June 21, 2009

Happy Father's Day Daddy!

We started off our day saying "Happy Father's Day" to Daddy via Skype. It is always wonderful to see Daddy's face! Days like today make us miss our family of four so much more. We're counting down the months/days till Daddy comes home on R&R.


Steve is such an awesome father. His commitment to us is amazing. He loves his kids more then words can describe. Thank you Steve for being such a wonderful example to our kids!


June 18, 2009

Swim Lessons

Isabella started swim lessons this week with her cousin Lydia. The girls are so cute! Isabella has had a slow start getting use to Mr. Dave, her teacher, and being in a big pool without her Daddy. She quite shy and apprehensive around men (which is JUST FINE with Steve and I)! Bless her heart though, she is always willing and ready to go back each day.




June 10, 2009

2, 10, 11

2- the number of months to the day that Steve's been gone

10- the number of months till Steve comes home

11- the number of months my Baby Jack is today

The pennys are getting lower. It's a part of Isabella's nighttime routine to take a penny out of each jar and place them in her bunny bank and Jack's piggy bank. Any, if you forget, she'll remind you!




Jack is 11 months today...that means in one month he'll be a year old! Where has the time gone? He's an amazing baby, but definitely becoming my little boy. He's much more "heavy handed" then Bella ever was. He's already broken some of my mother's Polish Pottery (thank goodness I'm the one who bought it for her years ago). He puts EVERYTHING in his mouth, including grass and dirt outside (Isabella hated even sitting on grass at this age). He has two little teeth on the bottom, and signs of two poking through the top. He loves anything that has wheels (including Bella's baby doll stroller which he flips over to play with the wheels).

He can crawl, but still prefers to "commando" crawl if he wants to get somewhere quickly (especially the dogs water bowl). He can be incredibly silly by playing Peek-a-boo, but also incredibly strong, with the grip of a grown man. He loves playing "How big is Jack" at the dinner table. Most of all, he loves his sister, and his sister loves him (when he's not messing with her things).

He still eats like a champ. He's not too fond of "texture" though. He is now almost solely on whole milk. He likes cheese and his new yogurt as well. His favorite is definitely Gerber Stars and Cheerios.


He loves playing with his musical table









He's able to find his own toys now!






"How big is Jack?"



Isabella is becoming quite the artist!

June 04, 2009

An Amazing Book!

Whenever Steve leaves for the Middle East I always read the same book. I often start feeling sorry for myself around the third or fourth week of his depl*yments, so I read Mayada, Daughter of Iraq by Jean Sasson. It reminds me why we are fighting these wars. I strongly recommend this book!