..Three Peas In a Pod..: Hello, March!

March is going to bring many welcomed changes to our family (and April..and May..and June). Needless to say, we have a busy few months ahead of us, and we are all looking forward to a new adventure! This month Luke has his Change of Command ceremony on the 16th, which marks the end of his Recruiting days! I KNOW he is looking forward to a break, as he hasn't taken a single day off in the last two years. He will have off from the middle of March until JUNE 2nd. Oh boy (I am saying that with optimism..hopefully we won't kill one another)! Jack and I will have to see where he fits in to our rigid schedule ;) I think we will just pretend every day is a Saturday or Sunday, and we will be just fine! :) Jack can handle pancakes for breakfast every morning, and I am sure he won't mind staying in his PJ's until noon! In reality I am sure that won't happen, I have a feeling we are going to be VERY busy getting ready to move, finding a house, visiting family AND planning a first birthday party! :) On the 21st we close on our house here. It will feel great to be debt free (for a few weeks, anyways). We are renting back from our buyer until May, which works out well for everyone!

A street on post..it was meant to be!

BY THE WAY..in case you didn't know..we are off to Fort Eustis, Virginia! We are thrilled about our new duty station. The location couldn't be more perfect. Fort Eustis is sandwiched between Williamsburg and Virginia Beach. Yes, Virginia Beach is only 35 miles away! However, the area is surrounded by smaller beaches and bays, so ANY day can be a beach day for Jackson. We made a trip to Virginia a couple of weekends ago, just to get a feel for the area and where we wanted to start looking for homes. We decided that we want to live in Williamsburg, as it offers a huge array of things to do ..not to mention the beauty of Colonial Williamsburg. The trip is about 6.5 hours from our house in Bellefonte, and Jack did fantastic. His car seat became his "home" for 3 days..as he spent the majority of the days strapped in. He ate, slept, POOPED (all over it) in it for the entire 3 days with very little fussing and whining. We were so proud of him..he is such a trooper, and showed us he can handle the Army life! :) Not to mention, he even slept through the night at the hotel....in the pack and play (Hallelujah!)

"Watch out, ladies..wait til you see me with my shirt off!"

practicing how he is going to pick up chicks on the beach!

"Here I come, Virginia!"
In my mother-less days, when staying in a hotel, I would instantly assess the room and see how fluffy the hotel pillows were..Now, the first thing I assess is where my kid is going to bathe.. Lesson learned -- assess that BEFORE booking the room..

Jack had fun..... for a second...and then realized how bad a sink bath stinks when your bottom barely fits in the sink.

This week Jack came down with his first cough. Boo! It has been a rough week for him, and it breaks our hearts to see him so miserable. The ONLY plus to him being sick is that he is pretty cuddly..usually he is way TOO busy to be cuddly. We are off to the Doctors this morning to make sure that it hasn't turned into an ear infection, and he is going to be so sad when we get out of the car and he sees the Pediatrics building and not the Music class building. He has to miss his last Music class of the "semester", and that makes us BOTH sad.

Other than his little cold..he is doing wonderfully. He is almost 21 pounds, and is 29.5 inches long (STILL tall - 88th percentile - laugh out loud). He is on his fourth haircut, and almost ready for his fifth! Jack's top 2 toofers popped through. Little guy knows what he wants..and WHEN he wants it -a pounding of his fist means "more"-we are working on "please". His favorite food is currently blueberries - which are my least favorite when it comes to diaper changes...ha! He is pushing his cars and trucks around, starting to understand back and forth. Still yelling "MOMMA" any chance he gets, and working on "buh-bye". Bailee is still his best friend, and has been sleeping outside of his door every night this week...knowing that he has a bad cough! :)

Here are a few photos of the little man..