Kiddos
One more day until we leave!! I can’t wait. Last night we went to look at Christmas decorations. As we walked around, E didn’t wear her shoes. I explained to her that we had to wear shoes in IN and why. She had the most bewildered look on her face. Obviously, she doesn’t remember cold weather!! She’s in for a shock as we walk the jetway in Minneapolis at 4 in the morning!! 
We arrive in on Monday at 10am and then we leave on Jan 13 in the morning. When I got the check-in e-mail from NWA, it gave the weather at the bottom. Friday (when it was sent) the high was to be 48…Monday 16!
I realized I never posted this site. Its a daily-picture site, of sorts.
This side of deployment
Jim is doing well. He’s had a very busy week, so we’ve spoken for just a few minutes. The busyness definitely helps the time pass quickly for him. When we talked, he said he had just had his third unsuccessful attempt for the week of trying to take a shower. He was excited that he got as far as turning the water on this time! I know the feeling!!
Next update will be in 2009! Here’s wishing everyone a wonderful Christmas and peace in the New Year. And a special WOOHOOO! for Kim as she comes to the very end of the deployment.
Dec 20 2008 01:18 pm |
Deployment #2 and
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Strike 1
And Strike 2!
Elizabeth had SO much fun bowling! I was worried that she wouldn’t have much fun after having talked about it for two months. No worries there though!
Elizabeth had her first day of VBS today. She was so excited to go. We assume she had a good time. She’s back to not talking about it, like she wouldn’t talk about school when we were at Benning. I asked her no less than five times and each time she’d just act as if I hadn’t said anything!
We (almost) have a tooth! F-I-N-A-L-L-Y! I was finally able to see at least one *just* beneath the surface. I couldn’t get a good look to see if there was one or two lurking. I’m really hoping the rest of the teeth come in more quickly and/or he handles them better!!
And the other big milestone…he’s sitting! He started sitting, rather than just getting lucky with balancing, on Friday. He also got to sit in the shopping cart for the first time on Friday. Elizabeth was beyond thrilled. It was at Sam’s, so she got to sit next to him. She has BIG plans for him riding next to her in the drive carts at the commissary. She can’t wait to teach him how to steer and push the fake buttons. Ben, on the other hand, mostly just wants to munch on the cart. Ick! (Don’t worry, Mom, I’m ordering a cart cover for him!!)
Shopping at Sam’s
I will continue to use the video hosting I used on the last post, as I’ve not had anyone who couldn’t see it that way.
We’ve booked our trip home in September. We love here on September 4 at 4:15 pm, travel through O’Hare and arrive in Indy at 8:05 am. We come back on September 12 at 6 am and arrive back here at 2pm.
Okay, trying this option now. Again, please let me know if you can view and hear the video okay.
E @ playground
Ben on couch