Wrapping up May!

One month down....many more to go!

What a roller coaster of a month, lots of highs and lows.
So hard not to want every month to go this fast with Marley being a baby and getting SO big but I want Brad home SO bad!





Last day of school

Allie continues to grow so fast and she is maturing too quickly. She talks like she is 15 and has an attitude of a 15 year old too! She gives me a rough go alot but I know things are hard for her right now too so I try and take it as easy as I can on her with out letting her get out of hand. She started her summer break so next up will be Kindergarten. Its going to be so sad for me. She will stay at the school she is at so the only thing for her that will change is the teacher. I'm thankful for that. Also all the kids in the Pre-K class except for 2 are going her Kindergarten class also so she'll already know everyone. She will have to wear a uniform and I'm perfectly ok with that, wont have to worry about what the little Diva will want to be wearing. She has started to be pretty pickey about what she will be wearing. Picking out her clothes the night before and making sure the socks that she has on are the right day of the week. Thank you mama Icey for those the neon colored socks! This morning we were all dressed and ready to go. Marley was in her crib under her gym. I went in there to pick her up. I turned around with her in my arms and she threw up....on Allie's head, face, shirt, arm, hand, and crackers lol. She said "What the frick?!" I looked down and couldn't stop laughing. I laughed for a good 5 minutes! She was SO mad! I told her I wanted to take a picture and she said no because she didn't want me to send it to anyone. That is of course what I did :) Only because I love you Allie.

Marley is growing so fast and getting so big. At her four month check up she weighed 15 pounds 10 oz (82%) and was 26 inches long (93%). She is at the top of her chart in both. To much surprise her head is only in the 61% tile. She has learned to roll over from front to back, she loves to sit in her high chair and play with her toys and watch a few minutes of TV. I started her on Stage 1 foods, so far sweet potatoes seem to be the favorite. I think theeth are in the near future. She went from being a great night sleeper to waking up every 3 hours. She goes back to sleep after a bottle.


We went swimming last weekend for the first time this season. Allie was SO excited to get back in the pool! She jumped right in and didn't miss a beat. At the end of last year she was swimming from one side of the pool to the other under water. She is too nervous to do that right now but soon she'll be ready to try it again. This was Marley's first time in the water and she loved it! I just sat her on the first steps and she kicked her feet and gooed for a long time! It was too hot to keep her out there for a long time so she didn't get to stay for long. The only thing missing in this picture is Daddy! We sure do miss him the most when we are doing fun family things! He completes us!


This week we completed the deployment chain. I worked on it at work for a few weeks and finially got all the days printed and the paper cut. I took my stapler home and showed Allie what we were going to be doing and what it was for. She didn't seem to interested in it at first. After she seen how long it was getting she finally wanted to help. After we were all done the chain was VERY long. I need to measure it to see how long it is. It has over 290 links to it and it could wrap around the house! Im going to pin it up in Allie's room. I did it for her, to show her the best way I could how long daddy was really going to be gone. I can say 9 months but to her she just doesn't get it. I tried to say after her birthday, mine, and even Marley's but it still doesn't click. I think this really helped her understand how long it will be. Each day we will remove a link and she will see the chain get shorter and shorter. We can't wait to tear off the last one!!!