Before we even moved into this house, I was determined to have a designated playroom for the kids. I cannot stand toys having a permanent home out in our living space so while we were in Korea they were all crammed into Owen's tiny room, stuffed into baskets and shoved in the closet. Long story short, we ended up renting this house sight unseen while I was on a layover in Japan with the kids and Alex was in Alaska. It was about to get rented by a group of young pilots and we'd already had ... View the Post
10+2 things: Memories from 2015
Here's January's 10 things post. It's only 36 days late (harrumph!). Every year I do a "year in review" post. Well, January was a pretty busy month for us, I don't know if you know that or not. Alex just pointed out to me the other day that I didn't do one for 2015. It's a fairly easy post to write and I have a few minutes just now (I should probably be napping but I'm not) so I thought I'd knock it out before it's 2017 already. January Owen had just turned one year old and after all the ... View the Post
The sweetened condensed version.
Greetings from South Korea! We've been here a week already and I still can't believe that I'm not only IN South Korea, but I LIVE in South Korea. Wow. To be honest, the RoK hasn't been treating us so well off the bat. Of course, severe jet lag is to be expected when you jump ahead 14 hours but we weren't expecting the stomach bug that slammed Owen the day after we got here. Alex has been super busy with work already working really crazy hours (that should hopefully change by the end of this ... View the Post
Home away from Home
One of the hardest things about being a military family is all the moving. Every few years, we pack up everything we own less what we stuff into four suitcases and ship it to another state, another country, or into storage. We never really get to plant roots anywhere and we never have to worry about what color to paint the walls or the typical issues homeowners deal with on a regular basis because we're either living in government housing or in a rental house. Since moving away from home we've ... View the Post
Going stateside.
We recently returned from a trip to the states where we spent a lot of time with family and friends. It was my first visit to the states since moving to Germany and Owen's first time ever in the states. Alex was TDY to Las Vegas so my mom helped me fly Owen to Iowa where we spent a few weeks introducing Owen to much of his extended family and the land of cornfields and humidity. I can say that for the most part things went pretty well. I've been nervous about travelling internationally ... View the Post
Recent Things
THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart for all the love that poured in after our announcement last week! We are over the moon excited. Our babes will be about 2 years apart and we're probably a little bit crazy doing this with our big move coming up soon. But then again, I don't know pregnancy without a little life excitement. The first trimester is over now and I kissed it good riddance. I had the kind of pregnancy (with Owen) that made most women want to punch me in the face. After the ... View the Post