Friday, January 31, 2014
A little more GLITTER
Sunday, January 26, 2014
Guns or Glitter
We invite you to make your guess in the comments and look forward to sharing the big reveal with you all on Friday!
Picture Post
All of us are doing well. I get to see Mia via FaceTime about once a day and Zed says it's too sad so he sees her via FaceTime or Hangouts on the weekends. School is going well for me, the first test is this coming Thursday and Zed is keeping busy studying for his next plane since he's done flying. We have been told that Mia has grown out of all the pants we sent her with...about to go shopping!
Enjoy the pictures and we find out if it will be more pink or some new blue on Friday!
Wednesday, January 22, 2014
A Family Separated
Mia is currently in Allen, MD enjoying 4in of powdery snow. She is doing well for my parents and we are so thankful that she is an easy going kid. When we FaceTime she lights up and wants to hold the phone, iPad, computer which usually results in her attempting to hit the end button. Mia has become best friends with Libby, my parents dog and is learning what gentle means. When I get pictures I'll them put up.
Zed has completed all of his flights for Phase II and is now studying up for Phase III and completing little tasks around the squadron. I was able to leave him with a large lasagna, some pork chops and chicken breasts. He should have some sort of food until I get home in 8 days.
I have started class...it is very low stress. Class goes from 6:00-3:00 and we have a two hour lunch. I'm the class safety officer so on weekends I track who is traveling and if anyone gets hurt I file the paperwork. Out of the 21 people in my class, I'm the 4th highest ranking and the person with the most on the job experience. I know I'll still learn a lot, but I'm more excited to make connections and learn how the guard does things, half of my class is guard and the other half is active duty.
As we learn how to be a family separated, we rely heavily on FaceTime and Hangouts. In today's world, we've learned that a quick call or a picture through a text makes being apart a lot easier. Though this is not the ideal situation, it is nice to know that as Zed and I's careers progress there will be more time apart and technology will make that easier.
The next post will probably be a picture post and the following will be announcing if we're having a boy or girl!
Zed has completed all of his flights for Phase II and is now studying up for Phase III and completing little tasks around the squadron. I was able to leave him with a large lasagna, some pork chops and chicken breasts. He should have some sort of food until I get home in 8 days.
I have started class...it is very low stress. Class goes from 6:00-3:00 and we have a two hour lunch. I'm the class safety officer so on weekends I track who is traveling and if anyone gets hurt I file the paperwork. Out of the 21 people in my class, I'm the 4th highest ranking and the person with the most on the job experience. I know I'll still learn a lot, but I'm more excited to make connections and learn how the guard does things, half of my class is guard and the other half is active duty.
As we learn how to be a family separated, we rely heavily on FaceTime and Hangouts. In today's world, we've learned that a quick call or a picture through a text makes being apart a lot easier. Though this is not the ideal situation, it is nice to know that as Zed and I's careers progress there will be more time apart and technology will make that easier.
The next post will probably be a picture post and the following will be announcing if we're having a boy or girl!
Monday, January 20, 2014
The first few days
Below is a note from my mom on Mia's first few hours/day with them.
Well,
Here we are - one full day with Mia under our belt and Abby and I are no worse for the wear. Mia woke up Saturday night (sun early AM) a lot… But, it was a new house, new crib and she had been in the car and plane a lot. She looked at me each time I came in to hold her and was perplexed….. Stared for a minute trying to figure out who I was as she seemed to be expecting her mother. Abby got up with her a lot too. She was wonderful. Sunday brought a much better day. We played, ate a good breakfast of carrots and cheerios, played with the kitchen. She took a grand 1.5 hour long nap. Ate well and enjoyed. We walked outside and enjoyed the cold.
We went to Kate and Ron’s and had a lovely birthday party for 10 year old Sarah! Mia was very well behaved, smiled cutely at the old ladies, and cooed, laughed and enjoyed. She ate lasagne and LOVED IT! We then drove home - She was done… tired of being in the car. Screamed the last 30 minutes, so we put on Barney. Dear me… we buy a large SUV so we can watch Barney with out granddaughter!
We made is home successfully learning about manners and singing “I love you…. You love me….” How does a big purple dinosaur have such control over the youth of today?
We had dinner at Grannys. Mia loved the cat, Simon and played with Granny’s tupperware while Simon watched.
We had a fun bath in Granny’s tub after dinner of pot roast, sweet potatoes and carrots. She went to bed at 8:30 and slept most of the night.
She loves Libby and Libby is her new BFF. She got up at 0630 this AM. We played kitchen, walked around the house, read some stories and had a grand morning. She has a picture book with your pictures, Zed’s parents, and Abby in it. She loves looking at it and squeals every time she sees the pictures of you and Zed. Its adorable. A tribute to the amazing parents you are.
She is now up in her crib, reading, lying on her side, chatting…. She finished a bottle and I thought she would sleep… Nope, just playing…… (Alas, as I write this I hear her snoring!)
We have 6 inches of snow forecasted for tomorrow! She and Pappy should have some fun!
I miss you and love you. We will take lots of pics of the snow tomorrow!:)
Mom!
Here we are - one full day with Mia under our belt and Abby and I are no worse for the wear. Mia woke up Saturday night (sun early AM) a lot… But, it was a new house, new crib and she had been in the car and plane a lot. She looked at me each time I came in to hold her and was perplexed….. Stared for a minute trying to figure out who I was as she seemed to be expecting her mother. Abby got up with her a lot too. She was wonderful. Sunday brought a much better day. We played, ate a good breakfast of carrots and cheerios, played with the kitchen. She took a grand 1.5 hour long nap. Ate well and enjoyed. We walked outside and enjoyed the cold.
We went to Kate and Ron’s and had a lovely birthday party for 10 year old Sarah! Mia was very well behaved, smiled cutely at the old ladies, and cooed, laughed and enjoyed. She ate lasagne and LOVED IT! We then drove home - She was done… tired of being in the car. Screamed the last 30 minutes, so we put on Barney. Dear me… we buy a large SUV so we can watch Barney with out granddaughter!
We made is home successfully learning about manners and singing “I love you…. You love me….” How does a big purple dinosaur have such control over the youth of today?
We had dinner at Grannys. Mia loved the cat, Simon and played with Granny’s tupperware while Simon watched.
We had a fun bath in Granny’s tub after dinner of pot roast, sweet potatoes and carrots. She went to bed at 8:30 and slept most of the night.
She loves Libby and Libby is her new BFF. She got up at 0630 this AM. We played kitchen, walked around the house, read some stories and had a grand morning. She has a picture book with your pictures, Zed’s parents, and Abby in it. She loves looking at it and squeals every time she sees the pictures of you and Zed. Its adorable. A tribute to the amazing parents you are.
She is now up in her crib, reading, lying on her side, chatting…. She finished a bottle and I thought she would sleep… Nope, just playing…… (Alas, as I write this I hear her snoring!)
We have 6 inches of snow forecasted for tomorrow! She and Pappy should have some fun!
I miss you and love you. We will take lots of pics of the snow tomorrow!:)
Mom!
Sunday, January 19, 2014
Friday, January 17, 2014
Last Day
Well, today is our last day as a family in one spot until the end of March. For those of you who didn't know, I'm going away for a 10wk training to Biloxi, MS. The daycare here can't take her and Zed is not allowed to be a single dad while in pilot training so she's going to her grandparents.
Tomorrow I fly her to Maryland for her to spend the first 5wks with my parents and then she'll make the trip across the country to spend the last 5wks with Zed's parents in Oregon. She'll come home the last week of March and I will come home a few days later.
As I sit here packing up her stuff for almost 3mo a ton of thoughts are running through my mind. I will miss her first birthday, miss her first glass of milk without formula, miss her last time crawling, miss her first run, miss her growing out of her 9mo clothes. I also think about how big she'll be when she gets home, how much fun she'll have with her grandparents, how she'll ride her first horse, and how she'll come back speaking real words.
The most important thing I've thought about is how lucky Zed and I are to having an amazing family who are willing to foster our crazy beautiful little girl while we further our careers in the Air Force. I don't know of many people who have such a strong support system let alone being comfortable enough to send our daughter to both families for such an extended amount of time.
We will miss Mia and saying goodbye will be the hardest thing we've had to do as parents, but the reunion in March will be one of the best days and one that will be highly looked forward to.
I'll make sure to get pictures constantly and post updates as they happen. Please keep our parents in your thoughts and prayers as they become parents to a toddler again.
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