Our Playdate

Well to start.......sorry I didn't post pics of the house done like I said I would. Actually I did go and take pics, but the spare room still wasn't completely done and the picture weren't hung on Alexis' wall. This weekend we finished the rooms so now I want to take pictures of it actually done=) But haven't gotten around to taking them, but they will be up soon.

We had a fun day yesterday. I am apart of playgroup here in Fort Bliss, and i swear it is as much for the mommies as it for the babies. This play date was called a meet and greet and it is where all the new mommies who join the group can come and meet everyone. I actually brought a new mommy, so I felt proud of myself=)
Alexis did okay. She has been really clingy to me when we do these play dates. She does great when she goes to daycare, but if Cal and I are there, she just clings to us for dear life. I hoping she'll won't always be like that. She did loosen up a little bit. When we first got there she just laid on my chest (which she will not do at home) for about 45 minutes. She then was playing with one of the other mommies for a little bit. I don't give her sweets at home, but she was digging all over M&M's and a little cupcake. No wonder she was so wild when we got home=)
Being she was being a little poop at the play date I did get some pics of her at the house with her Halloween costume on. I was amazed she kept her headband on. I never but headbands on her when she was an infant and she hates hats on her, but I managed to sneak it on her head.

Her whiskers are a little crooked, but I did the best i could with a wiggling child

She doesn't look too happy
Helping Mommy try and get a fly that got in the house
Alexis at the play date. She looks so thrilled to be there=)

Well that is all that is going on here. We are preparing for my mom to come into town this weekend. She'll be there so Cal and I can go out a coupe nights and then she'll be here to watch Alexis for me while I am at the hospital for Cal's surgery and recovery. I am so grateful she was able to come out. But she just wants to come and play with Alexis=)

Moved In

We are finally moved in!
Wow, what a crazy week. Well we had to move some stuff this weekend and I am so glad we did. We had to move all of our plants, fish tank, food, and the bathroom stuff. The movers packed up all of our stuff on Monday and then pickedit up and delivered on Tuesday. I hate living out of boxes, so by Wednesday afternoon we had completely packed all of the boxes. I will post up some pics later today. Cal even got most of the pictures hung. We had to order one picture online for above the tv. The pics we had didn't work so we found an awesome website and ordered one for the odd space. Alexis did great during the move. I was a little ticked becuase there was mix up at her daycare, I had scheduled her for the whole week to be there so we could just concentrate on moving, but for some reason our reservation was not in. Oh well, we did it and she did as good as a 15 month old could do.
Well I am going to go back to my morning coffee and after Alexis wakes up, I'll get pics of the house mostly put together and post them

What A Week!

Well I promised myself I would keep up on this, and I did have to slack this past week. With a good reason though. So here is the highlight=)

My Back:
So Sunday before last, i woke up in the middle of the night laying flat on my back, normally I sleep on my side, and my lower back was really sore. I though maybe I just slept wrong and it will be better by morning. Oh No......It just got worse and worse all day long. When I woke up on Monday, I could barely move. Alexis woke up and I was a little worried. I managed to get her out of her crib, but almost dropped her. It scared the crap out of me. No position I was in made it feel any better. And if I turned slightly, my legs would go out on me. So I called Cal and he came home from work, got Alexis ready, and took me to the ER. They didn't have a normal doc appt until this week. Six hours later, I finally see the dr and they gave me a shot in my back and a ton of pills. I hate taking those pills becuase they knock me out, but luckily Cal was able to get a few days off so I could take the pills and relax. I am still sore and at my follow up appointment the doc told me to either try Yoga or do physical therapy. So I guess I am going to Yoga now. Hope I don't fart when I am in those interesting positions=)

Alexis:
My poor child is about to drive me crazy. I think she has been teething for the last week and a half, but since then she has aquired this high pitch whine/cry. And all she wants to do is be held. Not sitting in my lap while I am sitting, oh no, I must hold her while I am standing. If she only weighed 10 lbs. that might be fine, but dang, my arm feels like it is going to fall off. But I guess that is apart of being a parent=)

Our House:
We will be moved next Tuesday. But I think i want to strangle my leasing agent. This has been the most unprofessional business i have ever dealt with and I can't wait until we sign the house and be done with her. Unfortunately, she is the only leasing agent that deals with our housing area, so I have no one else to go to. I have kept my cool with her right now, but who knows how long that is going to last. Cal said she must be sleeping with one of the higher ups and that is the reason she gets away with so much crap.

On a light note:
This little girl cracked me up today. I took Alexis to the little park at our apartment complex and there was this little 4 year old there named Selena. She was telling me her life story=) Unsure of where her parents were, but that is another topic. Anyways, Alexis nose was running and the little girl was like your baby is sick. I looked at Alexis, saw the snot, and wiped it off. The little girl had a look of disgust and said "OOOhhhh she is Nasty" Kids say the darndest things

Some Pictures from this week:

She can be so happy

Her look just cracks me up


A Priceless Picture

Our New House

Well we got into base housing. Cal and I decided that we were going to either try and rent a house or get into base housing when Alexis turned 1 so we could have more room and a backyard for her. Well here is our house that we got on base. Pretty nice for Base housing, huh? it is 3 bedrooms and 2 1/2 baths.
Cal is trying to retire out of El Paso, so this should be our home for about 4-5 years.

Front

Garage and side of house

Part of backyard and patio

Backdoor and patio

other side of back yard

Kitchen (to the right of the kitchen is a hallway with a desk area, laundry area, storage closet and the 1/2 bath

dining room area and front door
living room

hallway (with 2 sotarge closets)

Spare room
Alexis' room
Spare bathroom
Our bedroom closet=)

I didn't take a pic of our bedroom and master bath. Should look a lot better once our stuff gets moved in and we decorate.

A Day at the Park

So we decided to head to the park yesterday. It was our first adventure to the park since Alexis has been walking. She had a blast.
I was a little worried at first with her walking with her shoes on. Alexis has never worn shoes before she could walk. When she started walking I decided to put shoes on her and my goodness she hated them. She would just stnad there and not even move. I was so suprised that she just took off walking and trying to run in her shoes when we got to the park=)

She loves the swing

Chillin'
Mommy and Alexis
"What is this stuff under my feet?"
"I'm still not sure what to do"
Daddy and Mango
"Ooooh, this is a big slide"
"Weeeee!" Sliding with Daddy

Alexis Carol

Born: June 21, 2007 @ 3:08 am

William Beaumont Army Medical Center in El Paso, TX

7 lbs 14 oz and 19 inches

1 day old, first day home

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1 Year Old!

Who We Are

Our blog title Says it all!

Cal and I met in Novemeber of '03. I say it was love at first sight. From the moment we met, everything just clicked. We met while we were both in Port Angeles, WA. I was working as the Office Manager at an Assisted Living and he was the Army recruiter in town. No, he wasn't recruiting me. We actually met through my roommates brother, whom Cal had put in the Army. We lived in sin for a while and married in Port Angeles on the water on July 16, 2005.

Shortly after that he got orders and we moved to El Paso (Fort Bliss), TX. And we absolutely love it here. We knew we wanted a child and tried for almost a year after moving here. I found out I was pregnant in the fall of '06 and then Cal deployed for 14 months to Iraq=(

We had a beautiful little girl named Alexis Carol on June 21, 2007. Fortunately, he was able to come home for a week after she was born and then came home for good in Dec when she was 6 months old.

So now we are just living life with our fun-loving one-year old and making the best of everything that comes our way