Hello All! Long time no see, sorry about that. The past four months have just been so busy and between my camera breaking and everything else, I just never got around to blogging. Now that we're in the home stretch of this deployment things have seemed to settle down a bit. So much has happened in the past four months so I'll try to give you a quick run down and then see if I can get in the habit of keeping up with the blog again (no promises). :) We have had a busy four months with lots of traveling. In February we took a "big airplane" to visit Grandma and Grandpa in Kentucky. The kids LOVED it!
One of the coolest things about Nashville airport is they have a little tot playground inside, which is a parent's dream! Great way to let the kids get out some energy before we hop back in the car.
In March, Gunner started "school" which is a three morning a week playground on base. He loves it (as do Grace and I). I didn't get the greatest picture the first day, but you get the idea.
They had a playdate one afternoon after the normal school day where parents and siblings could come join the fun. Although the picture doesn't show him having fun, it does show one him with his friends Teagan and Gunner (yes there is another little boy named Gunner in his class, "the other Gunner" as Gunner calls him).
In March we also had a huge transformation at our house...a new backyard!! Woohoo. I wish I was home now to take a picture of how green it's gotten (when it was laid the sod was dormant so it was a brownish color), but at least you can get the idea.
BEFORE
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| Here is the sod all laid, but in it's dormant stage (still brown). |
AND AFTER (with some green)
The end of March brought our first emergency visit (sort of). Gunner was enjoying the new back yard and took quite the spill into the brick fire pit. Talk about a bloody mess. But he took it like a champ. We had to make an emergency dental visit to assess the situation, but everything seems to be okay. He has to keep going back to for checkups every few months to monitor it, but the only residual effect is the left front tooth is turning dark.
April brought another trip to Kentucky for Easter. All their cousins came down to join the fun too. It was so much fun!
Grace LOVED dying Easter eggs too. I wish I had a video, but she was enjoying the most.
This past month we celebrated Gunner's 3rd birthday. I can't believe our little boy turned 3 already. He is getting so big! He loved his batman cake and having a few different birthday parties. :)
We had lots of leftover cake from our first party, so we just did a little reconstruction of the cake for the next party the following day.
The past few months have been filled with lots of traveling and learning new things. Gunner learned to ride his big boy bike (his normal bike still has training wheels, this was Grandpa's attempt at a balance bike, but he does great on it!)
Grace learned to love her baby dolls (let's hope she loves the new baby equally as much).
And baby #3 just keeps a growing (30 weeks and counting)....
The best news of all is that daddy will be home in about 3 weeks! We can not wait for him to get home. To make the time go faster, the kids and I and Grandma are on a little road trip. We stopped in Indiana to see my brother Dave and his family and then headed to Grandma and Grandpa's for another visit. We head back to NC early next week. Here's a picture of the kids the day we ventured to the Cincinnati zoo.
We hope everyone is having a great start to summer. It is sure to be a busy one for us! We miss you all! Here's one more cute picture to end this four month summary... It didn't really fit anywhere, but how cute are our little superheroes?!
