Pumpkin Patch Pictures!

Gareth has an site visit at Keyport on November 4th, we're totally stoked! After then we should have a general idea of when we'll be heading back up to Washington. I am SO excited!! I will be coming up in December for Marci's baby shower and some R&R.
What else is new? We're going to a Pumpkin Patch tomorrow and we're excited about Halloween. Evan's going to be Superman again (FYI he will be Superman until he doesn't fit into that costume any more) and Callie is going to be a little pixy with a lot of moxy. The kids are doing great and we're really enjoying our family time.
Work is coming along, I think I've really been improving on my counseling skills and I love the ladies I work with on a daily basis. It will be great experience for when I move on... I am so excited to be an auntie, I really look forward to having a newborn around again! My little nephew is expected to be here late February and I will be there for that.
Well that's a little update, I'll post pictures of the Pumpkin Patch after the weekend.

Updates

I know it's been a while since I updated, but a million things have been going on.
We have registered Evan for Kindergarten, I can't believe he's almost five. He is still a bright, energetic boy and loves being a big brother. Callie is almost 14 months old now and is still working on walking. She will take a couple steps on her own, but is not yet comfortable walking and prefers to crawl (or be carried). She is using sign language to communicate with us, but not much spoken words yet. Gareth and I are still liking our jobs and we've been enjoying the beautiful weather lately. Hope all is well and I will do my best to update sooner. : )

New Car and Cute Kids

So we finally bought another car, it took us months to figure out which one to get and here it is! As Gareth tells people, we got the cheapest car he could fit in. I love it, it has much more room than the Forester and it gets better gas mileage. It's a Scion xB and it gets me back and forth to work. Yes work. I got a job! I work for the local WIC office and last week was my first week. I like it so far and I work four 10 hour days, Monday thru Thursday, so I always have 3-day weekends.

Happy Easter!

We had an awesome time with my parents and everyone else who came to visit us recently. Here are some pictures, we had a blast!

Darwin Falls

We ventured into Death Valley two weekends ago and hiked up to Darwin Falls. It was really pretty and Evan had a lot of fun getting muddy and jumping over the stream on the way up to the falls. It was a nice, quick trip that got up out of Ridgecrest for the day and the weather was perfect!

The kids were tired!

It's March alreadyand we're excited for all our visitors! Just thought I'd stop by and post some pictures. : )

Early February

It's February 18th already and timw is flying by. As I write this we are getting ready to pick Evan up from his first sleepover at his best friend Alex's. Alex's parents are really nice and even watched Callie while we went to dinner last night for our 5th anniversary! After we pick up Evan we're headed to the park and Gareth's going to play tennis with our friend Jose while the kids and I hang out with his wife Maxine and their daughter Josephine. Callie is 10 months and we had a doctor's appointment and all is well. She's just above the 50 percentile for height and just below it for weight. She didn't have any shots so that was a relief. She still isn't walking, but it's kinda nice... I know she'll be getting into everything. For my aniversary/Valentines Day present Gareth got me my own camera and I LOVE it, so here's some new pictures!

January

Well January is almost over and I haven't blogged in a long while. Please forgive me, I've been really busy procrastinating. I will post new pictures and hopefully I'll get back to doing this more often.

I started working again for the university and also have an interview scheduled for Tuesday at the cresit union a couple blocks away. I am eager to start working again and hopefully I'll get a job soon. The childcare center on base is opening up another classroom and Callie would be at the same center as Evan. We have been so lucky with childcare for the kids, the WSU children's center was great for Evan and the one on base is great too. I am lucky to have been able to spend time at home, but I am ready for a change.

After Christmas we started working on Callie's sleeping and it makes life so much easier. She is sleeping through the night and when we lay her down, she falls asleep on her own. It was hard the first few nights, but has definately paid off. She is so mobile now and enjoys playing with her brother, it's really cute to watch.

We miss you all!

Sweetpea, new table & driveway mystery

Marci Gave Callie this Sweetpea and she's really been loving on it lately. The nurses called Callie 'Sweetpea' while we were in the hospital and the nickname kind of stuck, we also call her 'pooper' though...


Here is our new table! It's nice and high, which they call 'pub style' and we like it because:
1) It's black.
2) It has what they call a 'butterfly leave', it stores itself under the table so you no longer have to spread out throughout the house in search for the leave that Mom put somewhere, probably under something too heavy to be moved.
3) We got 2 barstools and 4 barstools with backs (apparently when you buy a table that's 'pub style', the chairs are called barstools no matter what style they are).
4) Getting down from the table is a lot easier than getting up from one.
5) It hides our useless fireplace perfectly!




I found a stapled piece of yellow paper in the driveway. It was a piece of granite inside an advertisment, who woulda thought? Of all the things I thought it could be, granite was not one of them. Clever.

Vegas Baby!

We headed to Vegas Friday afternoon and experienced the craziness that is LA traffic to Vegas. It was crazy, we probably averaged 85mph just going with the flow of traffic and had to be super cautious to avoid some crazies and their cars. It was a little stressful, but we made it safe and sound and had an awesome time. We stayed with our college friend Mike Pontin and his fiance and they showed us a great time.

Doctor Visit

The new doctor was nice and informative but Callie needed 4 shots. It was hard for me, I always get teary eyed when my babies get shots. She handled them well though, just a bit of crying and then she was fussy and sleepy for the next day or so. Callie's a whopping 15 pounds and change and Evan's still at 40, he's been this weight for a while... he's getting skinnier and taller! We're enjoying the pleasant weather and have plans for this weekend and next weekend we're off to visit our friend Mike and his fiance in Las Vegas. It will be a four day weekend since next Friday is flex and Monday is Killumbus Day.

Some of you may remember or have a similar picture this featuring Evan. We found the same toy at K-Mart and had to have it since Evan loved it so much!

Callie has an unusual laugh, see for yourself!

Leg-warmers!

Instructions for baby leg-warmers: Take awesome socks and cut them at the heel. I just so happened to have these socks, and since all I wear is flip-flops, they met the scissors.

We're going to a BBQ on base with Gareth's fellow ESDP's and this is what Callie's wearing, it was a babyshower gift from my friend Magen. Of course she's already slobbered all over it but that's nothing new!


Evan trying on Dad's shorts... he still has a bit to grow.



Callie found her feet! She loves playing with them!

Huh?!?

My babies! Trying to get more pictures of them together... As you can see, Callie's becoming quite the chunk and Evan's thinning out! They both have Dr. appts on Monday so we'll have all their stats and I'll keep ya'll posted.