Finally an Update!

So we are all moved into the new place. Todd is gone until the week of Easter (he'll be home for over a week and then he leaves again for the deployment) I'm hoping to keep the blog a little better updated now that I am at home most nights. Also, Todd started a blog! He is the company commander so he put one together so that he could keep all of the friends and family of his soldiers in the loop. Check it out at www.acompanyadventures.blogspot.com.

Here are a few pics I have taken since we moved. Hannah and I are really enjoying having a big yard and we even had a picnic lunch the other day. Even though she doesn't look happy, she was:)

Things our little doll is doing lately:

• She insists that I kiss both sides of her hand before she goes to bed. Now that she's in a big girl bed she also enjoys getting up about 10 minutes after I've put her down and turning on her light. Often times I find her playing in her closet.
• She still loves listening to Taylor Swift in the car. She has even made up new titles for some of her songs. Speaking of riding in the car, she has also figured out how to get out of her carseat (the top buckle).
• She loves "patch-ee's" (aka apaches). I found her a toy one on amazon and she loves it. She'll even point out where Dada sits. She also loves watching Patchee videos on YouTube.
• Every day on the way home from school I'll ask her what she did in school. She always tells me that she colored and had snack. We can see where her priorities are:) Most of the time she also tells me that she pushed someone. As far as I know this part is not always true.
• She asks about Dada a lot. Luckily he recorded some storybooks for her before he left so she likes to look and listen to those.
• She is an extremely picky eater! I really don't know how she can make it on the few bites of food she eats for each meal. I'm hoping this phase will pass.

Wish I'd thought of that!

So, my friends Ben and Lauren are about to embark on a cross country tour in a van they bought off craigslist. They have been blogging about it as they prepare and "renovate" the van. You should check out their blog:

http://followthistrip.com/the-blog

Where is thumbkin????

We always sing that song at the library for story time, except they change it for each kids name... like Where is Hannah, Sally, etc.. There is this one kid, Jack, and every time we sing "Where is Jack" he'll yell "at the library!!" So cute. But I digress.

Right about now, you're probably wondering "Where is Kim???" or probably more likely wondering "Where is Todd??"

So here's the deal....

Todd is currently in Ft. Rucker (Alabama, where he went to flight school while we were dating). He's been gone since the 28th and he'll be back on the 10th.

Two days after he gets back we will move into Casa de Lyle in Lexington, aka Todd's parent's house. Actually their basement. For those of you who are thinking "whoa... living with the in-laws???" I say to you "They are great! And we are excited to be living there... seriously." No, seriously, they are like the best in-laws ever. And, I'll be glad to be in Lexington where most of my mommy friends are... and my church family is.

At the end of March Todd will leave for Ft. Stewart, GA for a month. He'll be back the week of Easter. And then....

May 1st is D-Day:( He'll leave for Ft. Hood and he'll be there until the end of August (we think). Unfortunately this is considered deployment even though he'll still be in the states. Which means, no flying to Texas to visit, and most likely, no flying home for him to see us. The army is going to pretty much keep them on lock down.

From Ft. Hood, Todd will go to somewhere in Iraq (we think). He'll be there until May 2012 (we think). Hopefully his unit will be approved for at least 1 visit home in the YEAR LONG deployment but as of right now it looks like that won't happen.

So needless to say I am already looking forward to May 2012:)

Tomorrow is our 5 year anniversary and I'll be spending it with Hannah at a 4-year-old's birthday party. No offense to the little guy, but I'd much rather spend it with my hubby. However I am SO PROUD of Todd and all that he is doing for our country.

Our house is currently half packed. A majority of our things are going into a storage unit and we've already taken several loads to it. There are boxes everywhere. Packing is tough when you have to figure out what you might or might not use in the next year.

All in all... I think we'll make it. Scratch that... I know we will! God is good. That I know for sure.