I took the kids to the dentist today. Some things amaze me. How come Tre is a nightmare when he gets his hair cut, but an angel when the dentist scraps his teeth? How come William is an angel at his hair cut and a nightmare at the dentist?

Both of their teeth are in great shape. She LOVES Tre's "gappy" teeth. I am hopeful his permanent teeth won't be as straggly as mine. I am in no denial that both kids will have to have braces, I'm just hopeful he won't be as bad as mine. William, on the other hand, does not have "gappy" teeth, so I am not as hopeful.

We put a deposit on an apartment this week. It's right by my parents house. My dad can pick us up on their golf cart so that we can go to my mom's for dinner or to use their pool or what not. That'll be nice. It's right by their school too and comes with a free gym membership and community pool. I think we'll be fine there. It's so sad to move there alone without Jack, but I guess it's better than being in this house and city alone, right?

We listed our house for sale this week. The pictures have been up on the MLS for one day and no leads. I know I shouldn't expect much, but I can't help but OBSESS over it. I listed it on www.militarybyowner.com today, so maybe we'll get lucky with a buyer or a military renter before too long. The realtor said that the military is your best bet because they tend to get home loans more than most people who apply.

I've been nauseous for about a week. I got sick on Sunday (really sick) and haven't been physically since, but I can't rid the nauseous feeling (and NO I am not pregnant). I don't know if I am still slightly sick or just letting all the nerves and stress get to me. I'm drinking a well deserved margarita now. Hopefully, that'll be a short term solution to the nerves and stress!

Please Warm Up!

It's been a cold and rainy winter for us! This weekend we got a bit of Spring weather and I took advantage of it by taking the boys outside to play. William learned to climb the rock wall and the ladder so it made it more enjoyable for me!!!!

Things we've done this weekend with the help of my wonderful parents:

1. Finished painting the bathroom.

2. Painted the master bedroom.

3. Pressured washed the whole house (including the drive way and slab in our backyard where the storage shed sits)

4. Painted the kids bedroom.

5. Painted the back door.

6. Painted the front door.

7. Freshened up the landscaping.

8. Spot cleaned the carpets.

9. Wiped down ALL the wood work.

10. Put in quarter round on the master bath and guest bath floors

11. Painted the quarter round.

12. Changed the light bulb in the fan that is in our cathedral tall ceiling (I wouldn't have included this, but it was WAY harder than you think). It took me, my dad, and Jack to do this job, and it wasn't a quick one either.

13. Dusted, mopped, and vacuumed every room in the house.

14. Cleaned out all of the closets and donated to Goodwill.

Whew! I am tired just thinking about it. I have a terrible blister on my hand to prove my hard work too! Pictures to come soon!

P.S. At least I am less stressed about getting it all done, so I can mark that off my "stressed" list!

Career changes

So Jack left yesterday to go to the Service Academy Career Conference in Savanah. It's kind of like a job fair for people who went to a Service Academy. There were 59 companies there (including Microsoft, Amazon, Lockhead Martin... just to name a few), so it was a great opportunity for Jack to get his foot in the door into the civilian work environment. He obviously won't be getting a job a year in advance, but he was glad he went for networking purposes and to build his own confidence in these little "mini-interviews" since he never had to actually interview in his adult life!

He ran into a guy he graduated from the Academy with (he's gotten passed for promotion twice also for an incident 10 years ago... the Navy sure does know how to hold on to things) and they got to talking. Jack told him that he was going to Afganistan, even though we expected to be out in January for lack of promotion. He informed Jack that by law they have to send you back 90 days before your exit date. That would mean Jack would have be home sometime in November (depending on when we find out that he didn't get promoted). I find it pointless to send someone to Afganistan for 4 months. All that training, all that money to train him and move us and send him would be wasted! Jack is going to talk to his training officers to see if that is actually true and if it is that he might not be promoted (and probably won't be) and will need to be sent home. It'll be interesting to see what happens. I be they say, "but you MIGHT be promoted!" HA! I think after 3 looks, the odds of him getting promoted on the 4th are slim! Things change daily in military life so it'll be interesting to see what really happens at the end of all this. Regardless I hope that 90 day rule really is true because it'll make the transition to civilian life a little less abrupt!

bed update

So the kids went fast asleep and we didn't hear another peep until 7:30! I reminded Tre to try not to have an accident before he went to bed and he said, "NO WAY! I won't have an accident on my Transformer sheets!" Sure enough, he didn't! YAY! This morning when they woke up Tre's first statement was, "Can I take a nap today on the top bunk with my Transformer sheets?" Considering this child hasn't napped in almost a year, I think this is a small miracle. I am sure he won't, but the fact that he actually asked is a miracle in itself. We are so happy that at least that transition went smoothly!

Oh! Today is William's birthday and when I asked what he wanted to do today he said, "Wear UNDIES!!" I wish!

My Baby is 2!

Tomorrow is William's birthday but we did a little something tonight since tomorrow is a work day (even though we found out today that Jack has off tomorrow... o'well.) We decided to do it low key with everything going on and it was perfect. We took the kids to McD's and Frankie and Roger came with Leona and John Parker. They played for a while and then we came home for cake and presents. I love this video of us singing to him because when we say his name he gets a big smile. I can hardly believe my precious William is two.

Big Boy Beds

So William is turning two tomorrow, so I thought now was as good a time as any to try to get him to sleep in the bottom bunk and move Tre up to the top bunk. I didn't know who to be more worried about....William moving to a "big boy" bed or Tre moving to the top.

William took a nap in the big bed and did great. He got out of his bed once to say he needed to pee. Not because he had to, but because that is Tre's routine... to go to bed and immediately run to the door to say he needs to potty. Jack put him back in bed and that was the end of that. Yay for William.

While William was napping I took Tre to the store to pick out new sheets to get him excited about sleeping at the top. He picked out the most hideous Transformer sheets you have ever seen, but thankfully, he has a plain red bed spread to cover them up :) We got William some Cars sheets and he loved them too!

Tonight we had a small celebration for William's birthday. Frankie and Roger and their two kiddos came to McD's with us and then we came home for presents and cake. They had fun and we were all playing with William's new train track when Tre, all of the sudden proclaimed that he wanted to go to bed and wanted the lights off. What hospitality on his part... John Parker was still playing in there! Anyway, they took that as their cue to leave and Tre was so excited about his new bed all tucked in before they even walked out of the door.

They are still up there chatting up a storm but we are letting them be excited about their new beds. In a bit we'll go up there and get them to calm down.

Here is a video of them having a little fun with Jack. By the way, we have two video cameras up there so that we can see both.