Dot-To-Dot

Cameron reported to work today.  The girls and I, in the meantime, just relaxed outside in the (so far) nice Georgia weather and blew bubbles:

While Odette napped after lunch, I showed Alegria how to connect a dot-to-dot...and she got the hang of it pretty fast!

And that was the most excitement of today.  :)

Have a good night everyone!!!  :)

"New" Church

Odette was awake at 6:30 this morning, but Alegria was still sleeping...in their newly shared room:

The girls' room is pretty bare, but it serves its purpose...they sleep in there and get dressed in there and that's it.  We love it!  :)

On our way to our "new" church.  I called it our "new" church because when I told Alegria we were on our way to church, she started naming all of her friends in her Sunbeams class, so I had to explain to her that this is a "new" church in Georgia and that her friends had stayed in Texas and she wouldn't be seeing them today.  She was a little bummed, but she had no problem adjusting and making new friends.  :)

After lunch and a nap, the girls were happy to be outside for a little while:

Well, Odette was done with the tramp a little sooner than Alegria was:

Mommy's little girl...always happy to be in my arms:

Once they were done jumping on the trampoline, I caught this on video (Odette has started to really mimic everything Alegria does - Hahaha!):

And that was pretty much the extent of our day.  It was great!  Now time for bed!

Good night!  :)

Truck: Fully Unloaded

The girls were still quiet by about 7:30 this morning, so I decided to go check on them and found them like this:

I guess it was colder at night than I'd anticipated and I felt bad that I'd had them wear their summer nightgowns and that I'd only given them their small blankets to cover up with instead of providing a larger, warm blanket.  Poor girls had to huddle up with each other to stay warm!  :(

Once they finally got up, the girls came out to the living room to watch some cartoons while I made breakfast. 

Odette still isn't at the age to sit through a whole show, so she began investigating all of the boxes of stuff lying around and came across my big red hat...isn't she just gorgeous?!  :)

Wow.  Gas burners.  Now THAT'S something I hadn't seen in a LONG time!

Since the girls have been sleeping so well in the same room/bed for these past few days of transition, I told Cameron that maybe we can have them start sharing a room and dedicate one room to just be a playroom.  He liked the idea and so that's what we're going to do.  Hopefully it works out! 

Coloring in the playroom:

Still a lot of work to be done:

The room closest to the master bedroom will now be the girls' shared bedroom...to be used only at nap time and bed time!  That means one less room to clean throughout the day!  :)

Cramped quarters:

The office: 

The girls' bathroom/guest bathroom is the only room in the house that's pretty much all set!

Odette taking her baby for a walk amongst the labyrinth that is our home!

By the end of the day, the truck was finally empty...with only one mishap to tell about!  My poor nightstand fell front-first as we were bringing it down on the dolly down the ramp and now is all scratched up in front.  Oh well.  Good thing we got a 5-year warranty on all of our bedroom furniture!  We'll definitely be using it!  Oh...and a music box that was in there broke, too.  Hopefully super glue will fix that!  :)

Now...where to put it all...?

Taking a break:

Our front-door neighbors invited us over for a BBQ they were having this afternoon.  We all had a nice time visiting and meeting new people.  Alegria and Odette especially enjoyed playing in their new friend's toy car:

After the BBQ and then some grocery shopping, we were back home and enjoying the sunny afternoon:

Some chores are never-ending:

Chain-link fences...hadn't seen those in years:

Back inside, Odette helped me clean cabinets and store tupperware and kitchen appliances:

At dinner, I had my first ever taste of sushi...bought at the Commisary:

I was not fond of the imitation crab and took it out of my sushi...but I could still taste it a little.  I wish they had had just an avocado and cucumber and cream cheese pack of sushi available...I think I may have liked it if I had had it sans crab from the very beginning:

Once the girls were in bed, Cameron and I had a mini-date night.  Some neighbors from across the street had been kind enough to bake us a homemade loaf of bread, so I made an olive oil dip and we dipped the yummy bread in it as we watched a movie and relaxed and thought no longer of unloading a truck and no longer of unpacking boxes...for now.

Now it's time for bed.

Good night!

On Post Housing

This morning Cameron woke up, walked Isis, brought us back some breakfast from the dining area, and then left to go to the housing appointment.  While he was gone, I dressed the girls and gave them a breakfast of champions:

It was raining outside and besides, we couldn't leave Isis by herself (hotel rules), so we all just chilled and watched some cartoons while we waited for Daddy to return:

Odette: "Mirror, Mirror on the wall...who is the fairest one and a half year old of all?"

Mirror: "T'would be thou if thou had'st left thine headband on, but as thou art, t'will be another until said piece you finally don."

Odette: "Shoot."

Trying on Daddy's gear:

When Daddy got back to the hotel, it was still raining and we couldn't move in until 1:30 pm anyway, so he got us some lunch and then we just chilled for the next little while:

1:30 finally rolled around and we rolled out!  Here is a very beautiful bridge that greeted us as we made our way into the Fort Benning military installation:

Proud signage:

I thought we were going to go right to our house and start moving in, but I guess there was still more paperwork to fill out.  The girls napped while we waited for Cameron to be done with all of the formalities:

When Alegria woke up, she thought this was our new house (it's the Housing Welcome Center, sorry!):

Drumroll, please!  This is our neighborhood/street...

And this is our "new Georgia house!!!"  (As Alegria calls it!)  :)

First to enter:

First to explore:

Master bathroom:

Master bedroom:

Bedroom 1:

Bedroom 2:

Bedroom 3:

Hallway (with two large/wide closets and one regular-sized one):

Guest/hallway bathroom:

Living room and dining room:

Kitchen/breakfast nook:

Mud/wash room (with veiw of the neighbor's house):

I had bought Isis a bed while Cameron was deployed so that she wouldn't have to sleep on the cold, hard ground, but after she tore it all up, I tossed it and she hadn't had one since.  Cameron bought her  a new one since she'll have to stay indoors until we can get a fence put up...it took some coaxing for her to finally accept her bed:

She decided it was comfy:

Alegria got to choose her room first and took the one closest to the master bedroom:

Going for a walk on the front lawn:

 



We worked as much as we could between play time with the girls...and in the process met quite a few neighbors who stopped by to say hello and introduce themselves.  We may just like this on-post living thing.  :)

After all of our travels, it was nice for the girls to finally have a warm bath.  They were happy to get all cleaned up and to see their bath toys that had been put away for a few long days!

Once the girls were in bed, Cameron and I continued to unload the truck...one of the critical things to unload being our bedroom furniture...can't wait to sleep on our awesome new Tempurpedic bed!  Oh, how we've missed you!!!  :)

And that was our day!