pulling teeth

Jenna pulled out her first loose tooth....all by herself!!!! This is a big deal because Meghan hasn't pulled any on her own. Meghan thinks that seeing blood hurts......

Jenna was working on it and then I heard her yell....."I pulled my tooth out".....I think she surprised herself because she didn't think it was going to be that easy to pull. It was just hanging on, not sure how it didn't just fall out:)

She is holding the tooth in this picture but I didn't get a good shot of it.....at least I got her whole head in the shot!!!

picnic lunch

Meghan and Jenna took advantage of the sunny weather and had a picnic lunch on the trampoline with some of their babies. It was super windy today but that didn't stop the girls from enjoying a little outside fun. I took the girls down the street for Meghan to ride her bike and Jenna to roller skate....but that didn't last long because we saw the ice cream truck pass, so we had to hurry home to get money for a soft serve cone. We all five enjoyed the ice cream....and yes you read correctly....Sarah also had a few tastes of ice cream. She grabbed my cone and shoved it in her mouth!haha

Rob and I have been busy getting the house ready for the movers...they arrive Tuesday and we have to have things sorted so we have things to live here for the last 7 weeks.

views from a move

I do not like things out of place.......but that has to happen during a move.

I pack my own little houses...because I'm picky.

This is my box of kitchen items to keep out....

Two crafty kids need crafts.

Jenna on the zip line

Meghan on a zip line

5 months old

Look who is 5 months old!!!!

I couldn't get her to smile until after the pictures were taken.....

The only look I could catch her making is this.....

Sarah is wearing 9 month size sleepers and 6/9 month size clothes.

She is still nursing every 3 hours and eats dinner with us. She loves her fruits and veggies and cereal.

She is still waking up at night and I'm still trying to work on that:)

Sarah loves to watch all of us and laughs and baby talks to us all the time.

She loves sitting in her exersaucer and playing on the floor.

She rolls all over the place and loves to suck on her toes.

Sarah has started reaching out for us when we go to pick her up and she is very vocal if she wants you to pick her up and you are not moving fast enough for her.

Sarah recently tried a banana in her mesh feeder and LOVED it.

Time seems to be flying by....

Dinosaur Adventure Park

Writing notes in the field journel for other rangers to read:)

Climbing the spider web

Rob's new car

digging for bones

Moving

It has finally hit me that we are moving....I mean really moving. We are selling items that won't make the trip and are getting the house ready for the packers. We have decided to sell the yard toys and pick new ones up in the states. This is when it hit me we are moving and all the memories we have made here have been filling my mind. Meghan was 4 when we arrived in the UK and Jenna was 3. We weren't even thinking about having any more babies when we moved here......we are leaving the UK with a 7, 6 and 6 month old. Meghan has been to three schools, starting with the Busy Bees preschool, moving up to reception at Beck Row primary and then moving up/on to Lakenheath Elementary school on the base. Jenna started at Busy Bees and spent the first two years of school there and then she moved up to Lakenheath Elementary school this year. Both big girls have learned how to swim. Jenna has learned how to swing and ride a two wheel bike.

We have seen so many cool castles and places since living over here. We spent our first summer without Rob since he was deployed. The big girls and I took a military hop to the states that summer and were able to see my family and enjoy some warm weather. We were not able to travel to see Rob's family, but we were thankful that the military offers free travel to and from the states.

Rob and I decided to pick some countries we wanted to see and we have been able to travel to all of them. We would have enjoyed some more traveling but we have been pleased with where we have gone and what we have seen. We have been able to travel to Scotland, Ireland, Wales, Belgium, Germany, (drove through France) and have been all over England.

We decided to have another baby and welcomed Sarah into the family December 23, 2009 and are so blessed to have three healthy happy girls. My pregnancy and having a new baby has slowed us down a little, but we all are having a blast with a baby in the house again.

Every move we make is starting a new chapter in our lives and I have to say this was an awesome chapter.

We have thousands of pictures and memories that will last a lifetime!

Mother's Day goods and this and that

I had a great Mother's Day. I spent the day with my favorite people and even saw some sunshine:)

Rob and the girls took me out to lunch then we stopped by a shop to pick up a few goodies for me.

I was going to get a new clock, but wasn't sure if I would like it after I brought it home. I decided to get the Fish and Chips sign and the books. The books are actually great hiding spots for remotes and other little things that are left in the living room.

I enjoy checking the mail when I'm expecting a package. Today I received two packages. One from Amazon with two books for me to read. The first one is one my sister and brother in law wrote and the second is from a blog "friend". Can't wait to read them.....along with two other books I'm reading:)

I love having three little girls to dress. Even though the older two are 7 and 5 they still like to dress alike. I found these outfits from Children's place and knew they would looks super cute on my three cutie pies:)

I hope it gets warm enough here for them to wear them on the 4th of July. The bases have a huge carnival for us and it was pretty fun last year, hope it is good weather again this year for it.

4 month stats

Sarah had her 4 month well baby check up today. It was a few weeks late because I wanted her to see our primary provider and he is popular:)

Weight: 15 lbs 7 oz

Height: 26.2 in

Head:16.5 in

Sarah is in the 100% for height....she is the length of an average 7m old baby.

She is in the 75% for weight and head measurements.

Sarah can roll all over the place and loves to talk and make noises.

She has started sticking her tongue out and laughs if you stick your tongue out at her.

We bought an exersaucer for her and she LOVES it!! She grabs for the toys and will spin or move them around.

Sarah is eating breast milk, cereal, fruits and veggies. She is still nursing about every 3 hours during the day and eats cereal and a veggie/fruit for dinner...she still nurses about once at night, but we are working on ending the night feeding.

Sarah is getting picky about who can hold her and talk to her....she doesn't have a favorite one person at home. She just wants one of the 4 of us to hold her or play with her.

Sarah is in 9 month sleepers due to her length but for all other clothes she is in 3-6months and 6-9months.

Anything that is handed to Sarah goes right in her mouth too:)

Mother's Day is around the corner

Happy Mother's Day to one of the best Moms/Memoms in the world!!!

I have decided to write this post early so I wouldn't miss the chance to wish my Mom a Happy Mother's Day.

I want to thank her and my Dad for raising me in a loving, Christian home.

I have so many fun memories from my childhood and as I grew up I could always count on Mom and Dad to be there for me.

Thank you Mom for showing me how to be an awesome Mom and thank you for not only loving me but Rob and my girls.

We are so very lucky to have you.

We love you and can't wait to see you!!!

Roller skating field trip

I will try and post pictures but for know I can't seem to get them to upload so I will just write in this post. I went with Jenna's class this past Thursday to the roller skating rink and had a blast. I liked this year's trip much better than the last years trip with Meghan's class. The Kindergarten teachers worked it this year to go on different days and times, so the place wasn't packed with a bunch of 5 and 6 year olds. Jenna has been skating often, so she did great and it was a nice change from the normal school day. We walked over and thankfully the rain didn't show up until after we arrived back at the school. Jenna has some tough classmates because some fell and hit the floor pretty hard, but jumped right back up and they were even laughing about the falls.