Overwhelmed

Thats how I feel some days.. I havent been on here to post in over a month now..
In that short amount of time, My baby girl turned one!

I just cant believe it. She had her first Halloween the other night.. It was also Dustins first time trick or treating.. His first year he was so little .. we went to a fall fest but he doesnt remember then last year we went to my churchs but he didnt dress up.. This year was big for him:) He was elmo and Emmy was a pumpkin.

Catch up

So a lot has happened in the two months I havent posted..
We had Dustin's birthday party right after my last post.. I believe Ryan's idea to buy him a bicycle was the best ever.. he LOVES riding his bike and asks to everyday! He even brings it inside and rides in a circle around the kitchen/living room area. Of course now he has a NEW one lol.. he was so rough on the first one that something went wrong .. Im not quite sure what *tire/ axle something LOL Ryan handles that stuff* and it was cheaper to buy a NEW bike then to buy a wheel for this one!  so we bought a bigger one he can grow a little into and not be too big for..

My baby boy is growing up so fast! He sleeps in his bed in his room now..most of the night lol. He still usually ends up in bed with us.. but I dont complain:) Ill take snuggles while I can get em!

The end of July we got to go home :) for two whole weeks! Which FLEW BY!

In August we celebrated 5 years of marriage:) went out riding on the motorcycle  and out to eat without the kids for a first... it was nice:)

My parents just came and stayed for labor day weekend and Ryan's mom and stepdad are supposed to be coming very soon!:)

Em is super close to being a full fledged toddler.. taking 4 and 5 steps by herself:)

She's growing up wayyyy too fast!

I've started looking for a job up here, even though I'll cry when I have to leave my kids. :) 

I've made some GREAT friends up here:) and look forward to our time here:) I feel like we are FINALLY getting settled.

Babies sleep sweetly

     It's 7am here and now me and Austin are sitting up watching tv. Dustin went to sleep super early yesterday so he woke up around 3am and would not go back to sleep...UNTIL Ryan had to get up for work. Then Emmy was ready to get up.. and she just went back to sleep. She is so sweet when she is falling asleep. Right before she is good and asleep she makes this noise lol its like a little tremor in her breathing then she sighs really big. If I try to lay her down before that, she is probably going to wake up lol.
    We had a great 5 days together over the 4th of July weekend.. The firework show on post was pretty awesome.. maybe Im just from a small town and havent seen a big city one...but I believe it was the best ever LOL.  I know Dustin and Austin had a great time at the carnival and just being out of the house lol.
    Only a week and a half before we go home for Ryan's block leave! Im SO ready lol . I miss all of our family and friends.

Ready for some BAMA sun

We have a little over 2 weeks till Ryan's block leave.. I'm so ready. We miss everyone like crazy!
In exactly a week my lil boy will be 3! I cannot believe it. He is such a lil man!

I am glad they have lots of things to do on post here for the 4th.  Free concerts and fireworks, carnival rides, and things to do:) Im sure we wont even get to do it all ...the kids will be wore out.. which means  a good nights sleep LOL. We have all enjoyed having Austin here with us (especially Dustin) ... Im not sure how he will act when he isnt here:(
My baby girl.. 8 months old now.. is pulling up on stuff and trying to take steps.. babbling and saying DADA all the time (see Ryan I can admit it)

 

Last night she woke up right as we were heading to bed, and Ryan rocked her back to sleep. He didnt know it then but I could hear him singing Jesus loves me to her over the baby monitor:)

Nursing mom

I am proud to say Ive made it nursing Emmy for 7 months now and hope to make it to a year, but Im going back to work when she will be around 9 months..so with no pump we will have to bottle feed some.. while she is at daycare at least..Its gotten to the point where nursing in public is NO longer an option since Emmy thinks its funny to pull off, let my milk spray everywhere, and stare and what is going on around us for a few minutes before latching back on. Last night Emmy slept from 9pm to 3am (in her own bed let me add) nursed back to sleep and at 5am I put her in her bed so I could get up and she slept till 9am there.. So Mommy feels very rested today and Emmy seems the same.:)  Here are a few pictures from a lil fun photo shoot me and Em did the other day:)

My big boy Dustin, man is he a growing! We went out to eat Hibachi Buffet last night and Dustin ate shrimp and noodles all by himself!

LOVE MY BABIES:)

5 am & We have been up two hours

5 AM and I just rocked my baby girl back to sleep.  She woke up at 3 this morning... now normally I would be a wreck getting up that early but she slept straight from 10pm to 3 this morning without getting up. Even though I did wake up a few times and check on her.. I feel like I slept all night. Instead of nursing back to sleep this morning she reached beside me and woke up Dustin lol. We stayed in bed watching cartoons for a little while and she started blowing raspberries :) So we came downstairs to make sure Ryan gets some sleep. He will be up shortly to start getting ready for work. Dustin's up for the day, watching Wow Wow Wubbzy now but I'm sure he will take a nap sometime today! I'm on my 2nd pot of coffee already! As I sit here rocking Emmy, I looked at the clock and almost gasped out loud. Yesterday it seems she was turning 6 months and I couldn't believe that was already here.. and now its 5 more days till she is 7 months. It's just flying by! I only have a few more months till I go back to work (me and Ryan agreed that around August would be a good time) and while I don't mind going back to work.. I'm sure going to miss my babies!  I don't even wanna think about being away from them all day:(
Emmy is SOOO close to crawling! She can get where she wants to go by scooting and army crawling and rolling and she has Almost got the crawling.. she will move one leg then the other.. then scoot lol.

A new day

Today is a  new day.  Emmy didn't sleep well last night.. she would wake and cry but wouldn't roll over and nurse like she usually does. I had to pick her up and hold her, calm her down, then nurse her back to sleep. I wasn't sure what it was until she had an explosive diaper this morning LOL! She has been asleep since 9 now and it's 11.
Ryan went out and bought a weedeater this morning.. it was just too much hassel to have to borrow one everytime we needed to cut.. Its taking a while to do that grass.. I THOUGHT our yard was tiny lol... but cutting that much with a weedeater looks horrible lol. At least our yard will look nice again. Im glad Ryan's here to do it though. I dread him deploying.. I know I complain that he doesn't help as much as I want him too... but he DOES help a lot.. I should really start trying to thank him for it. I complain too much.. I know come end of next year I'll miss him.
It been raining almost all week and its pretty dreary looking out there now.. I think it just started drizzling..
Ems up and Dustins coming in from blowing bubbles!:)

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Is it May already?

Its seems like everytime I turn around another month has flown by, my kids are growing up so fast. Emmy is almost crawling and Dustin is becoming momma lil man.



We have made some really good friends here and now that Ryan's platoon is getting in order, we have started making a few more.. Adult conversation always needed lol. We went bowling last night and Dustin had a BLAST.

We are finally getting settled in our house on post. Starting to look like a home.. just gotta get some pictures on the wall and a few accessories lol.

I'm working hard to be a good little housewife.. but most days I just wanna spend the whole day playing with the kids. I did scrub the kitchen floor today..so that a big accomplishment lol. 

Tomorrow is Mother's Day and I wish I could be back home with my mom! The plan is church.. and either small lunch and out to dinner or out to lunch and small dinner lol..and lots of family time!
Its finally getting back warm out! We have a nice swing and little patio set.. plenty of seating for grill outs and guests... I love having ppl over! Luckily Ryan loves grilling.

 I cannot wait til July to hopefully get to go home to visit and celebrate the boys birthdays back home!
Em will be getting around good by then of goodness....

Change Change Change

    We sign for our on post housing tomorrow, and the Army will be moving us Thursday! I'm super excited because the more we live in this tiny apartment, the more I don't like it here. I dread unpacking and getting settled again..but we will have a fenced in little back yard and Ryan wont have so far to go to work and hopefully that will mean more time at home:) We are literally right across the street from the PX which is awesome in some ways, not so great in others lol. Ill have to stay away.

   Went onpost today to the housing Easter Egg hunt with our new good friend Emily:) and her son.. they claim it was too windy to hunt so they gave us a FEW eggs and we left lol.  I guess being out and about wore my kids out though cause at 8 they were both fast asleep.

    Just some pictures from trips home:)

My Grandmaw and Dustin and Emmy

our trip to the Zoo

and some while Ryan's parents and oldest son was up

My kids are growing up TOO fast...Em will be crawling soon and in a few months Dustin will be 3!