This past month has been a pretty big one for my little girl and our family. Not long after her 11 month mark we went up to Norfolk to welcome Mark home from his deployment! He had to check out there but came in on a Friday of a four day weekend so couldn't until Tuesday so we went up for the weekend and had some nice family time doing things around Norfolk...or what we could find to do that was inside! It was SO COLD that weekend! That last night we were there it snowed though which cancelled work for the base for the next fews days, which sucked for us because it meant we had to leave Mark there all by himself and we went back home because the movers were starting to come that Thursday. :( It was so ridiculous and frustrating!!! But it had to be done and it was done and Thursday night he was home for good. We spent Thursday and Friday with movers packing up our stuff and then took a little break over the weekend to spend time with our NC friends and to celebrate my birthday (I'm 28 now!). Then Monday it was back to getting ready for our move! The main movers came tuesday and Wednesday and our house was all packed up and cleaned by Thursday! Our amazing friend Morgan took us in for the couple nights we were without furniture and unfortunately had to deal with our little family getting sick and staying an extra night to recooperate. Not exactly the way I wanted to start out our pre-move trip but luckily it was all over in two days!
It was SUPER sad and hard to leave NC though! Little Lizzie won't remember it but Evelyn had a lot of little friends she had to say goodbye too and Andrew had his best bud Max to say goodbye to. It was SO sad! Especially since Andrew didn't quite realize he wouldn't get to see Max anymore :( I also had a lot of amazing people to say goodbye to there too...this is the longest we've stayed in one place and I have had the best people around me! They've been amazing friends and so supportive especially this past year and with the arrival of two kiddos during our time there. I'll be ever so grateful for all their help and will cherish their friendships! Thank goodness for technology nowadays...I can stalk all of them on facebook/etc :)
Anyway..this is supposed to be about Lizzie...it's hard to separate everything right now though! Our life has been pure chaos and craziness this past month....it's hard to keep track of everything and remember what all has gone on and what Lizzie has been up to! She still loves to eat and eats anything and everything. She's been noticing music more and will dance and "sing" now but my favorite is when she's super happy or happy eating something and does what I call her "little fat girl happy dance". If I can figure out a way to get it on here I'll post the video I took of her during her cake smash session :) it was SO funny!
She loves to play with her brother and sister still and loves a new playmate with dad being home. She still loves to nurse but that's gonna end soon after our move! :) She gets so excited to nurse though, it's so cute, so it'll be sad to cut her off but this momma is done! :) She still only has the 6 teeth and I don't really see any new ones coming in right now. She hasn't made any progress with walking...doesn't seem to care all that much about it...she'll walk with a walking toy or when you hold her hands and help her along but once you stop or let go she drops down. Not too upset about that really, just means i don't have to deal with a new walker on the plane to Spain! :) :) :)
She is a pretty impatient little thing and is still exercising her "attitude" and seeing what she can do with it ;) she shakes her head at me now and has mastered a very good "I'm not getting what I want/I can do it myself" face/yell (they look the same :) ) She has to have whatever Andrew is having, mostly in regards to food, but wants to play with everything he has too. They've been so cute together lately now that he notices that she'll play along/with him. They still get a little rough but she's also pushing back at him so he'll learn quick that she's not gonna let him get her anymore :) They really are adorable though and are gonna be such a fun/crazy/get into everything little duo.
After our stuff was packed up though we went on a little road trip to visit family before our big move! The kiddos faired pretty well considering we were all just sick. Our first stop was a night over with Grandma and Grandpa Erwin in Georgia. Our time with all the Erwin's got cut a day short since we were sick so that was sad :( We all enjoyed some quiet time with the grandparents before heading off to Alabama for a couple days to visit with Michael and Jessica and their kiddos! The kids loved playing with their cousins as usual and Mark and I enjoyed our time with the adults! :) We always love visiting them and have such a great time. It'll be sad to not be within a days driving distance of them any more!
Last stop on our little trip was Missouri to see my family! We spent a few days there since we don't get to see them as much and there are more people there to see :) Evelyn played pretty much nonstop with her cousins there and was such a crank because she was staying up too late! I'm going to be so happy to be settled in a house in Spain and get these kids back in a normal routine...it's been so hard on them with so much change and travel! Andrew is the saddest because every day he is asking to go home :( He is such a homebody! My poor boy :( Lizzie has done ok...she's good with all the "new" people but is still a bad sleeper at night...I'll be so glad to stop nursing and get her in a good sleep pattern after that!
We had a lot of fun with the family in Missouri though....Mark spent a lot of time with the kiddos at the farm while I spent some extra time with my mom, sisters, and niece Carmen. I got to go to the temple one day with my momma, which was so nice to do! Then all the girls went out to lunch one day and another night Mark and I went on a double date with Carmen and her boyfriend :) The last night there we had a little "going away/Happy First Birthday Lizzie! Party" so I invited my usual gang of friends, Jeanie, Rori, Cheryl, and Shauna so I could see them before I left! It was awesome as always to see them and catch up! We don't all talk too much in between times we see each other but I love those girls so much and will always have them on my lifelong friends list! I love all the friends I've made in college and now in the military but these gals have been my friends since 2nd grade and 12 years old and that's something that no one else can share with me! We've had some amazing times and I've loved seeing them on my yearly visits home :)
Sunday we had to leave our family in Missouri though, which was also super sad to do! I hate being away so far and now unless they visit us in Spain, it's going to be an even longer time away! I'm so excited for our move of course but it is a big change and big step and I'll miss my family! We took two days to drive to Norfolk though...which went ok...could have gone better but everyone was tired of the car and running low on sleep so it went ok...we arrived in Norfolk though and are now getting ready to board our plane today to fly to Spain! EEEK!! I honestly feel weird about it still...like it doesn't feel real that I'm moving to Europe for three years...just seems to crazy! We of course put something cool on our "move" list every time it's time to pick a new spot but I didn't honestly think I'd get a spot and in Spain?!? AH! I'm just so excited!!! I promise, after we get fully settled, to do better on my blog. I know I'm gonna want to remember these memories and won't with my terrible memory so my blog is gonna be my go to spot to record them. So you all gotta keep on me to post about our adventures and the kiddos!!! They're going to grow so much in the next few years away and I know they'll miss you and you them so this'll be the place to watch them :)
I'll leave lastly with pics of my dear Lizzie over the past month, since this is supposed to be her one year post :) but I wasn't gonna do two to go over everything so this is what it is :) Next time you'll hear from me I'll be in Spain!!! Wish us luck on the plane!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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| I saw someone do a shot like this with a one year old session and I haaad to do it with my chunky little girl! I LOVE this shot! |
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| My big (nearly) one year old! I don't know exactly how big she is since we havent' done her one year appt but when we weighed her at Grammy's she was nearly 25 lbs according to that scale! :) |
This little girl was the funnest little thing to take pictures of for a cake smash!!! She was SO INTO IT. She went right for it and was SO happy eating it (did her happy dance and everything) and didn't want to stop! It was so darn cute. I just love this girl!!!
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| This was her face when we finally took it away from her...so annoyed with us!!! |
So happy daddy is home!!!
The troublesome two! :)
Her stinky little, I'm not getting what I want face :)
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