Like Mommy Like Son?

If you really know me, you know that I frequently plan my route for running errands according to where a drive-thru is that has Coke. (seriously--no joke!) So you can imagine how fitting it was that all the Coke in the house entertained Jesse for an unheard of amount of time, considering his short attention span these days...

I personally think this would be a great Coke ad!

In a Nutshell

Thanks Aunt Cassie for the magnets!

Thanks Grandpa for my laptop :)

Petting Zoo

Up close and personal
Corn on the cob is YUM-O

Minnesota cousins with Garret

Aunt Mary bathing Jesse

playing in Gramps' fountain

Jacki, Court, Jesse, me, Ashley
Thanks, Grandma, for washing your phone!

The Fett's FINALLY have internet...now for the update I know our public has been waiting very patiently for (Lucas?!):

We finally closed on our house July 15 and then Garret took command on July 17...those of you who are familiar with the military know that is CRAZY timing for everything at once! Luckily, both sets of our parents came in for the Change of Command and they earned their keep by painting and cleaning their fannies off! Without their help, we probably still wouldnt be living in our house yet. I'll post some before and after pictures of the house as soon as I take them (soon, I promise).

I went to Maryland for one of my best friend's wedding, then Mary come out for a visit. Then we had Minnesota cousins for a weekend, and now it's time to celebrate Jesse's birthday already! Can you believe he's ONE?!?!!

Enjoy the random pictures to summarize our summer. I'll pur more up as I remember what we did!

Wow, that's BIG!

(that's what she said!) Sorry, I couldn't resist :)

This is a zucchini and cucumber I picked out of my friend's garden when we were staying at their house back in July. Her garden is organic...maybe it's better to grow things that way after all!

SO funny!

So funny looking? So funny smelling? I don't know what's so funny, but Jesse thinks Diva is the most hilarious creature on this earth. I wish I had gotten the camera quicker so you could hear the 5 minutes straight (no joke!) of gut laughing at Diva.

SURPRISE!

crawling together

WOW...look at my sword!

helping Alexis

rough housing like boys do :)

...and afterwards

Ahhhh...the little surprises that life always has waiting around the corner for us...some we want and others we don't. Let me explain:

We were supposed to close on our home this past Friday, our loan officer was on the phone with us all week getting things from Garret that she needed, and then Thursday night came along--they didn't have it together for us to sign on Friday and had been, in fact, stringing us along the whole week...SURPRISE!

We have to replace all the carpet and paint all the walls before we can move it. We picked carpet that was in-stock, they came out and measured the rooms, set-up an installation date...SURPRISE--they have to order the carpet now and don't know when it'll be in!

Thankfully, it's all sorting itself out now. We plan on closing this coming Wednesday or Thursday on our home. We have a family friend flying out to be our paid "handyman" on Tuesday and he'll stay for 10 days...that should really help us get a lot done to the house. Garret's Change of Command Ceremony is Friday, so both families are coming for that...the timing couldn't be more perfect for us since there will be extra hands to help with Jesse and the movers.

This past Monday I got a phone call from my Hawaii belly buddy, Jess Keane. She is a member of an exclusive club that we refer to as BOS (more on that later) as well with me. She's been a traveling lady this month since her husband is out of town and had time to make a trip to Kansas to see me the very next day--SURPRISE!!! Keane stayed 4 nights, 2 with me and 2 with another BOS member, Alexis. Her little boy, Billy, is almost a year now and it was too funny watching him and Jesse play together and steal food, toys, pacifiers from each other. Keane's trip was truly the best surprise of all.

New Friends?

We've been getting around town and figuring things out. Jesse has been making lots of new friends everywhere we go...ladies at the library, kids at restaurants, guys who hold doors open for us...a Barbie and a puppy named Bella! He absolutley loved playing with a dog that was smaller than him! I dont know if Daddy approves of Jesse playing with Barbie...but he loved her anyway. He has also made friends with our friends', the Miskowski's, dog Willy who likes to share his food with Jesse. He can't wait for his friend Lucy (another dog!) to get here though and share her plastic bottles to play with!

There's No Place Like Home!

Jesse, Cillian, and Patrick

helping Daddy :)

hmmm....

After driving from Alabama to Kansas in 2 days with Garret in a 26 ft diesel truck (Sadie riding shotgun of course) and I with expired Hawaii tags, Jesse, and Diva, we made it in one piece to our new home town! We drove to Clarksville, TN on the first day and stayed with our good friends the Clapp's (thanks Erin!). We made it all the way to Kansas City on the second day, and it was only a 2 hour drive in the morning from there to Manhattan. Jesse was GREAT on the road, he cried a total of 1 hour maybe during the total 16 hour drive. The dogs were stressing though...I think they're finally glad to be in one place for now.

We won't close on our home until mid-July so we are staying in temporary Army lodging. It's roomier than I thought it'd be, but not what I would call cozy...it'll do for now.

Here's a few things I've learned in my 2 days here to far: 1. Living in a college town could be way fun, but makes me feel old at the same time 2. It is, in fact, very humid here--darn it! 3. It's not as fun to drive 70 miles an hour when it's actually the speed limit in the middle of no where 4. The thunderstorms are no joke here...scary!