the latest happenings...

Holidays are coming and going so quickly if you blink you'll miss them! Troah is growing so quickly and I'm loving every minute of it! I have recently started school again online with the University of Phoenix so during the day when I'm working on school or cleaning the house I'll leave his bedroom door open upstairs and he will go up there and sit in his room to play and read books by himself, it's so cute!! Sometimes I'll even hear him reading to himself ("da da gooobbog dada").

Troah's best friend is Rodie, our mini schnauzer, who will chase Troah (giggling like crazy) and try and get his toys from him, they are so cute!! Rodie and Troah's favorite toy to play with together is a green webkinz caterpillar that Carolynn left here for them to play with.

That's enough for now, I'll post more later!

Straw!!

We're sitting here at the table and Troah has figured out the straw!! Daddy loves Hi-C and is excited to share it with his little buddy!!

In Alaska...

Alright, I've been as bad about posting as I was about writing in Troah's journal :S But we are now in alaska with daddy! Troah and Daddy are two peas in a pod, Troah acts like they have always been together and most of the time he is reaching for Ernest instead of me, oh well! He is walking all over the place (from the front door to the kitchen sink and back...and forth and back and forth and back and forth) So far is vocab consists of "Dad" "Uh Oh" "Mmm Mmm Mmm" (when we eat food). He likes to yell and whisper (especially at Daddy) and he started blowing on his food when he saw me doing it one day. He is so adorable and has everyone wrapped around his finger, now time for me to go to sleep!!

Oh, he also has a favorite ball which also happens to be Rodie's favorite ball, blue bouncy ball with different colors all over it, and Troah started picking it up and walking then throwing it for Rodie (he started this today!) Then I have to chase Rodie down to get it back for Troah, but they love it!!

Banners!

I'm in Alaska now with Carolynn, Abby, the dogs and Troah! We made banners for the guys last night and hung them on the balcony and tonight they leave FOB Normandy to begin the journey back! Can't wait for them to be home and I miss you family!

National Exam (for my massage license)

So I forgot to mention that in order to take the national exam to get my license it takes a good 2-3 weeks to process the paperwork. Since I was trying to take it ASAP (Act Swiftly Awesome Pacaderm of course) I got a hold of the right people and was able to pull some strings and I should get an e-mail in the next 2 days with directions on making the appointment! I should be able to take the exam next week. The testing center is in Helena so I'm also looking for a driving buddy. I have been studying a good amount today and took a practice exam online yesterday. I'm feeling pretty confident and will continue to study my butt off and pack all weekend! Yay! Next step: MOVE TO ALASKA!

To wax, or not to wax?

So today I got my legs (just the lower half) waxed with my friend and classmate, Jaime. I'll sum it up in one word. PAINFUL. Obviously we were expecting that though. I've learned that I have big hair follicles and I'm starting to believe that big follicle girls like me are going to have a hard time with hair removal that ends up looking good. My legs are still red and "spotty" after 9 hours. Jaime on the other hand has beautiful hair follicles and her legs weren't red by the time mine were done. Oh well, now I know! On to find something else that might work...

Drip....drip....drip...

This morning when I got Troah up and got his bottle we were sitting in bed and he just wanted to mess around instead of eat, so I held the bottle upside down about 6 inches above him and he stared at it with big eyes and a growing smile as he held his mouth open wide and caught every drip till he couldn't help giggling, it was hilarious! So cute!