Well, I thought I would update my poor blog since Dan has been gone all weekend and I can't sleep. I've been tired all day and as soon as 9:00 hit I caught my second wind I think I'm gonna be up all night! Dan has been gone the last few days and doesn't get back until late Sunday night. They are having their Army Spring Training and were suppose to go to Ft. Lewis, but because of the snow and the bad passes they stayed in town and are training at Seven Mile.
So, we have lots of exciting news! We finally know kinda what Dan will be doing and where we will be going. We know he is in the Medical Corp, but we don't know what his exact job will be yet. It was his first branch choice, so he is pretty excited. He leaves for training on June 10 and will be gone until right before Christmas. Liz and I will be staying in Spokane because she will be starting kindergarten and Dan will be at 3 different Posts during that 6 months. We are going to miss him so much. The last two days have been hard, so I don't know how 6 months will be. I figure if Kate can do it and be pregnant, than Liz and I can do it, too!
Anyway, Dan will be commissioned as a 2LT in the Army on Friday, May 8 and then he will graduate on Sunday, May 10. We love for as much as our family to be there as possible so let me know if you need more details! I believe the commissioning starts at 5 at Gonzaga.
After Dan finishes all his training, we are headed off to lovely.....
Fort Bragg, North Carolina. We are sad to be going so far away from home, but are excited for the adventure, too. We have never been to the East Coast and there is so much history in that part of the country. He is attached to the 82nd Airborne, which is a really hard to get. It feels really good to actually have a time line and a plan of action.
On to other things. We had the Military Ball in February. My mom made my dress and I just LOVED it! The lighting on these pictures is really bad and I haven't scanned in the official picture yet, but I have lots of people asking to see pictures so I thought I would post these anyway. I love how the camera ads like ten pounds to you. I totally don't feel like my face is that round! So, try and ignore the double chin and my glaring white arm, and just admire the fabulous job my mom did on my dress and how handsome Dan looks in his uniform....and my sweet red heels that Jayson hooked me up with!
We had a really great night. The food was delicious and we had the biggest slices of chocolate cake you have ever seen....we are talking Costco sized cake slices. Yum! Dan had to do Color Guard (presenting of the flags). He was nervous about it for days, but he did just perfect. He says he messed up once, but I didn't notice. He is more of a perfectionist than me!
Lets see...Lizzie got her shots for Kindergarten. She did so awesome! She tried to be so brave and not cry. The nurse finally told her it was okay to cry and she just grabbed on to me and let it all out! When they are babies you just give them a bottle after shots and they are fine. When they are older they want to know why mom is letting the nurse hurt them. I felt so bad. She perked right up when she found out she could get 4 stickers instead of the normal 1. She also thought it was pretty cool that she was braver than Uncle Dave when he got his shots. He took off running down the hall and grandma had to chase him!
Before Shots (we brought Sherry Bear for support and stopped by Build-A-Bear for a new outfit when we were all done):
And later that night:
Liz had a St. Patrick's Party at school that she had tons of fun at. They played games, made crafts and ate lots of green food that she wasn't too sure about!
She has started to learn to read and write at school, so her new favorite thing to do is to have me write things down that she tells me for her to copy. She spent an entire evening on this one. In case 1 sign wasn't enough, she created 4 and added a red feather boa across the door. We have so many boys to keep out of her room, you know! (Don't ya love how little kids write! It is so darn cute!)
We got to see the Easter Bunny last week, too. We were the only ones there so it was really nice. She was being silly and decided she was scared and took off running down the mall. I had the pleasure of chasing after her in heals. I finally got her to sit next to him and she snuggled up to him and took the cutest picture. I need to get it scanned so I can post. Here are a few after shots, though. Grandma made her cute dress.
And finally, she looked so cute and grown up on Sunday that we had a little impromptu photo shoot. As long as I let her pick the place and the post, she will let me take as many pictures as I want, which is a nice change from the last 4 years where it was liking pulling teeth to get her to sit still and take a picture.
I think that is about all I can think of for now. Liz does have another loose tooth, so I'm sure there will be some news in the near future about that. Everyone have a fabulous Sunday!
Ohh, I almost forgot. The new stuff I created was released at
The Shabby Shoppe today and Shabby Princess did a fabulous job creating samples with all the albums and treat wrappers. Check it out! These were my favorite and I can't wait to make them to hand out for easter. I designed it all with SP's kits, but haven't actually printed anything out and assembled it yet.
I also did this layout a couple weeks ago using
Kim Hill's Sibling Rivalry Kit.
Love Ya Chel!
Today was Lizzie's very last day of preschool. I managed to make it through the day without crying, but I did tear up a couple times. I cry at everything, so I'm sure that isn't a big surprise. They had a swim day and got to wear their swimsuits (hence the swimsuit shopping from yesterday). They had a couple wading pools set up and the sprinklers going. Liz said "it was so fun and they even got popsicles, but I had a pushup because I haven't had one in a long time and it was like the Scooby Doo ones we had but they weren't the same. It was so good and tasted just like fruit!" She said it just like that too. She talks as fast as her mom when she gets excited about something! I wanted to get the teachers a gift they could use and not have to store, so Liz and I made them a Family Movie Night Bucket with popcorn and movie candy and a gift card to a local rental store. I loved how it turned out and wanted to keep it! It weighted about 10 pounds by the time were done and Liz was so excited she lugged thing down the entire stairs to her class!
She has started to learn to read and write at school, so her new favorite thing to do is to have me write things down that she tells me for her to copy. She spent an entire evening on this one. In case 1 sign wasn't enough, she created 4 and added a red feather boa across the door. We have so many boys to keep out of her room, you know! (Don't ya love how little kids write! It is so darn cute!)
We got to see the Easter Bunny last week, too. We were the only ones there so it was really nice. She was being silly and decided she was scared and took off running down the mall. I had the pleasure of chasing after her in heals. I finally got her to sit next to him and she snuggled up to him and took the cutest picture. I need to get it scanned so I can post. Here are a few after shots, though. Grandma made her cute dress.
And finally, she looked so cute and grown up on Sunday that we had a little impromptu photo shoot. As long as I let her pick the place and the post, she will let me take as many pictures as I want, which is a nice change from the last 4 years where it was liking pulling teeth to get her to sit still and take a picture.
I think that is about all I can think of for now. Liz does have another loose tooth, so I'm sure there will be some news in the near future about that. Everyone have a fabulous Sunday! 
