Wagon fun!

So now that Ben can sit up I broke out the wagon for today's walk. They both had a blast! Ashley had a tough time staying seated on her bum because she wanted to see Ben and then wanted to watch where we were going.

Thankfully daddy installed a seatbelt last year. It worked great to keep Ben upright and happy (and in one place) for our adventure.

more catching up

Just like Mommy! Ben loves typing on the keyboard so much that I can no longer hold him while getting anything done. So low and behold I dug out the old keyboard to our MAC and gave it to him. He loves it.

Buddies, well Ben loves Boca and Boca loves any form of attention, even if it is ear pulling. They make a great pair. It's so funny because Boca will come by and force her head under his hand so that he "pets" her even though it's more like hitting.

Here's a few pictures of Bath time lately. Ben has outgrown his baby bath and is now ready for the bath seat. He loves splashing and between the two of them my bathroom is drenched afterwards.


Ashley loves blowing the bubbles off her hands. Bubble baths are so much fun!

Catching UP!!!

So here are a few pictures of Ashley when we went to the CanadInns Waterpark for Kadence's birthday. We got there early so we had to wait for a little while. Ashley was so excited to get in the water.

Here she is chillin on the beach chair before having cake. It was a great birthday!


W's boss made instant buddies with Ben and held him almost the whole time. It was great cause I was able to take Ashley out in the water without worrying about him. As you can see Ben enjoyed himself also.

Fudgecicle

Here's another pic from when Ashley stayed with J. I gave her another fudgecicle yesterday and oh my what a mess.

here's a couple pic of Ben smiling up a storm. He is quite the smiley kiddo!

the big 100

So this is my 100th post....and a boring one at that. :)

I finished my finals, turned in both my research papers and only have 2 assignments left to finish before tomorrow night and this term is done!!! Thank goodness. This has been a pretty crazy week so I am glad that I have managed to pull through!

Tonight we are heading to KK's 3rd birthday party at Pizza hut and then over to the Canad Inns new water park. Should be fun!!! Ashley is really looking forward to it.

Happy Birthday KK!

Ashley on the trampoline

Mike and I had our first date in FOREVER last night. We went to the Nickleback concert. What a blast! My head is still ringing! My friend J was sweet enough to watch the kids for us and Ashley got to experience her first trampoline!

Thanks J!

Uhh Oh, I need help

So I was in doing homework in the office and little miss someone got into trouble. All I heard was "uh oh, I need help" and this is what I found.

The new paint I got for her the other day is gone, as well my address book which she decided to pour it on.

Poor girl was so upset!

Our New Toy

We bought a fun new toy from our friend Jen. The kids both really love it.

Ashley is getting really good at pushing Ben and he loves every minute of it.

Painting

I went to pick up of some office supplies today because they are super cheap for back to school. I was in the Crayola aisle and saw some paint and thought it could be fun. So I picked it and some paintbrushes up and put Ashley to work creating my first paintings to hang on the fridge .
She had a fun time of it and honestly didn't make too much of a mess. So I thought I would share them with everyone! I also bought a bunch of Crayola markers too cause they were only 88 cents a pack. So that will be another fun project for a different day.

6 month check up

I took Ben for his 6 month check up and he is 20lbs and 28 inches long. She said he is doing well and is very strong. He is meeting all the milestones so far except not much in the field of babbling. He does lots of squeals and shrieks but not babbling.

Mike left for WA state at 5 am this morning to go and visit his mom and grandma before he deploys in Sept.

My finals are on the 24th so my posting will be scarce until then! But I will try!

4th of July...well, the 3rd actally

We went to Roma's Pizza parking on on the 3rd to light of fireworks. We got there early because every other time we have gone it has been really crowded. Umm, well not this time! We were the only ones for a long time and then one other family showed up just before we were packing up and heading home.



Ashley was so excited to see the fireworks. Mike would light one off and she would have the next one already picked out.



She liked the ground blooms the best!



Here we are watching the show. Well the early stuff.



The only bad thing is because we were the only "fresh meat" there when the sunset the skeeters were awful!!! And I mean AWFUL!!!!! The next morning we realized Ashley had close to 30 bites on her face! Yikes. Ben made out with only 3 bites.

The community picnic

The community picnic was fun although there wasn't a whole lot for the little kids to do. Ashley really enjoyed watching the older kids play on the inflatable water slide.

She got soaked and was walking funny. It was so cute to see! She also got to have watermelon but that didn't compare to the excitement at the water slide.

We miss you Burman Family!

I watched T's kids while the movers packed them out. It was great to have one last chance to let the kiddos play. Although Ashley keeps asking for Kamdyn to come over for dinner or night night.


The girls all decided it was so hot they needed to lay down and rest so they made a big bed on the floor and rested.



Bailey and Kamdyn loved our bouncy horse. They kept playing on it all afternoon.

We will miss you guys!!!

Turtle River Picnic

So we managed to take advantage of the wonderful weather lately about a week and a half ago and packed up a picnic lunch to eat at Turtle River state park. We had a blast. We walked some trails, drove around, picked a spot and had lunch! It was quite fun.


Ashley really enjoyed the chance to run freely without mommy yelling, "stay in the yard" "too far" "Ashely....". She was able to pick up sticks and run and overall had a great time!

I think we picked the wrong stroller to bring along as some of the places were quite bumpy. Oh well!

As we are not the most outdoorsy people we did have a little problem with bugs while we were eating our lunch. We made it pretty quite and planned for next time to do all the prep at home instead of there!

Oh and a quick update on Mike. He is doing better. He's back at work but is still pretty sore. He is not taking his meds at work because they make him really sleepy. But overall he's doing better.

Ouch!

Yesterday Mike tore a muscle in his back while stretching. He had just woken up and stretched while laying down and heard it tear. We couldn't get seen on base so after 2+ hours of waiting for a nurse to call back I called furiously and got him a referral downtown. He was so bad he couldn't sit nor lay down so he was stuck standing in one spot.

The doctor at urgent care diagnosed him with a severe muscle strain and prescribed a crap load of meds. Now we have another dr. appointment today on base so they can see him and decide if he needs to be on a profile or light duty. Duh the poor guy can't drive because he can't turn his head. Hopefully they understand how much pain he is in. This is so not fun!

Rain, Rain, Go Away!

Okay, so here are the pictures of the rain that caused our basement to flood for the 4th or 5th time this season.

I have to call housing now because the drywall they put up the day before (yes, just one day before) is now molding again. I think I am going to have them cut off a couple inches off the bottom to make it so it doesn't happen again.

I honestly have not seen this much rain since the time Ellen and I were heading to a meeting on base and the roads were so flooded we had to turn around in the church parking lot.

"winni pooh"

So all day Ashley has been asking for her "winni pooh" which I thought meant her pooh bear. Nope, I was so wrong! About 5 this evening I realized she was asking for her swimming pool. She was so upset when I said no because of the time and the weather. Poor girl, next sunny day for sure.

Pool time!

We finally broke out the plastic pool this week. Ashley loved it. I filled it in the morning (only a couple inches) and after her nap it was almost like bath water. The only bad thing were the skeeters! Yuck I hate those things.


Ben loved watching Ashley splash around in the pool. He started giggling when she was trying to stand on her head....didn't catch a picture of that one, darn it.





My aunt Vickie gave us this chair on our last visit home. It is perfect for the kiddos. Two cup holders and a neato little pouch for extra stuff below. Ashley loves sitting in it in the house.



So we have tried peaches, carrots, mixed cereal, and grape juice and he likes them all! And best of all he actually drank the grape juice from a bottle. I am hoping he will get used to the bottle that way and maybe one of these days I can actually get a sitter without worrying about him going hungry....

The latest Air Force Aid Society Scholarship Recipient

Whoo hoo! I just got a letter in the mail stating that I was selected for a $2,000 scholarship from the Air Force Aid Society. Now between my financial aid and scholarships all of my schooling should be covered! What a relief. I actually forgot that I applied for this scholarship so it was really surprising to get that envie in the mail! My bachelors might finally become a reality!