Where does the time go?

Where in the world does the time go? We have been keeping really busy. I can't believe how long it takes to unpack when you have two little "helpers". When we moved to Ohio, we were unpacked within two weeks. We are not even close to being done and it has been over a month! I have been trying to keep up with the pictures since I want to print out their first year baby book soon. That is going to be my Christmas present to myself.

The girls have had a lot of firsts last week. Bethany figured out the sit'n'spin, they both figured out how to put a peg in it's hole, and they started to hug each other when you tell them to give each other loves. It is really adorable when they get really enthusiastic about it and end up falling down!  Those pictures will come shortly. We are still working on getting a good picture with just the right angle.

Here are the pictures that I have done so far, there are so many to do..... please... please let me know if you see any misspelled words or phrases as I want to print them.

Happy Birthday/Halloween

The girls first birthday came and went. We are still living in the TLF so it made it a little difficult to make and decorate a cake for each of them. I managed to do it without buring them too bad in the cruddy stove they have here, also since I had none of my cake decorating supplies, and the pans I used to cook the cakes in were pyrex storage containers, I think I did pretty good. Sorry it has taken so long to get pictures up. The internet here is so slow. Just uploading these pictures today I have to put one up, close the post, reopen it to edit it, then add another picture. It won't let me do them all at one sitting. Very frustrating.

Melody loved the new taste of cake right away while Bethany wanted to play with the icing. Once she got a taste though, she wanted more.

 They loved opening up their gifts. (those pictures will come later). They got some adorable bath toys from Auntie Michelle, some big girl cups and plates from Grandma Jutras, fancy dresses from Yay Yay, and ,I can't believe I did this, but Joe and I got them some noise maker toys. We hear the train noises all day long, hopefully they will at least learn how to sing the alphabet song from it.  I was going to take it back, but just take a look at their faces on the train. I just couldn't bring myself to take it away from them.

 For Halloween, I let Joe choose the outfits. Since the girls were just a couple months old, Joe has been singing and playing the Manah manah songfrom the Muppets to them. We desided since this might be the last year we can pick their outfits before they want to be princesses, we dressed them up the way daddy wanted them to be.





Crazy Good News!!!

My first thought was we are getting out of moving to Alabama. No, we are still packing up the truck tomorrow. Joe just came home with a big smile on his face. He just got a phone call from one of the Colonels at AFIT. He personally called to tell Joe that he was selected for distinguished graduate!!! Not only that, but they pulled Joe's record that is going before the force managment board and updated it with this great accompishment. In case we have not told you, the AF has too many people, so they are laying off a bunch of people. Joe's file is up for review this month. This is the reason we are not buying a house and settling right away when we get to Alabama in case he does get realeased from the AF. Having the title DG in his record REALLY looks good for us.

11 days and counting

We only have 11 days left here in Ohio! We are sad to go, but look forward to starting a new chapter in our lives. We have made so many wonderful friends here and have had many memorable experiences. And, or course, we were blessed with our two beautiful girls while we were out here. Speaking of which, they are a constant source of entertainment. Melody has started to make this crazy face where she scrunches everything up;and tilts her mouth up on one corner. We call it her "old man" face. She makes it when she is really mad, but also when she is happy. It is hard to get a picture of it because once she sees the camera, she stops. We were able to get one picture. It was when she was coming out of the look, but at least you will get the idea.

Finally

Since we only have a month left here in Ohio, I have been very motivated to lose the pregnancy weight. A month ago I put myself on a healthy diet and told myself it would only be until we moved. I am happy to say that I not only made it to my pre-pregnancy weight, but I past it by 5 lbs. I might just see how far I can go before we move. After that, I am off the diet, just in time for all of the holiday goodies!!
We have been crazy busy. Joe is almost done with his thesis. He defends this Thursday! I can't wait!!  The girls are adjusting to the house we are staying in until we move. They will probably just get use to it when we pack them up and move them to a new place. They love to explore and get really mad at the fact we block them from going up the stairs to explore the second floor.
Here are some of the things they have been up to.

With all the excitement of moving. Joe and I desided to take a break from the girls. We love them dearly, but it was a lot harder to move then we thought it would be trying to dodge the girls constantly.