July 2008
One More Thing…
I forgot to add one more big thing to the post below….Jim got his orders for his promotion! Come July 25, he’s getting promoted to First LT (1LT)! Yea!! In the short term, it won’t change his job. While they are in Iraq, there’s a chance he’ll get moved up but he’s hoping to stay the platoon leader throughout their tour.
VBS, Videos, Milestones & Home
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!!)
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.
Another Video Test
Okay, trying this option now. Again, please let me know if you can view and hear the video okay.
Videos & Pictures
We just got a new small video camera (like a Flip) for the diaper bag. Here’s a couple short ones I did this week. Please leave a comment to let me know if you can view it or not. It SHOULD be able to be viewed by everyone (except probably not on dial-up).
And some pictures…