Abby's Birthday

Today is Abby's 6th birthday! Who knew that once I got married and had kids that time would go by so quickly. I remember like yesterday going into labor with Abby and having her down in good old Key West. Today she is 6 and she amazes me each and every day. She is reading now. It's an amazing thing to watch her sit down and read a book. She has been on the brink of reading for a few months and this last week it all just started to click. It's hard for me to comprehend this when I can still remember bringing her home from the hospital! Oh well, I'm waxing philosophically I guess. I'm very proud of our super smart and beautiful little girl, she is an amazing sister and daughter. She has been a trooper these last few days too. She came home from school on Tuesday with a headache and she has been sick ever since. Last year she was really, really sick on her birthday, so sick in fact that we spent a good part of her birthday in the ER. This year she was still sick but no where near as bad as last year. Two years in a row she has been sick on her birthday and she has stayed fairly positive both times. Next year I am going to give her vitamin C a good 2 weeks before her bday in hopes that she doesn't get sick again!

St. Patricks Day

I have been a blogging slacker this last month. It's amazing how busy our lives have gotten and time just gets away from me. I swear I will try and do better! Here is a video of the girls dancing to Irish Music in celebration of St. Patrick's Day!
Enjoy!

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!