her into urgent care to find an ear infection. We have never had an ear infection in the house before. The next day JJ gets the runs and more fever for two days. So the first week of MI was shot with illnesses and recuperation time.
We spent the first few days at my dad's, then headed up to John's dad's, and now we are at my mom's. It's the only place I'll have the net on our vacation. We head back to KS on the 29th. I have a camera, not sure if I brought the cord so I can't promise any pictures anytime soon!