I'll be home for Christmas!

Okay peeps... tomorrow is travel day! We are braving the traveling crowds and taking a let-me-do-it-but-I-still-want-you-to-hold-me nine-month-old on a pair of flights cross country that should take about eight hours. Of course that's just from departure to landing. Really it's an hour+ to the airport where we are supposed to arrive hours early and then there will be collecting bagage and an hour's drive on the other end... so more like twelve hours worth of travel. Okay Mommies who have done it, any advice? At least say a prayer for us!

We are headed for the land of the dreaded Dial-Up Internet. That's right, my mom still has dial-up. So posts will be fewer and farther in between. Sorry. I know you will miss me and all. ;) We wish you a very Happy Hanukkah this weekend and a Merry Christmas next week, heck while we're at it, Happy New Year too! We'll be sure to post pictures soon.

Catch you on the flip side.

What a day!

It's not even 2:00 yet and we have had a very busy morning. It all started with yogurt for breakfast. Yes, I realize her hair is in her eyes.
Then there was the half an hour of crying because someone did not want to take their nap.... This is the colapsed-on-the-stuffed-animals pose that is getting to be pretty popular around here.

Next up on our list of things to do today, make a liar out of mommy. This is what happened when Lily went for the tree and pulled off a bright red apple, I think she really thought she could eat it. Nope, just paint all over the face. (Note the lovely bruise under her left eye... there was a fight with the coffee table a few days ago.)

Ah, time for some chores. Laundry anyone? Look familiar? How many of you Mommies are smiling and nodding?

And then for the really fun stuff, Lil and I in our matching aprons, whipping up a batch of gingerbread. She just went down for her afternoon nap, so we will have to cut them out and bake them later, but we'll be sure to post pics.

Lights

We went for a walk this evening, all bundled up, to see Christmas Lights. Lil wasn't all that impressed. I think she was confused being outside when it was dark.

Our house is not super fantastic or anything, but we did put up lights. :) They are a little straight for my liking, but when you use gutter-clips this is what you get:



And Lily loves to look at our tree. She has been super good about not touching it... I think I only pulled her away from it once. Look out Gramma, that must mean she is waiting for your tree!

OH! and before I forget... Lily is nine months old today!! Time flies. :)

Whatever keeps her happy

... sometimes it is all about whatever keeps her happy...

Santa Baby

We decorated for Christmas in the Barracks a couple of days ago. A bunch of us ladies from the FRG got together and put up a tree and some bows and the like to make the "dayroom" look nice for the single soldiers. Lily, of course, had to dress for the event:

I know I am so totally biased, but she is So Stinking Cute!

Hahahahah!

Oh My Goodness! My cheeks and ribs hurt from laughing. I can't believe it actually happened... I guess I knew it could... I never really thought about it.

But it did...

Jacob got a new 1st Sargent today and you'll never believe what his name is.....

Captain White and 1st Sargent Black.


okay... so I'm being a little silly, but that strikes me as so FUNNY! You know, like Major Major. :D

Bummed

So I was looking forward to making my new blog background for Christmas. I stole many precious moments when Lil wasn't looking, and enjoyed learning more about my Photoshop, crafting away a new background. And, as usual, I went to photobucket to upload my image file so I could link it to the blog. Apparently photobucket has recently decided to charge membership for those who wish to have files that large hosted on their site. :( All that work for nothing....

So instead, I popped over to thecutestblogontheblock.com to find a premade background. If you dropped in yesterday it was quite red around here... too much for me. So today I am trying again with a premade in green.

In my own little perfect world it would have looked like this:

There, now all that work wasn't for nothing!

Off topic... I did manage to figure out how I screwed up the whole comments thing... they seem to be working fine, once again. :)