Our place

Hello! We have moved in and started to make it feel like home. Despite having very few of our own goods, we love our little home and the gorgeous surroundings. We are in a 2 bedroom, 1.5 bath house/downstairs apt with a backyard for daisy to play in! Our living area is pretty adequate and so is our kitchen (for such a tiny place). Even better is that our upstairs neighbors are in our squadron and were also in our squadron in Whidbey. That has made this transition so much easier! Nothing like a familiar face to make a big move better! (And nothing like people who will let you borrow kitchen supplies you don't have or split a cable package with you or grill dinner for you!)

Pictures are if our living area and our bedroom (2 twins pushed together for the win!) and the view from the end of our driveway:

4 months!

On the 6th, Annie turned 4 months! She had her shots and her check up on Friday because we obviously just got to Hawaii and had to squeeze in a visit.  She weighs 15 pounds and is hitting the milestones she should be!

What Annie is up to:
Wiggling on her back
kicking her legs to make the bouncy seat move
grabbing things
kisses and smiles
laughing
dancing to pop music
eating her hands
almost grabbing her feet
teething
chewing on mommy's knuckles
8 hour flight to Hawaii
sleeping at night for 8 hours straight
sleeping unswaddled (at night)
napping 3 times a day
going to sleep on her own

Thanks to our good friend who came to visit while Kenny was gone, Annie is mostly sleeptrained.  How it got started was that I was passed out in the room next to Annie's with the monitor on and slept through her crying for 15 minutes. Had my friend not heard her, I would have not believed it! So with Annie knowing how to self-soothe, we begane to sleep train her.  This was hard but amazing since I had been soothing her with the hair dryer.

She is napping much better now that she is on Hawaii time!  It took about 6 days and lots of dancing to keep her awake for 15 extra minutes each time she was awake, but we did it!  We move into our townhouse on Monday officially, but Kenny has spent the week getting it set up with temporary furniture and unpacking our boxes from our express shipment. 

Daisy is doing well with out upstairs neighbors.  She was a little skittish at first, but she is happily snuggling and loving playing with their 2 year old son.

I will post pictures when we get into our place and have wifi since they are all on my phone.  But we are all loving the gorgeous weather and sunshine! 

Thank you to all who have given us love and support as we have been going through this transition.  We are so fortunate to have such amazing friends and family!

Aloha!

Saying good bye

We have shipped the car. We have shipped belongings. We have begun to pack our bags...
Amazing how saying good bye doesn't get easier with each move.

We had many firsts in this house like bringing home our first puppy and then our first baby. We grew as a couple. We grew as professionals. We are growing into our roles as parents, but that started here.

I wouldn't say this has been our favorite place to live, but being close to family has definitely been amazing.

We are excited to head to Hawaii but sad to leave our family and friends. Thank goodness for FaceTime!!

3 months!

This month we have been busy flying to Orlando, driving to Jacksonville, flying to Atlanta and then flying home to corpus! We also express shipped some belongings to Hawaii, signed a lease in Hawaii, and sold our house! We are now onto the countdown to Hawaii! Official move date is may 4!

Annie has been up to lots including weighing over 13 pounds... I think it is mostly in her cheeks!

- we smile and laugh lots
- we love kisses
- we love laying on our back and kicking
- we love the noise of the hair dryer to go to sleep
- we are slowly sleeping more at night but sometimes wake ourselves with gas...Annie does
- we like to eat our hands
- we take 3-4 naps a day
- we must be swaddled to sleep because those arms Are just too exciting!
- we love our daddy lots and light up when we see him
- we get cranky around 4pm
- celebrated 1st Easter with buchanans and fosters

We are loving our sweet girl and all her changes! Her 4 month post will be from Oahu! Aloha!

Children of 2013

All need their own iPhone ... Right?

"Mom, stop taking my picture... I'm on an important call with my grandmother!"

Two months!!

The second month of life has brought visits from family, putting the house on the market and growing lots! Kenny finished up at the squadron here and got to have some good snuggling time with his baby. We have also transitioned into sleeping all night in our own rooms!

We are officially 10 pounds and 14 ounces and almost 22 inches long. We have some awesome fat rolls developing!!

First we had aunt Meg come, then Grandma Carolyn and Aunt Christine came to visit. In the midst of this, we put the house up for sale, so each morning we have to make sure it looks spotless!

Here are some pics of our fun!

One month!

We have made it to one month! In Annie's first month lots of fun things have happened...

- umbilical cord came off...a little sooner than needed. It got caught on my shirt. Woops.
- first three doctors appointments
- first out of town visitors : doc and grandmother
- first walk in the moby wrap
- first walk in stroller
- first blow out in diaper
- first nap in crib
- first baths
- first bottle from daddy
- first major growth spurt - we have grown out of some of our newborn clothes!
- first time playing on our playmat


We are loving our little peanut and loving how she hit one month and is now more interactive and awake more often with smiles for all!