Yep, we made it... almost a month ago! Things are still pretty crazy and we are living among boxes but I can thankfully say that we made it safely and the move went smoothly, for the most part. We really like our new house and things are beginning to take shape and it's starting to feel like home. We love having a yard although it's so stinkin' hot that I doubt we'll be playing in it much this summer. Oh, yeah, one thing we DON'T like is this blazing heat and humidity. I thought I could handle this climate. The places I've lived the longest were Pensacola and Virginia Beach, both on the coast and both very hot and humid so I thought I would be OK here. Well, I was wrong. This heat and humidity doesn't EVEN compare to FL and VA! It's on a completely different level. When I came out here to choose a house in May it was pretty dang hot but there was this constant breeze that made it a bit bearable. But, when we stepped out of our car the beginning of this month, we were almost knocked over by the heat. The "breeze" really isn't a relief at all. It just makes things worse. Not only is is hot but the heat is smacking you in the face. I've been told that this is only the beginning... that by August that "breeze" feels like you are standing behind the muffler of a running car! Oh, I did not want to hear that. I asked when Fall starts and I was told there isn't much of one but it starts to cool off a little in November. Wonderful. OK, enough about the weather. Now, on to the mean looking insects and mosquitos. I've never seen such mean looking bugs around here. Mike and I are seeing bugs we've never seen before! We are just waiting for a tarantula to come by for a visit since I hear they are everywhere. Mike actually saw one outside one the buildings on base and he about peed in his pants because he's terrified of spiders (not what you'd think of a fighter pilot, ha!) A girl I talked to said that one day her 18 mo. old daughter came up to her with a scorpian in her hand. Thankfully the exterminator had just come and it was almost dead so it didn't sting her. Yes, we will have an exterminator coming regularly. The fire ants around here will eat you alive and so will the mosquitos. After a rain mosquitos take over this town. And the bites they leave make welts on your skin that take days and days to heal. So, I'm sure you are wondering if I'm ever going to leave the house. The answer is only if I HAVE to. It's a scary place outside of these walls. I feel like I need to look in to special protective clothing to leave the house in! :)
The boys are doing great and have transitioned very well. I've come to realize that kids adjust super easily. We dropped off Grant in Pensacola while we came to close on the house, accept our furniture and start moving in. He stayed for 10 days and we were really worried how he was going to do without us (mainly his Daddy) but he did so well, better than we ever could have expected.
Grant is talking all the time. It's so fun being able to have conversations with him. He has such a fun personality and cracks us up by the things he says. I need to start writing down some of the things he says because I know I'll forget them before I know it. His favorite thing to do these days is push his lawn mower, or as he calls it "wawnmomower", all over the yard. This of course started after watching his Daddy cut the grass for the first time. I also think that Mike had as much fun as Grant did the first time he cut the grass here. Here's a picture. He was just like a kid when he bought the lawn mower and weed eater/ edger. I'm sure the newness will wear off, soon enough. :) We have officially started potty training Grant. Some days are good and some days are not so good. I'm sure I'll post more on that later. This week I started him in a Mother's Day Out Summer program. I was thrilled to get him in, especially since the program started a month ago. He was SO bored here at the house so it's a much needed break for both of us and he's having a great time.
Luke is getting so big. He's 7 months old now and is currently cutting 2 upper teeth. As you can see he's a drool factory. Thankfully the teething isn't keeping him up at night but his naps seem to be a little shorter during the day. He started sitting up on his own the end of his 6th month. He's not showing interest in crawling yet but likes to roll over and over and can manage to move a little bit that way. He loves being in the exersaucer and is loving watching Baby Einstein DVD's these days. Of course his most favorite thing to do is watch his big brother.
I guess that catches you all up a little bit. I just downloaded over 300 pictures from the past few months so I hope to get some posted on my flickr account soon.
*I had planned on putting the pictures throughout my blog but can't seem to do it for some weird reason! Oh well..
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