February 2011

We saw this sign on the way out of town after the Space Shuttle launch in Titusville. Since my maiden name is pretty uncommon, I had to take a picture of "Bobb's Fire Equipment Store".

Seeing the Space Shuttle Discovery shoot up into the air was pretty cool. We decided to drive to the coast at the very last minute. Our spontaneity resulted in a two hour drive turning into a 3 1/2 hour drive in heavy traffic, because everyone else in the state had the same idea as us. We rolled into town at 4:45, stopped in the CVS parking lot and watched the shuttle take off at 4:50! We would like to get tickets to view one of the last two shuttles take off from the Space Center for a better view in April or June.

Our house is coming along quickly. Here is a picture from February 25th (the back). In a span of 5 days The house went from block walls on the first floor to framed interior walls on the first floor, a second floor, and a roof. By the end of the day on February 26th, the second floor interior walls will be framed. The builders are trying to complete it in 9 weeks for a May 1st closing date.

The front of the house on February 25th.

The block walls on February 22.

Addison helped make my birthday cake for my 32nd birthday. She added and mixed all the ingredients, I frosted it, and she put on all the candles and the candy decorations. She also made the birthday card in the background.

She bought me a candle for Christmas from her school store, and she was devastated when it was all used up, so she bought me a new one for my birthday. She was so excited for me to open it.

Jake is 4 months!

Jake is now 4 months old and weighs 14 lbs 15oz! He is a pretty relaxed little baby, and he is still smiling a lot. He loves his big sister, and she is still a great helper whenever we need her. I'm pretty sure that Jake will be sporting a tooth or two in the next couple of weeks. He is showing all the standard teething signs, including not sleeping very well at night. I don't remember it being so hard to wake up in the middle of the night with Addison. I think she might have been a better sleeper, or at least she was more consistent. We aso went to Disney's Animal Kingdom on Valentine's day. Addison loved seeing all of the animals.

Meeting Pocahontas at Animal Kingdom.

Jake loved hanging out in the Baby Bjorn and wearing his Mickey Mouse baseball hat.

Addison loved the pink flamingos.





Addison couldn't get enough of the safari ride through the animal habitats, but Jake must have found it a tad bit boring. He was passed out within 5 minutes.

Addison said, "I can't believe I'm seeing an elephant for the first time!"

The gators were a bit scary! Especially since we drove over a bridge that they rigged to move the vehicle in a jerky motion up and down, and back and forth making you think you were going to fall into the gator pit.

We thought this half zebra half something else animal was interesting. We figured it must be related to the zebra, but it isn't....I guess you learn something new everyday!

One of the few pictures of the 4 of us!

Nate and Addison on a dinosaur ride.

Addison finally got a "big girl" bike. She asks to ride it everyday!

She is very proud of herself.

Decorating Valentine's cookies at her preschool Vday party.

Bathtime..

Jake isn't rolling over quite yet. He makes it about half way and then he can't seem to pull his head off the floor to make it the rest of the way. He doesn't mind tummy time, though.

They finally started working on the house. The lot was scraped a couple weeks ago and the cement was poured on February 15th. Hopefully, it will start taking off. The builders are telling us it will be done on or before May 1st. We'll see how that goes!

Baby Jake fast asleep.

January 2011

Nathan took his aunt Rhoda to see the Gulfstream at MacDill. She came to visit from Arizona. We hadn't seen her for quite awhile, so it was very nice to have her visit.

Jake was baptized on January 23rd at Apostle's Lutheran Church.




He started trying to hold his own bottle a couple weeks ago.

Addison still loves preschool! Here, her class is performing a song about the weather for the monthly parent meeting. She will be going to the same preschool again next year.



We went to Magic Kingdom again to meet some friends that were in our old squadron in WA. Addison LOVED seeing the Christmas parade again. The nutcrackers were her favorite!






Jake is getting so big! He is starting to really fill out, and he is getting A LOT of baby rolls!

He is a very happy baby. He LOVES to smile and laugh. Unfortunately, he doesn't love to sleep through the night yet! :( He is also extremely ticklish and will laugh uncontrollably when you touch his belly or neck.

Pretty blue eyes...we think he is going to keep them. Addison started out with blue, but then they changed to brown.

We tried to feed him rice cereal around 12 weeks, because he was so hungry all the time. We also thought it would help him sleep longer at night, but it didn't work.

December

December was a very busy month with plenty of visitors and Christmas. Nathan's mom came to visit early in the month and we went to Disney, Sanibel Island, and to the base to see Nathan's airplane. My parents and my brother came to visit a few days after she left and stayed for Christmas. We were thankful to have family visit us over the holiday season, and we are looking forward to going back to North Dakota next year for Christmas.

Jake and Addison are keeping us busy. I think we are still adjusting to having two kids in the house. Someone always wants or needs something :) Addison is looking forward to going back to preschool this week, and Jake is growing like a weed. He will be 12 weeks old on January 5th. Addison is still being a great big sister. She loves to try and make him smile and laugh.

We also bought a house in December. It should be finished and we should be moved in by mid May as long as everything goes smoothly. We did not want to take on another home, but we are unhappy with our rental house and the property manager, so we knew that we would eventually move. We got a pretty good deal on a very nice house in a great neighborhood. It may become another rental property for us when we move from Florida, but we are thinking that maybe we will move back to Florida and back into the home when Nate retires from the Air Force in 9 years. We will see what the future holds.

Nate also found out that he will be deploying in May. That is something we are definitely not looking forward to. I know Addison is going to take it especially hard. She doesn't even want him to leave for work during the week, so having him gone for 5 months will be difficult. However, I know that we will make it through just like we did the last deployments.

Here are some pictures from December.

Papa and Jake

Big smile

Playing with uncle Matt

Styling Nana's hair





Making a gingerbread house with uncle Matt







Papa and Jake


Santa surprised her with all the fairies

Santa brought her a vanity



Sprinkling the reindeer food in the front yard on Christmas Eve



Addison and uncle Matt


Nana, Papa, Jake, Addison, and Matt

Opening gifts




Visiting the princesses and fairies again







She finally rode Dumbo




Cinderella's castle light up for Christmas


At Magic Kingdom with Nana



Meeting Santa at Downtown Disney




Riding rides in Whoville





Getting ready for the Grinch show at Islands of Adventure







Opening gifts with Granny Arlis


Love the facial expressions..."What is this thing exactly??"

"Hmm, really..is this all I got?"





Mickey's Christmas Parade

















Jake met Mickey and Minnie for the first time.













Putting make-up on Granny


Nate took his mom to see his plane.







Looking for shells with Granny Arlis on Sanibel Island.






Posing with their Tshirts.


Addison insisted on posing with every Christmas present before we put it under the tree.


Baby Jake loves to smile.





Another present....


Putting on the star


Hanging the first Christmas ornament



Addison with Woody (made from Legos) at the Lego store.



My aunt Debbie, and my cousins Stacey, her son, Brendan, and Rosie came to Florida for a visit.