Snow, snow and more snow!

I love my seasons. In fact when I lived in Florida I missed snow so much! Well I got my wish this winter that's for sure. We had a huge 20 inches of snow on December 19th, last Saturday we had another 16 to 18 inches and last night we had a blizzard and we got another 16 inches or so of snow! I am officially ready for Spring! We made it through the storm just fine, thankfully. The lights did flicker a few times but luckily they stayed on. Abby and I have been having a lot of fun in the snow. Last week we went sledding and today we had a snowball fight in our backyard with our friends. Hope everyone else is staying warm! Bring on Spring!

Ombudsman

Just a quick update on what's been going on in my life. After much soul searching I decided that I would volunteer to be the Ombudsman for our unit. For those of you who don't know what and Ombudsman is I'll explain. I will act as a link for the families and the command at our unit. I will provide information about housing, medical, schooling, jobs, etc. and assist the new and existing families at our unit about all sorts of community information. I went through the interview process today, which was a bit daunting, and I will know officially if I get picked in 30 days. I decided to step up and do this because I felt something was missing at this unit. I figure I shouldn't be complaining about something if I'm not doing anything to change it! I look forward to providing families with the information they need to make their lives comfortable here and to learn new ways the Coast Guard can assist us all, I'm also looking forward to meeting some new wives and making the transition easier for them. I have only dealt with one Ombudsman in my Coast Guard wife career and I hope to take what I experienced with her and improve, tenfold!
I'm keeping my fingers crossed that I did alright in the interview since it's been awhile since I last had one!

Lagging behind

Sorry for the lack of posts these past few months. It was a busy holiday season with Emily's birthday, my birthday, Christmas and my parents visiting. We are finally back into the swing of things and I will post some new things soon. Just a few updates on what is going on in our lives, Emily may have a tooth or 2. We still haven't seen them but I can feel them. Abby started ballet, tap and tumbling class and she loves it! The kids are doing great and we are too.

Busy, busy, busy

It is that time of year and I seem to have not enough hours in the day to blog or find a moment for myself. We put up the Christmas tree last week and it was a lot of fun. Abby loves seeing the ornaments and hanging them on the tree. Emily on the other hand likes to take the ornaments off the tree! Here is a photo of our tree with all the presents we have received underneath!

Emily-11 months old!

Emily is now 11 months old and a very busy baby! She has been walking since late August early September and now she practically runs everywhere. She still has no teeth though! We are waiting anxiously for the first tooth to arrive but so far no luck. We were hoping that when Abby lost 2 teeth maybe Emily would gain a tooth or 2! Emily seems to be into a lot more trouble than Abby ever was or maybe I have just forgotten! Everytime I turn around Emily is into a drawer or cabinet that she shouldn't be. Here is a good photo I shot of her yesterday when I was making Biscotti's.

Tooth Fairy

The tooth fairy finally made a visit to our house a few weeks ago and then again this past Monday. Abby's bottom 2 front teeth have been loose since last May! She lost the first one the last week of October and then exactly 2 weeks later I was able to pull the other tooth out. Abby was very concerned about how the tooth fairy would know she lost a tooth. She was also concerned about how the tooth fairy would get in her room, where she lived, what she looked like, etc. She made out well though, she got 5 dollars and then 1 dollar and we went to the store and bought her a Barbie DVD.