A photoshoot with my babes- Sugar Mill Gardens Port Orange, FL

 I woke up this morning and just felt like taking some pictures. Honestly, I haven't had the urge to do it in a while. I think it's because there is just so so much to take care of before the move. At least I hope that's what it is. We have the Sugar Mill Gardens about 5 minutes from our house and it is so stunning! Like, had I know about this place way back in 2003, I would have gotten married here. { we will try to renew our vows here though!!} Got the kids all ready and bribed them that if they "listened" and took good pics for me that we would go to BK for lunch and play in the play thing. That was all I had to say! I think I got some wonderful shots for the bribery!

 I am just completely in LOVE with this one of Hailey! I just love her sweet little face and those blue blue eyes and the pop of pink next to her in the plant!

 She wanted to wear my sunglasses. I normally always wear my shades outside because I have sensitive eyes. Anyways, I just did not need to wear them today! They were a nuisance so I took them off and as soon as I did Ms. Hailey snatched them up and FAST!

 Yes, she's a D-I-V-A!!!

 My husband LOVES this picture of Zach and Hailey. He said he loves how much Hailey loves her brother. I love how they BOTH love each other so so much!! They have had a bond since she was in my belly.

 I think Mikey is warming up to the thought of taking photos! LOL. Normally I cannot get a good one of him or he runs away. Yay for him getting un-camera shy!

 My model baby! She is so effortless and natural iin front of the camera and I love it!

 My Z-man. He has the mischievous look in his eye......you see it??? ;)

 I told you I wasn't kidding about Hailey and my sunglasses.......

 The kids had fun and of course, I did too! Hope everyone has a fun Memorial Day weekend and please, let's remember that Memorial Day is not just about Summer and having fun, but it's about remembering our fallen Hero's.

Three months?

 How is it possible that it has been three months since I last posted?!? I can't believe that. Hmmm, where to begin. I suppose with the kids. Everyone is doing great! Zachary has officially learned all his Kindergarten sight words and has moved on to learning his first grade words.  He also has his first loose tooth!! He is beyond excited.Mikey is doing amazing in school also. All A's and B's on his last interim. {this has been his pattern since the start of school!!} my little princess is her normal bouncy self....except she's getting antsy about the move. What move, you may ask? Well, I don't remember if I told you all or not, but we are moving up to GA! Michael and I thought he would be out of the Army {medically retired} by now, but it looks like it could be anywhere from 5-8 more months. :( We found and locked down {paid the deposit} for our rental house.

   
 Kitchen, 1 bedroom, straight back is the bathroom and behind the stove wall is the laundry room. In front of the breakfast bar would be where our dining table goes....   

back deck, right off of the kitchen

 

One of the 3 bedrooms. This is only half of the room! The bedrooms are HUGE!

 

Part of the living room. Fireplace!!! :) Those two windows are on the front of the house. 

The house! It's a triplex. We were very lucky because it's a month to month rental because we will be looking for our forever house once we get settled in. Also, Michael's cousin, his wife and kids live to doors down! It's going to be GREAT for the kids to have their cousins so close! 

Hmmm, what next? I know. My work. It's been wonderful at Home Instead Senior Care! My client is moving to an assisted living apartment, so she had decided to stop using my company. :( I haven't been with her for about 3 weeks now and I miss her. Ya ya, I may be too attached, but I think that my genuine care and concern for people is what will make me a good nurse! I put in my two weeks notice just a few hours ago. It's definitely a bittersweet moment.

Here's a few pictures since the last time I posted.

 Hailey totally trusts her Mikey!

                                                 
                                          Hailey & my brother, Tim-she thinks he's funny!

                                                    Hailey and her Aunt Bubby...Awww!

                                                        Daddy came to visit April 17-27

                                                              Fishing with Uncle Tim

View from the Park.

 

She wore an itsy bitsy teeny weeny little polka dot bikini...

 

She entertained herself for a good 15 minutes doing this :)

 My Z going all the way under the water. He HATES water on his face for some reason so this is a HUGE deal for him! I'm so proud! :)

Mother's Day, we went out with my mom, grandma and her boyfriend on their boat.  We had sooo much fun. Here's a few pics from the day!

Leaving the inlet

                                                              
                                                          Ponce Inlet Lighthouse

Well, now that you are all caught up......;)

Thanks for stopping by. I'm surprised I have any readers still!

Till next time----

 

Happy New Year! Bwhahaha

Bet you all haven't seen a title like that in a while!! I think it's fitting because my last post was in November 2011, so technically, I haven't  posted in the new year yet. That ends NOW!

Where to begin.....

Well, lets start where we left off, shall we? November. Turkey Day. There isn't much to say about that! We ate. and visited. and ate some more! It was great.I was officially hired at Home Instead Senior Care!! YAY! Finally. I felt like I was interviewing forever. Literally. I think it was like a 3 month process before I got hired. But yea....I'm happy!

Then December. Michael came down for Christmas and New Years Eve, which was beyond nice. We had a great Christmas. It was the first Christmas that we were "home" for the Holidays. It's also the first one where we had to split our time together between my dad and his girlfriend, Lori and my mom and her boyfriend, Rocky. It was a great time on both sides, but I did miss the "good old days" when it was my mom, dad me, Bryan, Tim and Chris. But, I understand that sh*t happens and I'm not one to dwell on things that are out of my control, so I digress.

December 30th, I turned 29!  EKKKKK! My last year of being "in my 20's" I remember when I was 15, I always said that by the time a person turns 30, they have to have all their stuff together. Career. Husband. Kids.Home.....I do have 2 of those 4 things. The career one is a work in progress and Michael and I have put off our dreams of home ownership until we both are in good steady careers and have made sure we have made the transition from the Army to civilian life, seamlessly. My mom watched the kiddies for us, and we went over to our friend Freddy & Holley's house. We watched.......BREAKING DAWN, Part 1!!!! AH-MAZ-ING!!! They surprised me with a cake {which was yummo!}  It was a great time!

New Years Eve  we met up with Freddy and Holley again for dinner and snacks and headed to the beach for Fireworks. Of course I have no pictures!{at the time, I had no charger!!! I do NOW though....but you will have to wait till later to see some new pics. ha.ha. Deal with it!!}

New Years Day, the hub left to go back to good ole Georgia. Boo. Hiss. Rawr. Tear.

I have done a lot of training for work in the new year. I also got my Home Health Aide {HHA} state certification and re-certified in CPR and AED. Im pretty stoked about that. I got this Monday {30th} for an introduction for...MY FIRST CLIENT!!! I'm wayyy excited yet nervous as well.  The Tuesday is my first official work day. Every Tuesday, wednesday and Thursday from 7a-3p! My mama is going to be staying here with me so she can watch the kids for a while.I'm going to have to figure something else out though because she's going on vacation the end of March. I'm pretty much a stress case all. the . time. lately. Oh well. I do need to learn relaxing techniques.

Michael still hasn't heard any news on when he will be getting out. He submitted paperwork to his Nurse case manager back in December, and came back from leave only to find that it was still sitting on her desk...not up at the VA where, ya know, they get sh*t moving.....Yeah, so that's a HUGE bummer. I was hoping he would be down here by March. April at the latest, but I'm not so sure. We may be moving up to GA July 1st and he might not even be out yet. Boo. Oh well, like I said, I dont dwell on things that are out of my control. That's about all thats new on this front. I know your dying for pictures, so I will leave you with a few recent ones! {December  2011 and January 2012} Hope you like.

 Fun at the park with Uncle Chris!