Scarecrow Festival

So, I am totally lame and as soon as I took one picture at the Scarecrow Festival the camera ran out of batteries. And the picture I took was not a good one. So, once again, I have no pictures. But I promise pictures from the Pumpkin Patch and Boo at the Zoo next week.

Anyway, we very much enjoyed the Scarecrow Festival. We took Kennedy on a train ride, which she loved, and Brett took her on about 5 bounce houses/slides. She had a blast. She loved the slides and getting knocked over by the bigger kids in the bounce houses. We went through the junior haunted house, and the whole time we were in there Kennedy just kept saying "whoa". It was fun to see all of the kids there having a blast. There was no free food, which the advertising led me to believe there would be, and for an 18 month old and a pregnant lady, that was bad news. Good thing that Brett took us to Iceberg for a giant shake afterward. :)

Drumroll Please...

Yes! We have finally heard from the Coast Guard about when we will be leaving. They gave Brett the date February 2. We are trying to see if we can get in a little bit earlier, since if Brett goes in on that day he will get back on the baby's due date. We'd like him to be there if at all possible, but if he can't be, it's not the worst situation in the world. I will be with family and the baby would be a week old at most when he got home. We also found out that they are going to give us a completely unexpected $6,000 bonus! We are so excited that we can finally start making some plans. So we'll be driving down to Texas at the end of January, and then we'll see where we go from there!

Go Away Mom!

I went to go pick Kennedy up from nursery at church on Sunday, and I was in a hurry because I was starving and had a really sore tailbone. I walked into the room and said, "Hi bubba! Are you ready to go?"

She promptly shook her head no, ran over to the door, and shut it right in my face.

No one can accuse me of having a shy baby. :)

Meep Meep Zip Bang!

Some Kennedy updates:

1. She loves sitting in this shopping cart and saying "meep meep!"  She likes it when we push her around in it a lot.

2. She is getting really good at her animal noises, body parts, and other parts of her vocabulary.  Her newest ones are a chicken ("bawk bawk") and her elbow.

3. Even though it's cold outside, she always wants to go out and play.  Even when her nose and fingers are red she cries when I bring her back in.

4. We were at Target trying to pick out a Halloween costume for her and narrowed it down to two.  We decided to let her pick between the leaf fairy and the witch.  I thought for sure she would pick the leaf fairy because it was sparkly and colorful, but no.  She LOVED the witch costume and wouldn't put it down.  She even kissed it!

5. I'm worried about switching her to a toddler bed.  I feel like she's going to have a hard time with it.  And because we'll be moving around for a while and I have to do it at least 6 weeks before the baby is born, I have no idea when I'm going to do it.  Does anyone have any help?

No Pictures, But An Update

So, yet again, I have no pictures.  Hopefully that will be remedied soon.  But here are a few things you might be interested in:

1. Brett brought home some lilies for me (my favorite) on Monday for no reason at all.  They are blooming spectacularly and are filling my kitchen with the best smell.

2. I decorated for Halloween yesterday.  I have a very small collection of holiday decorations, but they make me happy.

3. We finally heard back from the Coast Guard and our waiver for the new baby was approved!  Yay!  We still don't have a boot camp date, but we should by the end of  next week, hopefully sooner.  I will make sure to let you know as soon as we do!