Reality

Okay, I realize that I am not doing a very good job at keeping this updated. However, late is better than never.

Kyan is now 3 years old and I feel old. He's growing up so fast. His birthday and party were successful. He had a wonderful time and so did everyone else. We did a Handy Manny theme for his party. I know that's shocking. There are hardly any Handy Manny items here so, because my sister got me addicted to EBAY, I had to order all of the decorations online. I think it worked out better that way. Thanks Coriell. I got his cake made at the bakery in the commissary and I thought it turned out great. I took them a paper plate and said, "I need this on a cake for a 3 year old". I love what they did. Half of the cake was vanilla and the other half was chocolate. So, needless to say, Kyan was very happy.

Kenna is now 8 months old. She's so happy all the time. The only time she fusses is when she's hungry. She is always smiling and laughing. Whether it's at me, Kyan, the dog or her daddy, she is always laughing. It is such a sweet sound. She is almost sitting up completely on her own. She'll sit up and be fine until she sees something, then she'll fall over trying to grab whatever that particular object is. She hasn't cut any more teeth besides the two she already has but she is drooling a lot so it may happen soon. She's about ready to start crawling. She'll get on her hands and knees and rock back and forth before giving up and laying back on her tummy. I'll get on the floor with her and encourage her but ultimately, it's her choice whether or not she wants to try.

Not much has happened in the way of exploring because Chase has been going through training exercises at work. And here they are a really big deal so he's had to focus on those. We got some of our stuff and I finally got my van. So the kids and I have a way around without having to ask Bev to take us everywhere. We're suppose to be getting the rest of our stuff this coming Thursday. That will be a great day. We are all tired of sleeping on this cheap FMO furniture that we've been using for the past 2 months.

Well, other than everything I've said, I can't think of anything else that's happened that's worth mentioning. Chase is on stand by Memorial Day weekend (this coming weekend) so we probably won't be going anywhere. If we do, I'll take notes so I can remember what I need to write ^.^ I hope everyone has a blessed week. Love to all.

Recap

So yeah, it's been a while since my last post. It's been crazy busy here and we just got our land line and internet at our house the other day. I can't remember everything we've done the past 3 weeks but I will highlight some things I do remember.

If you haven't seen them on Facebook, I've posted a lot of pictures of some of the places we've been and some of the people we've met. We have a lot of military in our town and we've become good friends with our neighbors that live two houses down. They are Beverly (Bev) and Justin. Justin is stationed at Baumholder and he and Bev have lived here for 5 years. They're awesome and hilarious. We spend A LOT of time with them. I don't have my car yet so Bev has been driving the kids and I around for about two weeks. She has been showing us different towns and giving us the 411 on everything. We actually had a cook-out/bonfire last Friday and Saturday and hung out with Bev and Justin and some of our other neighbors. We love where we live. We love the people, view, location, everything. We live about five minutes from a little cafe that we love to go to. It has the prettiest view from the terrace. Those pictures are on FB as well. We also live about five minutes (in the other direction) from a castle. We haven't been there yet but we will be going soon.

Obviously, we've moved into our house. We got our unaccompanied baggage Friday and the rest of our stuff should be here around the 19th. Or at least that's what we've been told. I should be able to pick up the van in the next few days. The kids were so happy to get their toys and a few other things on Friday. Poor Kenna has been sitting in her carrier for a month because we didn't have her excersaucer. Now that she has it, she doesn't want to get out of it. Kyan has his box of toys and I have yet to see him away from it. They've been without all this for so long it was like Christmas to them. They're troopers though. Kenna now has two teeth and she is getting better about sitting up. She still can't do it completely on her own but she is getting there. Kyan is a typical 3 year old. They're both doing great. Trinity is being a normal puppy and chewing on everything. She has successfully chewed up two pairs of my shoes. Which kind of sucks because I only brought three pair with me. The rest are with our household goods which should be here around the 19th. Lets hope this last pair makes it until then.

Apart from everything I've already said, there hasn't been anything new going on. We've done some sight seeing and hung out with friends. But other than that it hasn't been that exciting. Just busy. I hope everyone has been doing well. Everyone be safe and I will post again next week. Love to all.