Singell Family

paigey-poo!

2010-04-29T12:41:00.001-07:00

bored today!

2010-04-28T06:35:00.000-07:00

I cleaned the house yesterday and mowed the yard, so now i have nothing to do today. I scrapbooked one page already today and may do a few more. Constance is sick today so she stayed home with me. im thinking of going to lay in our bed with all three girls and watching a movie. It just feels like a very lazy day! Hope everyone has a great day and rest of the week!!

I mean it this time....

2010-04-25T10:03:00.000-07:00

Missing tooth!!!
Paige and her daddy!

Me and my baby girl!

Big smiles!

Minnie ears!

Our beautiful Ivy!!!

Big girl

Ok, I am starting to miss blogging now! lol So Im starting it back up yet again!!! Lets see, an update real quick. Paige is now 3 1/2 months old! She has grown so much! She is now talking ALOT, and she sleeps completely through the night. She really has been the easiest baby to take care of out of all three of them. Constance is doing well in preschool. She loves going, and is excited to start Kindergarten this coming up year! Im a little sad and excited about that as well. She lost her first tooth about a week ago, with a second one getting looser every day! Ivy is my typical three year old! Sweet as can be at one moment, and stubborn and through a fit the next! She will be starting preschool in the fall! She will be going two days a week! I really hope she adjusts well. I wasnt too worried about constance when she first went, but Ivy is a little more shy around people she doesnt know. Im worried about how the first day will be! David is good. He had to work 12 hour shifts all week, so he has been pretty tired. I have been doing good as well. Just trying to keep up with the girls! That is an all day job in itself!

I am going to add a few pictures of the last few weeks. Enjoy!

scrapbooking!

2010-03-16T10:17:00.001-07:00

here are some pages i have done lately! ivy

ariel at disney world

new year 09

grandma and constance

derrick

baby #3

my dress

senior year

california

paiges ultrasound pics

welcome home ceremony

things have been getting alot better on the home front. thank you everyone for your thoughts and prayers!

Life is hard....

2010-03-04T11:22:00.001-08:00

This is supossed to be the happiest time in my life, and right now it isnt. I have alot going on, alot on my mind. I wont get into specifics, but its not good at this point. I dont know what the future holds for me and my girls. I dont want to make the wrong decision for them, but I have no idea what the right decision is. If I make the hard decision, the one I dont want to have to make, its going to be so tough. I honestly dont have anywhere to go. I will be starting out with nothing. What do I do with that? But do I stay because of that? Urrrgggg... This is so hard.

Sorry, just venting. Dont want to post anything on facebook, but I know a few select people that I trust are the only ones that read this, so Im venting here.

Im back!

2010-02-21T07:57:00.000-08:00

Ok, Im back to blogging now! I got in a rutt for a while there and just didnt want to do it, and then Paige was born and that threw doing anything that took time out the window! lol Now that things have settled down and she is on a good schedule I can sit down and do it again. Ive added a few pictures of the little princess and her big sisters too! Let me tell you life with three little girls is definately interesting! I feel like my whole house is coated in pink stuff! I will try to keep up with my blog on a regular basis. Hopefully lack of sleep and energy will not make it too hard!

Big Sisters Constance, Ivy, and baby Paige
Its a Jungle in here!

Paige Victoria

Big Smiles! I love those cheeks!

Me and Paige when she was about 3 weeks old!

So is anyone getting tired of all the snow already? I sure am! Its snowing here now and we are suppossed to get alot apparently! Id say we have about 2-3 inches already and its coming down pretty hard still! We may take the girls out sledding this afternoon! When I say we, I really mean David! lol Im not much on playing in the snow, I hate being cold! I think Ivy agrees with me too. She doesnt stay out there for very long before she is begging to go inside. Constance on the other hand would stay out there all day if I let her!

Alright, well Im off here for now! David will be home soon and then Im taking a much needed nap with Paige!

Apollo

2009-11-18T11:04:00.000-08:00

We have been having alot of issues with Apollo since our move, but things seem to be getting better now. After we moved it really freaked him out, and every time we would leave him alone, he would panic and destroy doors, mini blinds, door frames, and anything he could get to basically. He would also poop on the floor and dump his water and food bowl and scatter the food around the whole room! I think he was showing us that he was mad at us by doing the food thing! lol Anyways, we couldn't do it anymore. He has caused alot of damage to this house already that we will have to pay back. We cant put him in the backyard cause he can easily jump the fence, which he as done several times, and he hurts himself on his cable every time we try that. So our last resort was a kennel to put him in while we are gone. He is still afraid of it, but he has been going in it pretty easy for me. I always give him a treat when he goes in there like he is supposed to. I'm glad he is doing good, cause I didn't want to hurt myself or the baby trying to get him in there. So anyways, it seems to be our best solution. Only problem is now, we cant go anywhere for an extended period of time cause we cant leave him in there too long. Not sure what to do about that one. We will try to figure something out though. Right now, he is sleeping on the floor with his stuffed duck! lol

A new life is about to begin!

2009-11-18T06:56:00.000-08:00

32 weeks pregnant today :)
Baby Paige

definately a girl!

this one is hard to see, but it is her face on the left hand side. Her hand is up over her eyes!

little foot!

Well, I am now 32 weeks pregnant! Im getting excited to meet this little one, but I have to be patient a little bit longer! Before I know it, she will be here, and life as a mother of three will begin. It will be interesting to see how that all works out! Im not nervous about it though like I thought I would be. It will take some getting used to Im sure, but we will make it!

This last weekend David and my mom were here. It was very nice to get to see them both. The girls got some much needed Daddy time. He will be home again on Thanksgiving and for the rest of that weekend, then not much longer after that he will graduate. Im contemplating driving down there with my mom to his graduation, but I will be 35 weeks then, and I delivered both girls at 36 weeks. I have a doctor appt friday and I will ask her opinion on that.

So Bored!

2009-11-09T05:54:00.000-08:00

I get so bored when David is away!!! Luckily my good friend lives literally four houses down, so we have been having alot of movie nights lately! lol In fact we are having another one tonight. Yesterday my dad came and got the girls for part of the day. He took them out to lunch and to the park. They also went to this cute little town called Weston, MO. Its a historic town, but I guess when they were walking down the street Constance asked where the Walmart was! LOL She says the funniest things! While they were gone I got all the rest of my scrapbook stuff organized and put away. I was going to scrapbook last night, but by the time the girls were in bed I was too tired! Figures!

So far this pregnancy has been alot different from the girls. It is coming up to the end of it though. I am almost 31 weeks now. I am feeling very pregnant at the time. All the back aches, tiredness, and having to pee every few minutes, that goes with being in the third trimester! Its all so worth it though. I really cant wait to meet this little gal! Im very curious about what she will look like. We have a blond, and a brunette, so maybe we will get a red head this time! lol

David is doing good, but wishing he was home. I think all the seperations from his family are getting to him a little bit. He will get to come home for a four day weekend for Thanksgiving though. Only two and a half weeks til then. I know we are both counting down the days. Constance is having a hard time this time with him being gone. She was telling him good night on the phone a few nights back, and started crying cause she wanted her Daddy to come home. The military life is good, but it definately is hard, especially on these little ones. It just breaks my heart :(

Sad Day at Fort Hood

2009-11-06T07:11:00.000-08:00

As you all have heard by now, there was a mass shooting at Fort Hood yesterday. It was such a tragedy. I feel for all the families affected by this. Most of the soldiers killed where getting ready to head to Iraq. What a horrible thing to be worried about having to go to a war zone, just to be killed before you even get there. I cant even imagine what the families are going through right now. Just to think that we were just there is a little scary. Im just glad that everyone we know was ok. This all just makes me want David home even more right now. I am just going to ask everyone who reads this to pray for the victims and their families. Also pray for the shooter. For what ever reason he felt the need to kill these soldiers, and now he will live with that for the rest of his life. Pray that as he is laying in his hospital bed he is willing to come out and say why he did it. Already this has caused alot of controversy that could be solved if he will give his reasons.

Visit from Brian and Codie!

2009-10-29T16:50:00.000-07:00

Brian and Codie drove up from Columbia today to visit with us for a bit and see our new place. It was nice to have company. Makes the time David is away go by just a tiny bit faster! The girls had alot of fun with thier aunt and uncle!

I also got a little bit of Christmas and baby shopping done today. I ordered miss Paige a carseat and bassinet. We should get them next week. Then I got a couple of things for the girls for Christmas, and am completely done shopping for my mom and David! Now to sit down and make a list of who else I still need to shop for!

Saturday my mom and Grandma Vote are coming up for the weekend. It will be nice to have company then too! We are going to do the whole Halloween thing while they are here, so that should be fun! Here are a few pictures from our day today :)

a few pictures!

2009-10-26T08:21:00.000-07:00

Here are a few pictures from since we moved. Blogger was taking forever to upload them so sorry there are not more! Im sure you have all seen them on facebook already though! lol

Ok so here is my update blog. I will try to recount our move for everyone. We left Texas on the 24th of September. I was never so glad to say goodbye to Texas! It just was not home for us. We then stayed the night in Oklahoma, where we met up with Kevin and Rennie for dinner. It was nice to see them. When we got back to the hotel room we opened the door and saw all the damage Mr. Apollo did to the place! I was in shock. He had never been destructive like that before. I know it was just because of the move though. Luckily the manager did not charge us a penny!!! The next day we headed up to Blue Springs where we spent the next two weeks waiting for our house to be ready to move into. It felt like an eternity!! Finally we got the keys to the place and came up here to Fort Leavenworth to move in! We love our new house, it is so big! Our good friends got a place four houses down, so that turned out great! We have had a few late night Rock Band sessions since we moved in with them! Thats alot of fun. Now both of our husbands are in school. Its nice to have someone so close, we can just walk to each others places if we get bored!

Im back!

2009-10-25T18:06:00.000-07:00

Ok so it has been awhile since I have put a post on here. With the move and everything, and then getting settled in I just havent found the time to sit and do it. I will do a much better post tomorrow, with pictures. Its almost bed time for two little girls I know!

We are settled in our new house and we really like it. David is now at school. He has been gone for two days and officially starts his schooling on how to be a prison gaurd tomorrow. I think he is looking forward to learning what he will have to do, but he is not liking being away from home(AGAIN!!) lol.

Anyways, more to come tomorrow!

One week to go!

2009-09-17T09:02:00.000-07:00

We are officially out of Texas in 7 days! 5 days from now we will be packing the moving truck and getting everything ready to go! I cant wait to get up to Missouri. We still have a bit more to pack up, but it is all really starting to come together. Tomorrow David will head up to the unit and get completely cleared out there. After that we just have to focus on getting the house empty and cleaned up a bit.

Today David is going to be taking miss Constance to the doctor. I noticed her tonsils were red with white spots on them. She acts just fine, but we wanted to get it checked out before we get moved. I didnt want it to turn into something more while we are on the road or something. I am going to stay home with Ivy while she is napping and hopefully get a few more things around here done. I am lacking major energy right now, so hopefully after I eat some lunch it will get better.

I talked to the lady from housing in Leavenworth a couple of days ago, and she said we will have a house for sure, she just doesnt have an official list of addresses to know which ones for sure are available. We should be able to get a four bedroom though, and she did say they will be in either Osage or Ottawa villages on post, and those are the ones we wanted. We have everything on our end sent to her, so all we have to do now is get there and see which house we get!

Looking up!

2009-09-10T06:56:00.000-07:00

Our housing prospects are looking up. We decided just to wait for on-post housing, instead of buying right now. I talked to the housing coordinator today and she said we may be able to move in on the 28th if not soon after that. She wont know anything for sure until next week when the roster comes out for all houses opening up soon. So I will call her either Monday or Tuesday and hopefully we will have an address and a move in date!!!

Mud Bath Anyone?

2009-09-08T15:14:00.001-07:00

Moving update!

2009-09-08T10:06:00.000-07:00

Well there are only 16 days til our big move. Lots to do before then and after as well. I was supposed to have an ultrasound today. Im not sure what happened but I got the wrong appt time, so I missed it. They cant get me in before we move, but she did assure me it was only to get a few more pictures of her heart and there was nothing wrong. I called today and got an appt. set up with an OB doc in Leavenworth, and let them know all this info, so they will probably want to do one after we get there. My appt is the 28th, so we are going to make a day of it checking out the Leavenworth area and hopefully getting some more info on our housing situation. David is currently at his last clearing briefing where he will get all his paperwork so he can clear post here.

After the move we have a few things we are wanting to do with family. On October 3rd we are going to join my mom and other family for the Diabetes Walk. I am pretty excited to be able to do that. Then the next day we are headed to Branson with my mom and my grandma Vote for the day. I love Branson, so it should be a fun day. That's pretty much all the updates I have for now. Now its nap time. Both girls are cranky right now so I'm hoping they will both sleep and I am going to pack some more! Yeah for me!

21 weeks

2009-09-02T14:06:00.000-07:00

I had my appt today with my high risk doctor. He said Im not really high risk technically unless I am on medication for it and he did not want to put me on any. He said I am doing ok where I am just need to be very careful with what I eat. I asked him about the baby's size when she is born. The girls were both around 6 pounds so he said to expect maybe a pound or so bigger, but nothing major if I keep my diet under control. Thats good news to me. I dont know if I could handle a 10 pounder! lol Gina and Jenny, I dont know how you both did that! lol So anyways my uterus was measuring right at 21 cm, and her heartbeat was in the 170's. She is a very active baby all day. Im hoping this means after she is born she will be up more during the day and be a good sleeper at night, but you know that is just hopes and dreams! lol Next week is my ultrasound. I will post more ultrasound pics after I get them!

Fingerpaints!

2009-08-28T08:29:00.001-07:00

Ivys handprint! I thought these would be cute to scrapbook!Constance's handprint!

Ivy was REALLY getting into it! lol

blue fingers

Having fun!

I thought we needed a break from cleaning this morning, so we made some fingerpaints! It is super easy to make and super cheap too! You use flour and water until you get a paste and then just add food coloring to make whatever colors you want. The girls had a blast with it. Ivy got it everywhere including a nice big handprint on my face as I was getting her into the bath. lol

Oh and by the way there are only 26 days til we move!!!! I cant wait to get to the midwest. The south is just not for me!

Thanks to everyone for your thoughts and prayers for miss Paige. I will keep everyone updated on everything that goes on. My next appt. is on the 2nd with a high risk doctor, and then the ultrasound is the 8th.

Follow-up ultrasound

2009-08-27T15:37:00.000-07:00

20 weeks and 3 days
You know, this pregnancy has been nothing I was expecting. My first two pregnancies went very smoothly, no issues (except for a few pesky stretch marks)! This pregnancy, if its not one things, its another. The Doctor called and told me she wants a follow-up ultrasound. She wanted a few more pictures of the baby's heart. She assured me it was nothing to worry about. So I called to make the appt., and was told the dont have any open until the 24th. That is the day we move. So she said sorry I dont have any thing open any earlier. So I just thought, Ok I will just see if my new Dr. in KS wants to have another one done as soon as we get there. The lady I had talked to on the phone about getting an appt. called me back a few hours later and said that my dr. wanted me to have it before I leave and to get me in somewhere. So my ultrasound will be on the 8th. Im a little worried, even though she said nothing was wrong. So Im a little on edge right now. Im sure if she thought it we something serious she would have told me what it was. Maybe they just didnt take enough pictures of her heart or something. I dont know, but I do wish it were the 8th already, so we can know if she is fine or not. For anyone out there who prays, Im just asking that you pray for our little girl. That she will be born a healthy, thriving little girl.

Gestational Diabetes

2009-08-20T10:34:00.000-07:00

Yesterday afternoon I got a call from my doctor saying that I have gestational diabetes. I was a little shocked, and kind of upset about it all day yesterday. I am better about it today. I had a nutrition class and then a class on how to use my meter today. I learned ALOT. I thought I wasnt going to get to eat any sugar for the rest of my pregnancy, turns out though its not about the sugar. I just have to monitor my carb intake really carefully from now on. Its going to take a bit of getting used to writing down everything I eat and counting all the carbs, but its worth having a healthy baby.

I did learn today that my levels the day I had my glucose test were horrible. It was 222, and they like to see it under 135. So I was a bit off! lol Not good, but now I know how to try to control that. I am starting with my new diet today, and testing today. If my levels still stay abnormal they may put me on medication, but we will just take this one step at a time. We will just pray that everything turns out good, and hope the baby comes out healthy and not too big!

Wordless Wednesday!

2009-08-19T07:28:00.000-07:00

Things are coming together now!

2009-08-17T11:15:00.000-07:00

Things are starting to come together now for our move. Finally! lol David got his orders last week. We needed those before we could really start anything else. So today I called housing. They are not going to have anything ready for us for when we get there. So now on to plan b, we are concidering buying a house. He is up for re-enlistment in October, so when he does that he can put in for request for duty station. We would just keep that Leavenworth, which means we would have like at least eight years there! So we should have someone calling us in the next couple days from Remax. We will see if that is the route we want to take after we talk to them.

We will be moving out of this house on the 24th. My dad and grandpa are going to be flying down here to help us out with the move. Once we are up there we will be staying with my Dad until we have a place. At least we will be close enough to family to be able to do that. Makes things ALOT less stressful to know that we have a place to stay if we dont have a place of our own right away. Also if we do end up buying or even renting we will be in the Leavenworth school district and Constance will be able to go to preschool! So that would be great. I will keep posting about our progress on our housing situation!

Its a girl!

2009-08-14T06:32:00.000-07:00

Introducing Paige Victoria Singell! We are so excited to have another girl. Our family just feels right having girls. Growing up I always wanted boys, and now I dont think I would even know what to do with a boy! lol The ultrasound was alot of fun, and David got to go. We didnt get any good shots of her face because everytime the lady tried Paige would put her hands over her face! lol She did not want her picture taken! So cute! Yesterday afternoon we went and bought a cute pink sleeper! A friend of mine is getting a bunch of clothes from one of her friends for us too, so I cant wait to go through them! This just makes everything seem so much more real! 18 Weeks and 3 days

My mom and grandma came down for two days as well. We had alot of fun while they were here. The girls loved having someone else to play with I think! lol I really didnt even get to see much of my own kids! lol I am grateful for them coming though, cause if they didnt David would not have gotten to go to the Ultrasound. This is the one thing he has gotten to do with all three girls now.

Next on the adgenda is moving. We are looking at sometime the week of September 21st-25th. Thats not too long from now at all. We are getting a bunch of boxes this weekend and getting started on packing everything up! I love packing! NOT!

17 weeks!

2009-08-03T08:47:00.000-07:00

I just got back from my prenatal appt. I had to take the girls with me, cause David could not leave work today and my friend was babysittinig for someone else. So I was a little nervous on how it would turn out! lol They did very good though. They sat the whole time and read books. They were really quiet and listening when we were listening to the baby's heartbeat. I was impressed on how good they did.

The baby sounded really good. Heartbeat was in the 160's again. Im still convinced its a girl :) Great thing is so far Ive only gained 2 pounds with this baby. Woohoo! lol I was totally expecting to see a higher number than I did! lol

So next week is our ultrasound. Not sure if David is going to get to go or not. He has some kind of training that whole week, but he is going to try to get out of it for a bit that day. I am keeping my fingers crossed. He got to go to both of the girls. If he doesnt, my mom and grandma will be here, so my mom will go with me. At least I know I have someone to go with me! As soon as we find out what we are having and make sure the baby is good and healthy, I will let the whole world know! lol

Bored!!!

2009-07-27T12:47:00.000-07:00

I havent been much for blogging lately. Not much going on here lately to blog about really. We are just waiting to get Davids orders in so we know exactly when we will move. Looks like it will be the end of September, but we cant plan anything til we have those orders in hand. Should be this week sometime. Im just looking forward to getting this move over with! We are going to start packing this weekend. I want to get a good headstart, so we dont have to do alot of last minute packing.

My mom and Grandma will be here on the 12th!!! And then our ultrasound is the next day! That is going to be an exciting week! I cant wait! Im leaning towards a girl. Just a feeling. I know everyone is wanting a boy this time, but I would be just as happy with another girl. We will hopefully know soon!

Thats pretty much all from us. Girls are doing great! David is doing great! Me and baby are doing great! And I have run out of things to talk about! Hope everyone has a great week!

Future Olympian!

2009-07-16T14:16:00.001-07:00

Miss Constance is just amazing us with her swimming abilities! Its crazy! We didnt even really have to teach her anything. She just taught herself. She swims underwater better than I even can! She stood on the ladder the other day and did a perfect dive into the water. I told her she is our future olympian. This is something I definately want to keep up with her. You can just tell she is in her element in the water!

Paperwork in progress

2009-07-12T08:39:00.000-07:00

Hopefully we will know for sure in the next couple of weeks if we get to move to Fort Leavenworth in September. He is going to try to put in for 45 days of leave. They told him no at first, but then they found out he has 65 days to use up so they said to go ahead and put in for it, there is a chance he could get it. I hope so. The sooner we get to move the better! We will miss our friends here, but they are going to be at Leavenworth in January, so it worked out great!

Today the girls and I are having a movie day. They get to take turns picking a movie to watch. We watched Pocahantas first, and now we are watching a Backyardigans dvd. David has CQ which is 24 hour duty today so he wont be home til tomorrow morning. I really dont like CQ days, but since he is a SGT now its a must. Oh well, part of the military life!

Hope everyone is having a great weekend!

Happy Fourth Of July!!!!

2009-07-04T09:33:00.000-07:00

I hope everyone has a great fourth with their families! We are going to the movies this afternoon to see Ice Age. Ivy has been wanting to see it ever since she saw previews for it. Im kinda looking forward to seeing it too. The first one was such a cute movie!

They are having a big fourth of July celebration on base today, but its supposed to be so hot and there will be soooo many people on base today cause its open to the public too. So I think we will just watch the fireworks from our backyard tonight. We cant do our own fireworks on base so I think we will stop and get some sparklers after our movie this afternoon. It should still be fun! I cant wait til next year when we will be in Missouri and get to do fireworks like we always have!

Happy Independance Day everyone!!!

Update

2009-06-30T06:13:00.000-07:00

Sorry I havent been posting much lately. Just havent been feeling the greatest. Yesterday was horrible. I couldnt get off the couch all day. David even had to come home and make lunch for us cause I just couldnt do it. So far today is much better. Still a little queezy, but nothing like yesterday. Still trying to take it slow though. I am now 12 weeks pregnant. My last week of the first trimester. Its really gone by pretty fast. I will have David take a belly pic tonight when he gets home.

The girls are doing good. It wont be long Constance will be in school. She will be going all day, so that will be a little adjustment for me and Daddy, but Im sure she will be fine with it. She talks to anyone so I know she wont be shy! lol We will take her up there to get her registered and everything towards the end of July.

Hope everyone has a great fourth of July this weekend. We are going to a free Dierks Bentley concert on base and then they do fireworks too. We arent allowed to do our own fireworks on base so that kinda stinks, but next year we will be close to home so we will have fun then!

Sea World Pictures

2009-06-25T06:23:00.000-07:00

Here are a few Sea World pictures. There are more good ones, but I dont have the energy to do it right now! lol On another note I am starting to feel better now. I still have some yucky moments, but they are getting to be less and less.

Sea World was great! Very hot and we didnt get to see everything we wanted to, but with young kids thats hard to do anyways. The girls LOVED the shamu show! Well heck, I did too! lol It was hot that day, but still wonderful. Made me want to go back to Disney World too! lol We are hoping to go back there in three of four years when all the kiddos are older! May be sooner if David has his way though! Me and Ivy at the dolphin show! She wouldnt look at the camera!
RJ fell asleep on his mommy! Too cute!

Shamu!

Kids at lunch time!

Dolphin Cove

Prenatal Appt.

2009-06-22T10:18:00.001-07:00

Today was my first real prenatal appt. I am 11 weeks today. She wasnt sure if the baby would be big enough to hear the heartbeat yet, but we did! I was so happy to hear that little thump, thump, thump!! David and the girls were there too and so we all got to hear it for the first time! The heartbeat was in the 160's, so she said according to old wives tales, its a girl! lol We shall see!!

Right now is nap time so after that I will get some pictures posted that I have been meaning to do for awhile now! I promise!!

2009-06-17T06:45:00.000-07:00

Well our two weeks with David at school are finally at a close. He will be home tomorrow. They will have a big graduation ceremony so I will post pictures at some point. I havent been too much into the blogging lately. Just havent had the energy to do much lately. The last couple of days the morning sickness hasnt been too bad. Hopefully that is a sign that it will start getting better. I am keeping my fingers crossed.

Saturday we are headed to Sea World. I cant wait to go! The girls are also very excited! Lets just hope it doesnt get entirely too hot while we are there!

Our little girl is turning four!!!

2009-06-12T11:29:00.000-07:00

Tomorrow is mine and Constances birthday. She is so excited that she is turning four. The funny thing is we went to Walmart today to do a little shopping and I walked past the little girls section and there was a shirt that said "I am four" on it. I had to get her one, and of course I got Ivy one that says "I am two" on it! I will post a pic of her in it tomorrow. Here are a few pictures looking back through the last four years with our Constance! She has grown so much!!! Two weeks old!
Six months, gotta love those cheeks!!

First birthday!!!

Almost two!

third birthday!

Another from her third birthday!

This last Easter!

I will add her fourth birthday pictures tomorrow. She asked if we could make a cake so I got the stuff to make another one. Its a good excuse for me to eat cake anyways! lol

Happy Birthday!!!

2009-06-09T06:07:00.000-07:00

This is an old picture, but I love it! Today is Davids 25th birthday. Wish we could see him today, but we will get to see him on Thursday!

Happy Birthday my love!!!!

Two Weeks

2009-06-04T05:16:00.000-07:00

Well, it will be two weeks before we see David again. He has WLC school. Not sure what that stands for, but he has to have this school to get promoted to Staff Sergeant. From what I hear it will be pretty tiring. He has lots to do in these two weeks. The girls and I on the other hand, dont have much to do at all. Right now that sounds pretty good cause this week has been busy and my morning sickness is getting worse. So relaxing sounds great right now. In fact the girls and I are getting ready to head back to bed, we have been up since 4:30 this morning, and we are all tired!

Yesterday was my first OB appt. It went well. Just paperwork and bloodwork. My next appt. is on the 22nd, and then we will get to hear the heartbeat and get my exam. Im looking forward to that visit. Great news is that I will get to have the same Doctor that I had with Ivy. Im very excited about that because we loved her so much and she delivered her too, so I kind of feel that special bond with her. I mean how could you not feel that with the person who helps you deliver your child!

Early Birthday Party!!

2009-06-02T06:35:00.001-07:00

First of all, look over at the side there. Our baby girl or boy is now an inch tall!!!! So big!!!

Yesterday we had Constance a small little birthday party. We were going to have friends over, but with Ivy being sick we thought we better just do it with just us. Good thing too, poor thing was sooo sick yesterday. She is doing a little better today, but not 100%. She is actually sleeping right now. Hopefully if she gets enough rest today she will feel better tomorrow. Anyways, Constance was very excited to have cake and open presents. She thinks yesterday was her birthday though!!! lol We had to do it early because David will be leaving in two days for a two week school. Its on base, but he wont be able to come home. So he wont be here for any of our birthdays. Good thing is he will be here for our anniversary. 5 years!!!! It will be our first anniversary we get to spend together so we are pretty excited for that. I think we are going to go out to lunch just the two of us! It will be our first date since he got home, so its much needed! Here is Constance while we were singing happy birthday!!!! Cant believe she is turning four already!!
Cake I made her! Daddy helped too!!

Grandma Ronda sent Ivy some gifts too. She got sick right after this picture, but she wouldnt put the recorder down the whole time!

big Sponge Bob coloring book. Sponge Bob is Constances new favorite! lol That will make her Uncle Brian proud!!!

Card from Grandma!

Apollo

2009-05-28T08:11:00.000-07:00

Apollo sure has been very protective lately. I had read that dogs can get that way when there is a pregnant woman in the house, but man I didnt think it would be this bad!!! He barks at everything now, and before he never barked at all! Everyday when David comes home from work he starts barking til he figures out who it is. I was babysitting a little boy the other day and he kept barking at him! He was only two!! lol The other night I was making dinner and the pot of water boiled over a little and he went nuts! Everytime I lay down in bed he gets in his bed next to me and wont get up until I get up, even when David is home! He is such a good dog, and I am so glad we got him! Last night he kept trying to sit in my lap. He isnt exactly a lap dog, and I dont think he will be able to even get up there in the near future and we will both be growing! lol

Our weekend!

2009-05-25T09:51:00.000-07:00

Weve had a pretty fun weekend so far! David went fishing all day friday with his friends and got a pretty good sunburn to go with it! Saturday, was family day. We tried to camp in the backyard, but it started storming, so we headed back in around ten 0'clock that night. We tried! Then Last night we went to some friends house and played games. My friend Jessica got to sneak out and have ice cream cones, just us girls! That was kind of nice! lol Then today Ivy and I are here at home and Constance and David went fishing. She was soooo excited!!! Flower in our front yard! Not sure what kind it is, it was already planted here when we moved in, but I really like them!
Constance in the tent!

Ivy in the tent!

Constance fishing with Daddy, Lonnie, and Luke! They are still out there, this is the pic David sent me from his phone!

Here is an old picture of Constance getting her ears pierced. I just now got it off of my phone! Hope everyone is having a great weekend!!

Wordless Wednesday!

2009-05-20T08:48:00.000-07:00

Baby Names

2009-05-18T18:40:00.000-07:00

Alot of people have been asking what names we have picked out. I thought I would just post them now. If its a girl its going to be Jocelyn Paige Singell, and if its a boy its going to be Graham Michael Singell. We are pretty set on those for now, but who knows, we could change our minds before then!

6 weeks!

2009-05-18T07:57:00.000-07:00

Well I am now 6 weeks pregnant. I woke up this morning feeling great, then about an hour later it all changed! I lost all my breakfast! I feel a little better now. I am just trying to nibble on some food here and there. Need to keep baby fed! The girls have been good for me this morning, so that helps when Im not feeling well.

I know a lot of you are wondering whats going on with me. On facebook I have not been posting some very happy status's. I thought I would kinda explain on here. I am just realizing that the friends I had here arent really that great of friends after all. It hurts, cause I really liked them, but the things they have been doing are really upsetting me. I have decided to just let it go though, and not let them bother me anymore. I hate that things have to be that way, but I need my real friends so much more now. I miss everyone in Missouri so much. I think I got spoiled living there while David was gone! LOL. I love being here with him as a family, but it will be great when we all get to move alot closer to home! I cant wait!

The girls are doing great. Growing like weeds! Constance will be starting pre-school this fall! She is very excited! She will have to go all day. That may be hard for me at first, but I know she will have fun. She LOVES school! So it will just be Ivy and I during the day until (George) as the baby has been named by my Grandpa, is here. Its more fun being pregnant this time cause the girls can be so much more envolved. They both know there is a baby in mommy's tummy. They give my belly kisses everyday! I love that part! I dont think they realize how long they are going to wait though to meet their new brother or sister though! Constance keeps asking me if she can see the baby soon! lol Its so cute watching her thought process about this whole thing!

Mother's Day!

2009-05-12T09:25:00.000-07:00

Hope everyone had a wonderful Mother's Day. Mine was great! I got to sleep in until 10 that morning! Then when I got up the house was clean, the kids were clean, and the laundry done! Best mothers day gift I could have ever asked for! lol Me and my girls!!!!
How could you not love these two!!! Cant wait til next year and there will be three of them!

Update on the laundry soap. I got my bars of Fels Naptha in the mail last week. We made our laundry soap a few days ago and I love it! I honestly think our clothes are cleaner using this. I have heard that you can buy some kind of scents to put in it, but I find that just using dryer sheets makes them smell good anyways. So we have enough supplies to use this through the rest of the year I think and we only spent around $12 for all of it including the bucket! Cant beat that! Im so excited about it, I washed everyones blankets and sheets yesterday and ended up doing like eight loads! lol

My pregnancy so far!

2009-05-08T05:19:00.000-07:00

Ok so first off I will just say that yes this baby was planned. lol Its something we went back and forth with since miss Ivy was born. We have been trying for a few months now with some complications where we lost one baby. So with this one I am enjoying every second of. This will be our last. Cant afford anymore! lol

So far I feel great. I was a little nausiated yesterday, but today I am feeling great. I am due January 12th. I tend to have babies early so it really could be anywhere from the middle of December on. Shortly after the baby is born we will be moving, so that is going to be a big time for us!

Constance is very excited! Ivy could care less! lol I think once the baby is here she will be more excited about it. Constance keeps saying that her baby is in her belly too. I had to explain that you can only get a baby in your belly when you are married. Lets hope that sticks!

Only bad part is we got rid of all our baby stuff in all the moves we have made since then. So we have to start from scratch. Only thing I have left is a baby monitor that I got at a garage sale for five bucks right before Constance was born. Still works like a charm too! So we are going to have to slowly get started getting things like diapers early on. I think my mom is going to be alot of help in this department as well! lol I was told when she sends Constances birthday presents there will be baby stuff in the box as well!

So far I dont have any bad symptoms. Mostly my sence of smell is so strong right now! I never really did this with the girls! Its crazy! Complete exhaustion has not set in yet. I do get tired from time to time but nothing like it was with Ivy. If I could have slept that whole pregnancy I would have, but having another baby at the time to take care of made that impossible! lol

So heres to a great pregnancy!

Big News!!!

2009-05-07T05:47:00.000-07:00

New Earrings and a trip to the movies!

2009-05-04T06:57:00.000-07:00

This weekend we took the girls to the movies for the first time. They did perfect! They watched the whole movie and didnt say a word the whole time. Ivy did fall asleep the last 20 minutes but she didnt have her nap yet so she was tired. We saw the movie Monsters VS. Aliens. It was a very cute movie. It is in 3D so Constance liked wearing the glasses

We also got Miss Constance an early birthday present. She said she wanted to get earrings. we explained first that it was going to hurt a little, but she still wanted to do it. So she picked out some cute green ones. When the ladies put them in she didnt cry one bit. I thought she would, but she was such a big girl. Im so proud of her. Her daddy just loves her new earrings! lol Too bad it was a last minute thing and I didnt have my camera there!

Laundry Soap

2009-04-30T05:58:00.000-07:00

Well we have looked everywhere for Fels Naptha which is a key ingredient in making your own laundry soap. They dont sell it anywhere down here. They do in Bolivar, however when my mom went to pick some up for me, they were sold out! Figures! lol So I just ordered some online. I have everything else I need to make it so as soon as it gets here I will get started. I will take pictures so everyone can see the process and see what it looks like. Im excited to finally get to do it.

Wordless Wednesday!

2009-04-29T09:00:00.000-07:00

Pages

2009-04-22T12:04:00.000-07:00

Here are the Disney pages I have done so far. Indiana Jones
Going Goofy

Cinderellas Carousel

Page to hold our maps and tickets

Scrapbooking

2009-04-22T08:23:00.000-07:00

I got my Disney cartridge for my Cricut two days ago. ITS AWSOME! Even David was amazed with all you can do with it. It takes a little time to get all the pieces together when making the characters, but its so worth it. The come out so good. The last two nights I have been making Goofy's for our Goofy page. I got them all finished and started on some really cute Minnie Mouse ones as well. Tonight I hope to get our Goofy layout done. I will post some pictures of the Disney pages I have gotten done so far tomorrow. Its such a fun album to do! I am also working on our Wedding album too, but havent gotten as far on it cause my Disney stuff kind of pushed it out of the way! lol Hopefully I can get some pics up tomorrow.

Making cookies!

2009-04-20T13:52:00.000-07:00

The girls and I had a fun afternoon. We made cookies, which are really good! And we also painted some pictures. They are actually still doing that right now. I really should think about sticking them in the tub and cleaning up the mess before dinner!

Kansas here we come!

2009-04-15T07:38:00.000-07:00

David got his assignment yesterday for Leavenworth. We wont be there til Febuary, but it is nice to know for sure where we are going. His sign in date is Febuary 10th, and his graduation date from school is December 18th. So all that time in between is free time. Of course it wont all be free cause we will be moving, but we wont have to be rushed at all. He checked Leavenworths housing status and there is no wait at all for right now. I hope it stays the same. It is an officers base so all the housing is really nice. Hey maybe we will even get carpet! lol I know he is ready to get to school and start his new job.

Easter

2009-04-13T08:47:00.000-07:00

Hope everyone had a great Easter. We actually did ours early due to weather. Here are a few pics of the girls Easter egg hunting(or easter egg picking) as Constance called it.

Easter baskets

Ivy Jewel

Here are a few of Constance in her dress. She loved modeling for her Daddy and I. Ivy didnt want anything to do with it! lol

This was her own pose. She is such a little diva!

This is the only one I got of Ivy. She took off after I took this pic and never returned!

Go with Daddy

2009-04-08T14:32:00.000-07:00

We have a picture on our wall of an Army collage. Its got tanks and helicopters, and army guys in it. The last few days Constance has been going up to it alot and really studying it. I kept wondering what she was thinking about when she was looking at it. Well, today she came up to me and showed it to me. She said "Im going to go with Daddy there next time." I think she realizes that it looks like where her Daddy was when he was gone so long. I then explained to her that only Daddys can go there, and little girls have to stay home with thier mommys. I told her it was too dangerous. Her comment to this was "Only boys can go to dangerous places, girls cant do that!" lol I will just leave it at that. I think she would get confused if I tried to explain that sometimes girls go too. I was just amazed that she knew from that picture that it was where her daddy went.

Video of girls in our tent

2009-04-07T06:12:00.000-07:00

Camping

2009-04-06T06:17:00.001-07:00

Here are a few pics from our camping trip this weedend. We went with two other families. We had a blast. Saturday was a really nice day, Sunday morning, not so much! lol It was cold and very windy! Girls and I spent alot of time in the tent until is started to blow over on us! lol We are not looking into getting a pop-up. This probably wont happen til next year or even the year after, but eventually we would like to get one. The girls did great. They slept all night long! I think we may go again in the next month or so. I think next time we will go just us though. Have a family camping trip next! RJ!
Ivy Jewel! She is getting so big!

Luke!

Constance helping put our tent up!

Jess and Richard putting thier tent up!

David sawing some firewood! Such a manly man!

Cole and Constance on a dirt bike! We allow this now, when she is 16, not a chance! lol

Girls in the tent yesterday morning when is was so cold!

zoo and Apollo goes to the vet

2009-03-30T07:37:00.000-07:00

A word of advice, NEVER go to the Austin Zoo. I have never seen a worse zoo. We saw everything in 20 minutes and the cages the animals were in were so sad. They barely had room to move. We drove over an hour to see this zoo. We just wanted to go to a different one this time. We usually go to Waco and we like that zoo alot. So I think next time we will just go to Waco again. I only got a couple of pictures, but here they are. One funny thing did happen there though. I was feeding a goat some goat food out of a bag and another one came up, put his feet up on the fence and grabbed the whole bag and took off. He did this very fast and I was yelling at David, "Get the bag, hes eating it!!!!" lol It was quite funny!

Apollo gets to go to the Vet today. He gets to have a micro chip put in his shoulder, this will have all his info. When we move again we just take him into the vet there and they will change his address and stuff. That way if he gets lost they can just scan him and he will be found again! lol I hope he does well. David will be taking him in, so I wont be there.

Well thats pretty much all that is going on at our house right now. Its pretty calm here now, which is a good thing :)

Regimental Bash and camping

2009-03-28T12:30:00.000-07:00

Yesterday the regiment had a big family day. Really, it wasnt much fun so we left early and went to some friends house. After the girls played with thier friends for awhile I thought we were going home, but David surprised us and took us out to eat at Chillis. After we got our bellies full we headed to Barnes and Noble. A wonderful store! I needed to pick up the second book in the Twilight series. Im already half done with it! and then to Dicks Sporting goods. We are going to go camping in the next couple of months so we needed to start getting things to do that. We bought a tent yesterday. Cant wait to get it set up and try it out. David wants to camp in the backyard one night before we take it out for real. We were going to do it tonight but I think it is going to be a bit too cold. Next weekend looks much more promising though.

Tomorrow I think we are going to head to Austin to check out thier zoo there. So you should see some pics on here of that!

Laundry Soap Recipe

2009-03-24T10:45:00.000-07:00

Here is the recipe that I had emailed to me. I am going to get the stuff this weekend to try it! Im kind of excited about it and it will save us so much money! If you guys try it I hope it works out for you too!

1 bar of Fels Naptha grated. I buy this at Woods in the Tide isle.
1 cup of Arm and Hammer super washing soda
5 gallons hot tap water

Put grated soap in to a medium sauce pan filled ¾ up with tap water. Let this simmer, DO NOT BOIL, till the shreds are all dissolved. You will need to stir this every little bit.
Put the 1 cup of super washing soda into the bottom of a 5 gallon bucket, fill up the bucket to about ¾ full with hot tap water. I do this in the bathtub. By the time the bucket is about full, the soap will be dissolved. Pour the dissolved soap water into the bucket and stir really good. Put the bucket in the pantry and let it sit over night. It will congel. The next morning go into the bucket with both hands and just stir the dickens out of it till it is a liquid jel. (It will set up like jello overnight, so you will need to really work it to get it in to liquid form.) Use about 1 cup per load.

It costs about 1.50 to make 5 gallons of this stuff. You can get a lot of good tightwadding ideas off the internet from sites like tightwad.com and budget101.com. Just type in cheapskate, tightwad, stuff like that on google and it will pull up some good ones. I also like the couponing sites, like valupage, coupon surfer, smartsource, ect.

Money Saving Mama!

2009-03-22T10:52:00.000-07:00

I have been really big on saving money lately. I have been looking for every avenue available to save us some mulla so we can just start putting that money away in our savings for a rainy day. I havent got to do much yet cause we are having to wait til next payday to use our coupons and stuff, but Im excited to see how much we will save. I am also going to try my hand at making our own laundry soup. Someone sent me a recipe for it and you only have to spend a few dollars for five gallons. That will last us quite a while! I like that price too compared to almost $20 for a two week supply. We do alot of laundry here, cause I have to wash his Pt's every day after he gets done with his exercising every morning. Boy do they get stinky! lol If anyone wants to know the recipe let me know and I will post it. I cant wait to make it. I will do that this week sometime. i will take pics so you all can see how it turned out.

Amy this is mainly for you. I don't know if you know about it or not. There is a website called www.militaryshoppers.com where you can get coupons and stuff for the commissary so you can check that out if you want. They have coupons on there too for like sears photo studio and all kinds of things.

Alright well that's all I have to say for today!

2009-03-16T11:33:00.000-07:00

Not much going on

2009-03-14T15:29:00.000-07:00

like the title says there is not much going on here. Just relaxing after a very busy vacation. I think we all needed some down time after that one! lol I think this summer though we are going to try and go camping. I found a really cool camp ground not too far from us. So hopefully we will get to do that.

I added a picture of Apollo that David took yesterday. Its so funny! lol

more pictures

2009-03-07T17:47:00.001-08:00

ok bear with me here, I added lots of pics. mostly cause Grandma asked!

eating mickey ice cream

our girls

in front of the tree of life

sideways pic of constance's face paint

sideways pic of ivy's face paint

resturaunt we ate at at epcot

four of us with goofy!

donald!

us girls and minnie!

pluto!

mickey!

like father like daughter

in front of indiana jones jeep

four of us at minnies house!

saved the best for last! lol

having fun at Disney!!!!

2009-03-04T09:53:00.000-08:00

Just wanted to say a quick hello from Disney!!! Here are a few pics. My mom requested some! lol Here are a few of my favorites.

yesterday we started off our vacation at the magic Kingdom. The girls got to see lots of Characters and we rode lots of rides. We plan on going back there tomorrow. Today we went to Hollywood Studios. We didnt stay there for long though. It is more for adults and not young children, so I think in a bit we are going to head to Downtown Disney for some shopping and fun. Dont know if I will get to update again or not while we are here, but I will definately have lots more pics when we get home!

Goodbye Texas, Hello Florida!!!!!

2009-03-01T18:47:00.000-08:00

We head out for Florida tomorrow. Im sooooo excited, but I will be glad when the flight is over and we are in our hotel room. I dont know when I will be able to post pics but I will try! Well I cant write a ton, I still have packing to do! Go figure, I leave it to the last minute! lol

Here are a few pics from the park today!

New Camera

2009-02-28T04:46:00.000-08:00

I got a new camera yesterday and had fun using it for the first time when we went minature golfing and go-carting. Im not much on the go-carts so David took turns taking the girls out for a spin. It was extra special for Ivy cause this is the first time she has hit the 36 inch mark so she could ride!!! Constance loves the go-carts too. It was a fun day, and very hot! I think we got up to like 86 yesterday. Not sure it will get that hot today though.

Well, we leave for our trip in two days. We are all very excited! I havent packed a thing yet though, so today is the day I do that. I think we are getting internet in our room so I should be able to post a few pics while we are there. Im not making any promises of when though cause I know we will be extra tired each night! Ivy and David getting ready to ride!
David and Constance out on the track!

Constance yelling "I did it!!!!!"

I love the look on her face in this one!

My Ivy Jewel!

My Constance, she is getting so darn big on me! In a few short months she will be four already!

I Wish!

2009-02-24T04:42:00.000-08:00

I wish...... That is something we have been hearing alot around here lately. Constance has been saying it alot, and for everything too. Just a few minutes ago it was, "I wish I could be a cook like you mom!". Yesterday it was, " I wish I could go fishing Dad!" We went fishing! lol Last night it was, " I wish I could turn into Mickey Mouse mom!" I explained to her that being Constance was so much better!

Getting ready for Vacation!

2009-02-19T16:17:00.000-08:00

Beach Baby!!
All ready to go!!!

Needless to say, the mood in our house is becoming increasingly excited as our vacation draws closer. Only 10 days to go. Constance and I headed to Walmart today to get all the little extra things we needed like sunscreen, activities for the plane ride, snacks, ect.... She had fun picking things out for our trip and at one point yelled out quite loudly "I need some good sunglasses so we can go to DISNEYWORLD!!!!!" lol, I believe she is getting excited!! I also got them some very cute bathing suits, or as Constance calls them "band-aid suits!" lol I got myself one that I actually feel comfortable in, but in no way am I posting a picture of myself in it! We should have a movie for the girls coming in the mail from netflix in the next couple of days. I ordered them a Disneyland sing-a-long dvd. Its disneyland, but they wont know the difference. Apparently all the characters go on the rides and sing fun songs, so I thought that would be fun for them to watch before we go! Heck I want to see it too! lol So now that we have everything I need to start getting it all organized and get the suitcases down. I just want to make sure we dont forget a thing. I know we probably will, but Im going to try hard not to!

sick girls, cont.

2009-02-17T13:46:00.000-08:00

What a day! Yesterday the girls seemed to be getting much better. They were playing and able to keep some food down, so I thought we were done with this tummy bug they had. Turns out they werent. Last night was a long night of throwing up and me cleaning up kids and beds. Fun stuff!! This morning we got up and they just wanted to lay on the couch. They layed there for like two hours taking turns getting sick, so I called David and had him come home so we could take them to the ER. After about and hour and a half wait we were taken to a room then had to wait another hour and a half til the doctor came in. At that point I was the only one in the room awake!! lol I wanted to sleep too, but the way Ivy was laying on me I couldnt move! So anyways, the doc came in and checked out constance and she did really good. Then he moved on to Ivy. She was so scared. She cried the whole time! After 30 more minutes waiting they came in with some medicine to help with the nausea. I was glad cause they were miserable. It seemed to help almost right away. then they got popsicles which made them much happier! Then we proceded to the pharmacy which was almost an hour wait! It made for a long day, but at least we got something to help them get better. They seem pretty tired now. They slept most of the time we were there, which really told me that they felt terrible. they never sleep like that! Now that we are home they seem to be more comfortable and feeling better. Hopefully tonight goes alot smoother and they can get the sleep they need to get better.

Sick Girls

2009-02-15T15:15:00.000-08:00

Well, both the girls both have some kind of tummy bug. They wont eat and are throwing up everything. I just gave them a little water so Im hoping they can at least keep that down. I am praying it will be over soon, so they feel better, and that they dont get sick on vacation. Which by the way is only two weeks away! Sorry, had to throw that in there! lol

Happy Valentines Day!!!

2009-02-14T13:00:00.000-08:00

We have been having a good day here so far! Last night we had a bbq and had some good friends over. It was a lot of fun, the guys had a little too much fun with the big pink bouncy ball, but thats a whole other blog itself! lol We are all a bit tired today. David did take the girls and I out for lunch today. We went to TGIFridays. It was very yummy! Then we ventured to Walmart to get some groceries. Man, it was a mad house there. Everyone was carrying balloons or flowers. Whatever happened to planning ahead? lol Now we are at home relaxing the rest of the day. The girls are asleep now and David just informed me that I could take one when they wake up! What a great guy! Well that should be soon, and I am very tired today. So Im going to go get ready for sleep!! Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.....................

Getting Healthy

2009-02-11T07:27:00.000-08:00

Lately I have really been thinking about trying to just eat better, excersize more, and just be more active in general. A few days ago David went and bought me an eliptical machince. I love it! Its hard work, but its so nice to have right in the livingroom. I can just jump on it anytime. I have already done a mile on it today. Ive been trying to eat better too. Just after three days I feel so much better. I have lots of energy! Its not about losing weight for me, just feeling better about myself and having more energy. Im getting the girls to eat better as well. Instead of cereal for breakfast we all had yogurt and strawberries, which they love! I think they are good in the excersize department though! They go non stop all day! lol If I had that much energy to burn I would be a stick! lol So heres to being healthy!!

Autograph books

2009-02-10T10:11:00.000-08:00

Last night I ordered the girls some autograph books for Disney World. I got them on www.scrapyourtrip.com for only $9 a piece. You can get them at disney, but they look different and are more expensive. I really liked the ones they had on the website, so I cant wait to get them! Even more I cant wait til the girls can get autographs from thier favorite characters in them! We are all getting very excited. Our vacation is just around the corner, only 20 days! Cant wait!!!!

More fishing and Ivys hair cut

2009-02-09T08:29:00.001-08:00

Here are a few pics from Ivys new hair cut thanks to her wonderful big sister! lol I wasnt laughing about it at first, but I realize its just hair it will grow back. I still dont like it this short, but her curls will probably be back before we know it! I also put a few pics on here of our little fishing trip we took yesterday with some friends. Apollo trying to figure out what the heck it was! lol Every time it moved he would jump back and bark at it!

Playing in the grass, he fell in the water too!

I thought this was too cute. All the kids were mesmerized watching him catch the fish

David and the only catch of the day

Bowman, Cole and Apollo

Nikki and Luke

Ivy

back of her new hair cut

front of her new hair cut

this is how much constance cut off all by her little self! she cut a little bit of hers too but I was able to fix it easily and it doesnt really look different from before.

pictures

2009-02-04T15:26:00.000-08:00

Yesterday afternoon we went to the park to play for a little while. Its just a short walk from our house and the girls have lots of fun there. Apollo does too, there is a little creek next to it that he likes to play in. He has grown so much just since he has been here. He has learned to sit when told, and now we are working on shaking hands. We got him some Rachel Ray dog treats and he loves them! They are peanut butter flavor! Here are a few pics from the last couple of day. Apollo loves to sit on Ivys lap now. Now that he figured out he can get on the couch we have to move him over anytime we want to sit down! Hes become quite the couch potato.
Apollo

playing at the park

Ivy on the slide

constance on the slide( I love this pic of her, it turned out so cute!)

Father/Daughter Date!

2009-02-04T06:24:00.000-08:00

David took constance out on a "date" for the afternoon yesterday. Ivy wont go with him without me anywhere so she and I stayed home. She took a nap and I scrapbooked. David took Constance minature golfing, go-carting, and to play arcade games. After that they brought ice cream home for everyone! She had a very fun time and talked alot about everything they did when they got home. It was good for both of them to have that time to spend together. Constance playing golf(he said on the last hole she got a hole in one!)
Playing a motorcycle ride. she got 5th place out of 8th all by herself. I think he was pretty impressed by this! lol

more golfing

she took this pic of daddy golfing

Getting ready for her "date"!!!

New Hair Cuts!

2009-02-03T06:05:00.000-08:00

Back of Ivys(its getting so long!)

Front of Ivys

Back of Constances

Front of constances

I cut the girls hair this morning. Constances was just getting long and stringy looking so I cut a good two inches off the length. I think this length looks really cute on her. Ivys was just an all over mess. its so thick, so I layered it a little taking so weight off the back. I tried to grow her bangs out, but her hair grows straight forward. We will try again when she is a little older and will keep clippies in her hair. They last about 5 seconds in there now! lol

We have a winner!!!

2009-02-02T08:08:00.000-08:00

Ok, my mom won! I will get you something fun and send it after we get back from Disney!!!

200th Post!!!!

2009-02-02T07:38:00.000-08:00

Ok, as promised, my 200th post will be a fun one! I am stealing this idea from Jenny! Whoever can answer the two questions below first will get a souvenir from Disney World when we go. It may not be a huge gift, but it will be something fun! I thought today was a fitting day to do this since we leave a month from today!!!!! Im so excited I can hardly contain myself from packing all our bags now and going to the airport! lol

Ok, so here are the two questions!

1. On my post titled 4 Days to Go!!!!!!!!!!!!, What is in the picture I posted with it?

2. On Friday, November, 28th, what did I blog about?

You will have to search for these, but thats what makes it fun! Good luck!!!!

Zoo fun!

2009-01-31T20:24:00.000-08:00

Today was a very nice day, so we headed to the Waco zoo. The girls had alot of fun, and Constance named all the animals for us. Even a Macaw! She is very much into animals, Ivy on the other hand is more into the running around and trying to climb on everything part! lol Tomorrow is Super Bowl day. Im really not into football, but we are going over to some friends house for the game so that should be fun. Well thats all from our end! Hope everyone has a great weekend!

Hide and Seek

2009-01-28T16:28:00.001-08:00

David is playing hide and seek with the girls right now. Ivy just kind of runs around everywhere, she doesnt really get the concept of it yet. Constance on the other hand will hide and then when he goes to look for her he will say "Wheres Constance!" She then replys "Im right here!!!" LOL Its hilarious!!! Its nice to have someone else here to help with the play time. Doing it by yourself all the time gets really tiresome! Earlier I was scrapbooking and he brought the girls in there and they all did thier own scrapbook pages. Ivys consisted of a bunch of glue on her page, and Constances was a fall picture of us when she was little on Christmas paper with Dora spring stickers! Very creative!! I tried to take pics but the batteries in my camera died and they need to be charged. Oh well, maybe next time!

Its cold outside!!!!!

2009-01-27T14:37:00.000-08:00

I know Missouri may be a little colder, but its pretty cold here too! Its 32 right now, and we are supposed to get freezing rain all night tonight! Not fun, but David has already gotten out of doing pt in the morning! So hes pretty happy about that!

Just to let you all know, my 200th post is coming up very soon. So watch for it and you might get a special prize!!!!

Lots of Baby Powder!

2009-01-26T11:51:00.000-08:00

The girls and I all took a nap today. I am feeling horrible today and think I have a yucky tummy bug. I must have been napping really hard cause I never heard Constance get up. I woke up to the smell of baby powder. I was like hmmmm that smells good, but then I was like why am i smelling baby powder. I then walked into the bathroom to this scene......

I asked her why she did this and her reply was "watch the clouds mom, the go really high!" Children!

2009-01-25T07:05:00.000-08:00

She would not keep her eyes open!
Ivy fishing!

my fisherman and fishergirls, and Apollo too!

David and Constance

Apollo

eating his duck!

getting in some good practice

rescuing the cat! lol she escaped into the backyard!

constance fishing

Daddy teaching the girls to fish

This morning David took the girls outside to practice fishing! Constance is pretty good at it, Ivy just likes to play with the pole! lol Apollo had fun playing out there too, and as you see from the pics, the cat wanted in on the action as well! We are planning on going out to the lake this afternoon once it gets a little warmer to fish some more!

sick baby

2009-01-23T05:40:00.001-08:00

Last night was a very long night. Ivy woke up around 1:00 am crying. So I went in there thinking she just woke up and needed some lovin so she could go back to sleep. Turns out when I put her on my lap she threw up everywhere. This went on all night long. She went back to sleep for the rest of the night around 4:30. After she went back to sleep the cat and dog were being pains! The cat was meowing and the dog was trying to get on the bed. He tried to jump up there once and ended up jumping on my face. Needless to say, by this point I wasnt too happy! lol Ivy seems to be feeling much better this morning so Im not real sure what that was all about, but boy do I have lots of yucky laundry to do today!

Lost!

2009-01-21T16:25:00.000-08:00

Lost starts again in about 30 minutes!!!!! Im so excited!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Apollo!

2009-01-20T06:28:00.000-08:00

The four of us! the girls were really hyped up and would not cooperate here! lol
Aunt Rennie, Uncle Kevin, and my mom

Grandma and Ivy

Grandma and Constance

Ok apparently I put this one twice!

David and Apollo!

Funny face!

Constance in her new booster seat! She was very excited about it!

Well, Apollo is now here living with us! We had a nice visit with my mom, Gina, Rachel, Kevin, Rennie, and Chynell. The girls had lots of fun playing with everyone as well! Apollo is doing good here, but we are working on going outside. He doesnt want to be out there alone. Im sure thats because he was used to being around his brothers and sisters all the time, but he needs to learn. We are working on that right now. He is out there but not really liking it! lol

Today, David goes back to work. He doesnt have to go til 11, but I think tomorrow he starts regular hours. So we are all going to have to adjust to the new hours. Weve been having lots of fun the last week, but have not been on any kind of a schedule at all, so it will be nice to get things back to normal! David worked on my scrapbook room some more last night and got all the big stuff where it needs to be. So today all I have to do is organize my stickers, embellisments, ect.... So maybe tonight I can actually do the page! I havent scrapbooked in quite a while so Im itching to get in there!

Im going to try to get back on track with this whole 365 post thing. I got kind of off track once David got home. Its to be expected though! lol So now that he is going back to work i need to get back on track! Here are some pics from our weekend in Oklahoma!

Headed to Oklahoma!

2009-01-16T17:53:00.000-08:00

Tomorrow we are headed out early in the a.m. to Oklahoma. We are going to meet my mom, aunt Gina, and cousin Rachel half way from Missouri. They are bringing our puppy, Apollo, to us. We are so excited to finally have him! We went this morning to buy all the stuff we need for him! Lets just say hes already very spoiled! LOL ................ We are also going to be meeting Uncle Kevin, Aunt Rennie, and Chynell there. I am very excited to see them. We havent seen them since our wedding day four and a half years ago, so this is a long awaited visit. I cant wait for them to meet the girls! It should be fun. We are renting a hotel room then coming back on Sunday. Actually we will have two puppies with us. We are picking one up for a friend here, so that should be fun at rest stops! Two kids and two puppies! Should be interesting. Im sure I will have lots of pics to post as soon as we get back! Ok time to go finish packing and getting everything in the car!

Fishing

2009-01-14T12:16:00.000-08:00

Richard and RJ
Ivy throwing rocks in the water(maybe thats why they didnt catch anything!)

Constance our little fisher-girl!

Daddy and his girls!

On monday we went fishing with our friends the Schatz's. It was alot of fun. The guys fished with constance and Ivy while Jess and I sat up on the shore with little RJ. Constance amazed us all with her fishing abilites. She can cast the line out and reel it back in all by herself. No one caught any fish, but it was fun amyways. David is taking Constance back on Saturday for a little daddy/daughter outing! He even bought her a pink princess fishing pole! Im making him take the camera! I think Ivy and i will stay here and scrapbook or take naps! Anyways, after fishing we went over to our friends house and bbq'd. We had a nice time. I think next monday we are headed to Waco to the zoo there. The girls should like that! Well, thats all from our end!

He's Home!

2009-01-11T06:54:00.000-08:00

The four of us and the Schatz's
David and the girls with the sign we made

Constance with her daddy right after we found him!

formation

Here they come! It was very loud at this point!

So I know I didnt blog yesterday, but it was for obvious reasons! The reunion ceremony was great. The girls and I didnt get there til like half an hour before the guys did. Most wives get there like two hours early, but with it being so late I wanted the girls to sleep as much as possible. Im glad we waited too. We didnt have any trouble finding a seat and they got there right after we did, so we didnt have to wait around forever. The guys walked in to lots of yells and screams. It was very emotional. I couldnt find David at first then I looked right in front of me and there he was the whole time! So as soon as they were released we ran over there and got him! It was almost three in the morning before we even got home! We were all exhausted. Didnt get to bed til after four and of course the girls were up at seven! Ivy and I are still sick. Im hoping we get over is soon, cause its not much fun! Here are a few pictures from the welcome home ceremony!

Today is the day!!!!!!!!!!!

2009-01-09T09:42:00.000-08:00

This morning I let the girls decorate thier signs they are going to hold up when we go get David tonight. We were going to do it yesterday but since the time kept getting pushed back I thought today would be a better day, and it would get them really excited to see thier daddy! The welcome home ceremony is scheduled for tomorrow morning at 1:00. We will leave the house here around midnight. Its going to be a late night, but thats fine with me cause my honey will be coming home with us! We have waited for this day for so long now, and now its finally here! I couldnt be any happier!!! I will try to post pictures tomorrow of the ceremony!

new info and pictures

2009-01-08T08:59:00.000-08:00

Sign the other ladies and I made. They will see it as they are on the busses going on base from the air port!

sign I made here at home. This one will be in our front yard!

Ok so David just called and thier flight from Kuwait has been delayed again four hours. So he probably wont get home til late tomorrow night. I was afraid of this happening. I just hope the girls do good being up that late. Maybe I can get Ivy to sleep in her stroller while we are there. We will see. I will post a for sure time when I have one!

Footsteps at the Door

2009-01-07T09:27:00.000-08:00

Footsteps at the Door

Another sleepless night for me

Alone upon our bed

I see again his every move

And those last words he said.

So proud he looked in uniform

Convinced that he was right

He had to go, for duty called

There was a war to fight.

Those last few days before he left

I hid the pain inside

We talked and loved and even joked

He never knew I cried.

And when the dreaded moment came

He kissed me tenderly

His eyes met mine, and then he said,

"I'll be all right, you'll see."

I tried to smile and nod my head

Afraid to let him see

The terror that I feared if he

Did not come back to me.

His precious children hugged his neck

He told them to be good

And help their mommy out at home

And mind her like they should.

They were too young to realize

That Dad would not be there

To tuck them in their beds at night

Or listen to their prayers.

I see him as he walked away

I tried to say "goodbye"

But words were trapped within my throat

All I could do was cry.

The weeks have stretched now into months

And every night I pray

That God will keep him in his care

And bring him home one day.

I do not moan beneath the load

Of all that I must do

My children will see strength in me

Until this war is through.

At last I drift off into sleep

In dreams I see him more

I turn around and smile to hear

His footsteps at the door.

Restless I sleep, and then I wake

Not opening my eyes

I move my hand to reach for him

But no one near me lies.

I will not give in to despair

With each new day I'll cope

For I know he would want me to

Be brave and live with hope.

I hear the voices loud and strong

Who criticize the war

While yelling men are fools to go

They stay on freedoms shore.

A man who cowers under fear

Will die a thousand deaths

While men like mine for freedom fight

And offer their last breaths.

I hope prehaps in fifty years

When men remember war

They wont forget the wives who dreamed

Of footsteps at the door.

Gwen C. Rollings

Two days and I will hear those footsteps!

What a day!

2009-01-06T19:25:00.000-08:00

Well the the girls and I are still sick. Ivy isnt too bad, just a runny nose. Constance and I have the cough and sore throught to go with it. Not fun.

Also we found out that David will be home on Friday now instead of Thursday. They just said there was a 24 hour delay in thier flight. I havent talked to him though since I found this out. Hopefully he can call tomorrow.

I got my Cricut in the mail today! That was the good part about my day! I love the fact that my first project I did with it was making a welcome home sign for David! Made it that much more fun! I will post a picture of it tomorrow. I still need to put the girls handprints on it before its finished. Here is a picture though of my beautiful Cricut!!!

New info

2009-01-05T16:10:00.001-08:00

Ok, so David just called from Kuwait! They will not be home friday, they will be home THURSDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Im so excited I can hardly contain myself! He is really excited too. He said now that he is out of Iraq it is much nicer and he can allow himself to get excited. My hubby will be home in 2 1/2 days!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sick

2009-01-05T13:13:00.000-08:00

UPDATE: As soon as I posted this Rear Detachment called and confirmed he will for sure be home on the 9th. Its such a relief to finally no for sure!

The girls and I are now sick. So far none of us have fevers so thats good, but we all feel terrible. Lots of sneezing and coughing. It couldnt come at a worse time. I just hope we are feeling better by the day David gets home. Speaking of that, I just checked the website with the flight information on it and they have added an extra flight on the 11th. I really hope David isnt on that flight! Weve waited long enough, I dont feel like waiting another two days! lol Im sure he doesnt either. He should be in Kuwait now. I havent heard from him yet and dont know when I will, but Im sure once I do he will have more information for us. No picture to post today, as we all dont feel good we havent been in the picture kind of mood!

4 days to go!!!!

2009-01-04T18:42:00.000-08:00

Only four days at the most to go til David is home! Im starting to get really excited. He is flying to Kuwait our tomorrow morning. I dont know if I will get to talk to him before that or after he gets there. Hopefully after they get there they will be told which flight they will be on and what day they will be home. Right now its up in the air. Anywhere from wednesday to friday. We arent going to get our hopes up though and are keeping our count down for friday. Its so exciting that he will be home by the end of the week though! It almost seems unreal that it is actually here!!! Constance is now understanding how soon Daddy will be home. Here is a picture of her marking off her calander before she went to bed tonight!

bath babies!!!

2009-01-03T07:25:00.000-08:00

Ivy was being silly!
Constance blowing bubbles!!

Here are my pics for today!

Dont know still exactly which day he will be home. We may not know til a day or two before, but we are still counting on the 9th. I will post more info as I get it!

365 posts

2009-01-02T11:04:00.000-08:00

today- Ivy outside riding her bike!

yesterday- picture of daddy that constance drew. I can see the resemblence!

Im starting a new challenge for myself. Jenny actually gave me the idea. Instead of a 365 scrapbook though Im just going to do it on my blog here. I think it would be neat to see how our family changes just in that little time through pictures everyday. Im posting two today since i didnt actually take any yesterday! So I hope everyone enjoys our 365 pictures! lol I am going to try my hardest to keep up with it too!

Happy New Year!!!!!!

2009-01-01T07:42:00.000-08:00

Me and Jess
Jess and RJ

Constance

Ivy Jewel

Me the party animal

Jess and Kayla

Well, first things first, we know a date David will be home. Its the 9th at 2:00. Its great actually knowing a date. Its still 8 days away, so hopefully those days go by very fast for us!!!!!!!! I so cant wait to have him home!!!!!!!!!!

Last night we had alot of fun at our friends house. The three of us are super tired today though. I was hoping they would sleep in just a little this morning, no such luck though! Oh well, we are all going to take good naps after lunch today!!! I hope anyways. Here are a few pics from last night! Hope you all had a great New Years Eve!!!