New Happenings

There's so much going on with us I don't know where to begin! A couple posts ago I told you that we were given orders to Meridian, MS. They were actually "verbal" orders, which come before the written orders but are usually just as reliable as the written ones. WELL, for some reason we happen to fall in the small percentage of people who were given verbals but then told, "sorry, you can't go there, we need you somewhere else." We were actually told that Meridian wouldn't work out late February but we didn't receive our written orders until a couple weeks ago and found out that we will be moving to TX. Yep, TX. We were so looking forward to being just a hop, skip and jump away from our families but nope, we will now be in TX. Actually south TX! Corpus Christi to be exact. Mike will be stationed at a jet base in Kingsville, TX (about a half hour drive from Corpus). As far as housing and shopping goes there is a lot more to choose from in Corpus and most of the instructors live in Corpus. It's nice to finally know and start preparing for the move.... since it will be a short 2 months away!! I will be flying out there by myself to house hunt the middle of May. Mike only has less than 2 weeks left in his squadron and then has a TON of time off. I believe it's like 50 days to be exact. Woo hoo! So, now our focus is on selling this house. Unfortunately the Navy hasn't given us much time at all so we don't have the luxury of waiting for the house to sell at a price we want to sell it for. We put it on the market the end of January and have already had to lower the price 3 times. We hate to do it, but we just have to sell it quickly. Although we were disappointed to find out that we'll be in TX (only because we'll be so far from our families) for the next few years we have heard some good things about Corpus and I know that it will probably turn out to be a great place for our family. We are keeping in mind that God's putting us there for a reason.

Mike got home last Thursday from being gone almost a month. Hallelujah!! It's been wonderful having him home and getting a much needed break. He was able to fly in so we met him at the flight line. I don't know if I've said this before but Grant LOVES airplanes. I wonder why? Anyway, he was in heaven seeing all those jets lined up and waiting for his Daddy. He was a bit speechless and waited so patiently. While all the other kids were running around Grant just stood and watched and waited. So sweet to see. And then he ran out to Mike as he was walking to us. I tried to take a picture of him running but I was clicking and clicking the camera only to realize I hadn't turned it on! Ughh.. So, by the time I turned it on Grant had already reached him.






This is the T-shirt I bought for Grant for the special occasion. I told him once what it said that he did not forget it. It's now his "Daddy super hero" shirt and is his favorite, of course.

On another note... the boys are doing great. Luke turned 5 months old on Monday!! He's finally taking a couple bottles of formula a day so I'm loving the freedom of not having to be the only person who feeds him and occasionally I'm able to leave the house for more than an hour at a time!!! We discovered on Monday evening, after a very fussy day, that Luke is cutting his first tooth. I don't remember Grant having too tough of a time with teething but Luke has turned in to a different baby. Last night he was crying so hard and for so long that Mike was convinced that something else was wrong with him and that we needed to take him to the Doctor. We've been keeping him on Tylenol and loading him up with teething tablets hoping to give him some relief. Today he seems to be better. Thankfully he's taken 2 good naps so far, so that a good sign that he's relaxed.

Grant is so much fun. He's saying new things everyday. He is becoming very independent and we hear "my do it" a lot these days. He also is likes to be silly and is noticing funny things around him. He laughs and says, "my funny" or "mommy funny." He can finally reach the pedals on his tricycle and is loving that. Hopefully this weather will warm up soon so he can be outside and ride it more. I'm complaining about this cold weather now but I know I'm going to be begging for it once we are down in south Texas!! Another one of Grant's favorite things to do is sit in Mike's truck and pretend that he's driving it. Right now they are both napping, a rare occasion, so I better try and get some more things done around here.

Guess that's all, for now!