I had an itch to make some curtains for C's room, thinking that maybe he might sleep in a little later if the rising sun is blocked out(Yeah right!!). I don't own a sewing machine (yet!) and didn't want to wait to go to my Mom's, so I researched some other options and easily made my own with a lot of heming tape, fabric glue, yellow ribbon, and cute baby giraffe fabric! They definitely aren't perfect but I think they turned out pretty cute, and at least match his room. I asked for a sewing machine for Mother's day, and am going to whip out window treatments for every window in the house! It's a start, I figure. =)

The weather outside is so foggy this morning, beats the snow though. My Grandpa's memorial is on Friday, so we are going to head up to Northglenn on Thursday. Kele put in for TDY so we are waiting to hear if he gets it or not. If not, I guess we will be heading up without him. It will be a good way to help everyone involved grieve properly, as he passed away a year ago on Mother's Day.

Vinyl

It seems like everytime I put Cayden down for an afternoon nap, the doorbell has rung and woke him up! I came to the conclusion that I needed a sign out there. I couldn't get a nail in the siding, so decided that I would have some vinyl made!! My favorite, I could cover my house in vinyl. I had ordered a sign for my parents from an etsy store called, asimpleimpression, and was going to have her make a custom order for me. Turns out she has a website, www.asimpleimpression.com, and you can make custom wood signs and vinyl and see what they will look like right then, pick the font and colors, etc.. I ordered these on Friday and no joke, they were here on Saturday morning. She's quick! I think it turned out so cute, and I also ordered a welcome vinyl to put on the front door.

4/18/09

My Big SIX month old!


I cannot believe that my baby is 18 months today. I remember when he was 6 months, I thought that was so old and here we are, a whole year later and he still continues to amaze me everyday. I love the way he talks like he's a robot, I love the way he kisses the phone when he's talking to Papa or Gama, I love the way he sticks his butt up in the air when he standing up, I love his little ears that look just like his daddy's, I love the way he grabs my face in the grocery store line and kisses me, I love the way he scrunches his nose, I love the way I rock him to sleep every night and he curls up so perfectly in my arms.I am so thankful to be his momma, that he is a healthy and happy boy, that he is 110% boy.

InProcessing

Kele started in-processing on Monday. Today they are finally in Day 1! It seems like no one really knows what to do with them.. The unit he is going to is moving to Carson from Fort Hood and the majority of them aren't getting here until June/July. So until then, they won't have much work to do. The hours have been a little crazy lately (going in at 0530) and then I never know if and when he will be back home for the day. I think today is the first day I haven't seen him at least once. I love this base tho! It is huge, like tons of training area, but the actual base isn't self (aside from housing) really isn't enormous. Bigger than Irwin, but that isn't saying much. The commissary is AWESOME, so is the PX. That is about all that I have explored!

Irwin

I think that it is safe to say that I have never been so relieved to be where I am now.. The last two years were so hard for me, it was such a hard adjustment for Kele and I both. I don't know how I did it! I guess I just took it day by day, and I had a few friends that helped make the time go by a little faster, but honestly I don't miss anything about Fort Irwin. It was hard not to feel down, hard not to feel left out being so secluded in the middle of the desert, literally. The only people that it was hard to say goodbye to were already gone (you know who you are!), so I didn't really have any bitter feelings about moving. It's funny when you move a far distance, you find out who is going to be a true friend and who isn't.. who is going to make an effort to stay in touch, and who you know won't. The same thing happened when I moved out there and the same thing is happening now. Those true friends are pretty hard to come by it seems.
Moving where your husband's job is at, is part of an Army wives life (and not Army wives life also, Auntie Boo :(). But out of love you try and suck it up, be supportive and deal with it in a way that doesn't involve too much complaining. I'm sorry Kele for all the complaining I did!! We are so lucky to have to chance to be back in CO, but now I'm sure we will face new challenges of different sort.

P.S. We made it out of Fort Irwin's housing with not a single charge!!!! Woo!! I love my husband, all his stress and hard work :)


Playin in the backyard!


Pizza face! Yum what a boy!

Happy Easter

We had a great Easter weekend! It feels so weird being so close to family, and being able to drive home in a little over an hour and not miss any family events. It still feels like I am on vacation and should be heading back to CA soon.
Saturday we met my MIL and FIL, Cody, Bri, Carter and Carson, Dean, Maria, Deidree, Brody, Abby and Chloe in Parker, CO for their town Easter Egg hunt! It was FREEZING out. Cayden and the little kids all had a lot of fun picking up eggs, We ended up with about six because C liked to pick them up and shake them for a while. After that we went over to Dean and Maria's (Kele's oldest brother and wife) for a bbq and tons of other food. We had a great time over there, Cayden enjoyed the fish and rocking horse, Kele goofed around with Cody most the time, and I liked watching Deidree playing the drums. That girl is good! She can listen to any song and teach herself the drums. I could never keep a beat like that I don't think.
Sunday we woke up and went to church with my Family (sans katie=( ) and the Cody Jones family. We ate tons of food at my Grandmom's after church, then went to hang out at Cody and Bri's new apartment for a while. We had a rainy drive back, but still managed to get to bed early. Today is Kele's first day of in-processing, he has to be there at 5:30AM, and I am anxious to hear how long the drive took him. At least at that hour in the morning he misses traffic :)
Cayden and I are still busy unpacking, mostly we just need to hang pictures on the walls downstairs. I can't make up my mind where I want anything. Any one know a good interior designer?



Kele and his brothers Dean and Cody, and all the kids (Minus brother Shane and his boys Blake and Brye)(P.S. Can you see both sets of twins??)


On the hunt.


All dressed up and ready to go!

Brr

I am turning into my parents!! For the first time ever, we have to pay all of our utilities..I am pretty nervous what the first bill is going to look like, so lets just say we have quite a few layers on this morning. Is it windy as heck outside, the snow is blowing in..
Kele and his Dad are just about to start their journey. Pray that they dont hit terrible weather!

Moved in!

We are officially residents of Co Springs! Moving is a lot of work, these last two days have just clashed together for me.. I barely know what day it is :)
Brianna came over yesterday to help me paint and to keep me company. We signed for the house yesterday but the movers didn't come until today. Luckily we were wiped out from painting that it didn't make a difference that we slept on the floor! My mom came over today and helped me scrub out cabinets and make-up beds and unpack more boxes.. We probably got 1/2 of the boxes unpacked.
I am forever in-debted to both of you!!! Brianna, when you guys move I will repay the favor! Brianna and I (mostly her) painted half the living room and kitchen, hopefully I will find the motivation to finish it someday! It's hard when I can only do it when C goes to bed and by then I am usually tired too! I LOVE this house so far tho! It wasn't as clean as I expected it to be, you can definitely tell the people before us owned a couple of pets.. I am tired of finding dog hair. I hate complaining but I think that they should at least know. Here are a couple of pictures, it is not done yet, nothing is hung on the walls! (Except a few Chelsea pictures :) )



Cayden's little bathroom

Livingroom/playroom


Here come the movers!

1/2 of the kitchen

Cayden's new favorite word is....
NO.



Ahhhhh!!!!!

Rest In Peace

Sweet Grandma Dee, we will miss you so much.. I will forever have all the memories of visiting you and Grandpa in Las Vegas and hugging your soft frail body, I will miss eating your chicken salad sandwiches. I'm sorry that I blamed the sandwich for making me sick that one time, I guarantee it was something else. I will always hear your voice telling Kele to just tell the Army that they can't deploy him, because "his Grandma said so." We will miss your birthday cards that were always on time, and signed so sweet from both of you. I'm sorry that we didn't visit you more while you still lived in Las Vegas. I'm so happy that you and Grandpa are together again, with no more physical pain and rejoicing in the Lord together. Give Grandpa a kiss for all of us.