We're Moving!

We found out on Tuesday that we'll be moving to England this year. The exact timeframe has changed a couple times, but it now appears to be that we'll leave FL in late July. We'll go to Little Rock for Eric's Instructor Pilot School upgrade and then leave for England in September. Although we knew we'd get orders sometime this year, we weren't expecting to have to move until the winter timeframe.  We knew we'd be moving to either England, Japan, or New Mexico...with NM and England being the frontrunners. After getting over the initial shock, we are really excited. Overwhelmed with things to do beforehand, but excited nonetheless. Some people have asked me where in England we're moving, and it's to Mildenhall AFB (which to my understanding is near Cambridge, about an hour north of London). We're looking forward to the travel opportunities and experiencing different cultures. At least we'll be somewhere where they speak English (sort of ...haha). Please pray for our sanity over the next couple months (and anytime for that matter...) 

Here's a link to a map of England if you're interested..

http://www.itraveluk.co.uk/images/maps/england.gif

Funny Quote

After Leah ripped a good one, I teased her about her "stinky farts" and she said,

"I like to do farts all day...from my heinie."

Happy Valentine's Day

Happy Valentine's Day everyone. We're having a low key day here. I put Aine in her "My First V Day" outfit and tried to put Leah in hers, but she would wear nothing but her royal attire. If her princess dress is clean....she is Princess Leah! That is it. I cannot persuade her to wear anything else :) In fact I got her a little wand, tiara and fairy/butterfly wings yesterday, and she loves them! I put her in bed for a nap a while ago and could hear her "poofing" her wand....over and over and over again :)

We hope you're having a great day. We miss you all!

I have to put her in 18-24 month pants because the cloth adds so much bulk that if I put her in anything smaller, it's too tight to allow her to sit up without falling over!

I think I'm going  to stop asking Leah to smile because this is what I get...

Something looks a little off to me...

I caught her doing her "Aine wiggle"...

This was the first time I braided Leah's hair. I knew she wouldn't sit still long enough for me to (remember how to) do a french braid, so I just did a small regular braid. She looked so adorable. It made her look so grown up...sniff, sniff.

She's USUALLY all smiles, but occasionally she has something less friendly to say.....

Aine's first time sitting up in the stroller. She was all smiles.

And of course Leah couldn't allow Aine to have a photo op without jumping in it herself :)

I was trying to capture her rocking on her knees, but my phone was too slow...thus the blurry pictures. She's hanging out with her buddy Libby.
 

If You're Happy and You Know It...

Movin' and Groovin'

On the Move

Although Aine is not officially crawling, she's veerrrry close. She gets up on her knees and rocks a bit. She also does push-ups (especially when she's mad!) And if she can't get there by scooting around, she'll just roll over until she gets where she wants to go. Ahhhh, progress :)

Aine expertly supervising Leah's bath. Apparently she's pleased with what she sees...

I couldn't decide which one I liked better, so you get both :)

Leah is absolutely Eric's "mini-me", but in this picture, I can definitely see the resemblance with Aine...

Tracy took this the other day...I love both girls' expressions! I'm not sure whose is funnier...

Leah's such a good big sister...loves to give Aine hugs. We can't make it through a meal without her getting up a couple times to give Aine (and me) a hug. She's such a loving girl!

So I've been working with Leah on her alphabet, and taught her to write her name. She writes the letters in chronological order, but doesn't quite get the spatial orientation yet. What you see here is L-H-A (a very skinny one at that)-E

Pretty in Pink

I just realized there's quite a bit of pink in the following pictures. Something with having girls, I suppose. 

The girls and I hanging out in Leah's room after showers. 

Leah decided I needed a blanket, Tommy Turtle and her princess pillow (which she put under me as she held my head up by my hair)

Where are you scooting to Aine??

I put on The Little Mermaid the other day so I could change out my nightstand (Eric got me a reader's nightstand for Christmas, and since it was on backorder...it just arrived). They were both mesmerized by "Princess Awiwel" aka Princess Ariel.

Look at her crossed legs... :) Amazingly, she's not face-down.

I put on a cloth diaper/training pant before bed. With the inserts in it, it was so big and bulky. I was laughing so hard and poor Leah was crying that she didn't want to wear it. As soon as I took this picture, she went into her room, took it off and put on a Pull-Up!

Eric and Leah enjoying the abundant sunshine.