Random cuteness

I almost went to bed without blogging! I think that would be tragic. Here are some pictures of an abby sandwich and of jacob cuddling daddy at lunch on the day he left. he has become quite the cuddle bug. don't tell claire she insists that she is the CUDDLEBUG and jacob is the WIGGLEWORM.

First Day of School

Claire goes to Child's Day Out at our church two days a week and they started back up last week. The first day of school was a rough morning. It was one fight after another getting Claire ready for school. I was trying not to rush her so she wouldn't be upset at her first day so it did take forever and we were late. When we got there the kids were finishing up the morning activity of play-doh and she heard the teacher say it was time for circle time. She has this really bad habit of having to go potty when we get to church/school and I just let it slide because I don't want the fight but she had to go and while we were in the bathroom she was crying and sad because she wasn't going to get to play play-doh. So, I explained that when Mom says it is time to get ready we have to listen and get ready so we can make it on time. But today we missed play-doh, come on lets go to class. She looked at me with the sweetest face and tears and said, "wait, mom i have to get rid of my sad face." And my little brave girl wiped away her tears, got a drink and walked right in. BROKE my heart. I hate taking her to school. I enjoy the break but I think about her and miss her the whole time she is gone. I don't how I will be able to do Kindergarten. But when I picked her up she had the best time and was all smiles. AND...we haven't had a problem in the morning since. She gets ready fast and eats and we are out the door in no time. I had to go to Walmart while she was at school and picked her up this game she has been wanting forever. I gave it to her when she got in the car afterwards and she was so excited. Anyways. Enough of me being sentimental. Oh and the reason she picked camel to come to school with her is because camels live in the desert and that is where daddy is. So sweet.

Oh yeah I am pregnant

Phew...I almost forgot I was pregnant. Just kidding how could I forgot. Still nauseous and tired. I am hoping in a few weeks it will be better. This picture was taken at 13 weeks. Still playing catch up. I know ya'll like it when I post everyday!

Deployment stinks

But we always try to make the best of it! This time around Nate picked out two animals for the kids and had his voice recorded with a message that they can press. We also blew up some pictures of them together to put on their closet doors, and he made another video with him reading and singing for them to watch. Here are some pictures from the night before he left when he gave Claire her turtle. He named her Tabby. He got Jacob a monkey named Mookie. The kids think they are great! My good friend Meredith left this basket on my porch the day Nate left! It was sweet and filled with goodies for the three of us. It was a great surprise :)

Add on: I found this picture of the kids watching their Daddy video. If you look close you can see that Claire is following along in her nursery rhyme book while he is reading/singing. This is a book they read together every night and she LOVES it. He gets all into the songs with actions and stuff.

He Walks!!!

This video is about a month old but Jacob is walking! He still hasn't mastered getting up once he falls down unless he has something to pull up on. I love how he sticks his little chest out and teeters around. Too cute. He is very independent and doesn't like to hold hands for help. We were so glad he started walking when Nate was still home. One less thing he had to miss.

Jacob's First Haircut

Jacob was getting a bit of a fro. So we decided to get him a little trim before Nate left. He was so good. First time to have a lollipop and he was in heaven. He looks so cute with his little hairline :)

GeT ReAdY

for a post a day for a while. I have all my current pictures and videos uploaded and still have 1 GB left. Phew. Yeah me for trashing a bunch of stuff :) So these are all from the last few weeks. They probably won't be in order because that takes too much energy to think about. Some were when Nate was still here, some were after he left. These are from a trip to the zoo. We drove to Columbia one day during Nate's 2 week break before he left for 4 months (and some) Claire LOVED all the animals. It was great fun. Pretty hot but bearable. Jacob did okay. He was really tired and didn't sleep in the car on the way and never fell asleep in the stroller but didn't fuss much and enjoyed the air conditioned places best!

Family Pictures

Hello all,

Well I seem to be having computer problems. My hardrive is full again and come to find out so is my external hardrive. So here are some pictures off a CD! We had some family pictures taken before Nate left. In case you didn't know Nate just deployed for 4 months. He left last Wednesday and should be home Jan 15. He will be forward deployed to Balad and will not be flying. Please pray that all is well while he is gone. I am a little concerned because my due date is Feb 23 and I was 2 weeks early with Jacob... But God will sustain us. We will be traveling to Texas some and hope to say Howdy to our Texas friends. I am finally feeling better. I am about 15 weeks now and we have decided to not find out what the sex of the baby is. It is mainly my idea...Nate is not too thrilled, but hey he is gone! We have one of each and everything to go with them. We are not decorating a nursery, since we will probably be moving. So I thought, why not! We'll see if I hold out through all the ultrasounds!!!!