1 month and settled in...

We have been here in Kansas for about a month now and we are pretty much settled in and getting used to new routines. My poor husband has started a completely different routine from when we lived in Georgia. He has to wake up every morning at 5am to go workout. He has to run about 5miles everyday and every Wednesday 10miles. He's always been pretty active but I don't think he has ever exercised this much! He is able to come home for an hour and a half before work so I always make him a big breakfast. One morning he came home and says, "I feel like I'm training for the Olympics!" I guess this is good for him. The better prepared he is for his deployment the better I'll feel!
Army life is different but so far so good. Right now Jim is in training down at Fort Sill, OK. Poor guy is sleeping in a giant tent! But, he is enjoying getting to know everyone, since he is one of the new guys. I have volunteered with the FRG(family readiness group). Each unit has their own FRG and we do fundraisers, plan social events, and keep families informed on what's going on with the soldiers.
Chloe is having lots of fun. There are so many activities for her to do, without having to drive 30min to do so. I'm not sure she realizes we now live in Kansas. She always talks about going to see her cousins like it's a 5min drive from here. I think I need to pull out a map and show her where we are!

New Pictures!

I found a coupon online to get 36 portraits at sears for $4.99 so I took Chloe to get her picture taken today. You only get to choose one pose but, for $4.99 I think that's quite a deal! I just had her pictures taken not too long ago but, you can never have too many! Here are some from her shoot.







She did so well! She actually smiled and somewhat sat still. She is such a fun girl, I'm going to miss her dearly when she has to leave me and go to pre-school this fall. Since Jimmy will be deploying to either Iraq or Afghanistan in September I've decided to send Chloe to pre-school so I can go back to school. The Army has such great advantages! As a spouse I can take classes at Barton College on the Army base for FREE! I'm sad that I will have to leave Chloe but, I think she will really enjoy learning and playing with other kids.

Happy Valentines Day!

This morning I surprised Chloe with a Valentine's Day present at breakfast. She was so excited. She's happy when she gets anything doesn't matter how small...

Chloe's 1st big girl bed!

Chloe's bed was delivered today! Her room is small so we decided to get her a daybed. She was so excited when they were putting it together! She wouldn't leave them alone. I am still in the process of decorating her room but, here is a glimpse of her new bed!

Kansas...

Jimmy finally finished all his training and got his orders for his 1st duty station. Ft.Riley in Kansas. Chloe and I drove all the way from Georgia to meet him here. It was a long long drive! It took us about 15hrs. We did stop and spend the night in St.Louis though. After we got here we lived in a hotel for about 2weeks and finally found a place to live and moved in about a week ago! We are still waiting on the movers to come with our belongings. I found my USB cord today. This whole time I thought it was packed up in a box. I'm glad we're out of a hotel but, it's been rough living in our new place without any of our stuff! I kinda had a feeling it might take a while for our stuff to get here so I packed a lot of extra stuff in the car. Like an air mattress, blankets, sheets, and towels, etc. Good thing, otherwise we would be sleeping on the floor! Chloe is probably the only one enjoying the empty space. It's too cold to play outside so she can run around inside. So far Kansas isn't so bad. It's very pretty. Everyone seems to think it's flat here. For the record it's NOT. We're at the foot of the Flint Hills. We're also right next to Colorado so that should tell you something.


Here's Chloe all bundled up ready to leave the hotel in St.Louis. We had about a 5hr. drive left. It was so cold there! That day they actually cancelled school due to cold weather. It wasn't even snowing it was just super cold.


Jimmy cleaning out the car as I sat inside being lazy. The car was a disaster after the drive. The backseat was full of food and crumbs! That's what a 2yr old does to a car during a 15hr. drive. I wish I took a picture, it was so gross!


Our new table(jimmy picked it out). It's really big. I think we were feeling desperate for something comfortable to sit on, since we don't have our couches here yet.



Chloe fell asleep watching a movie on her portable movie player. Thank heaven for those! This poor girl always falls asleep in the most awkward places.



I didn't pack enough toys for Chloe so Jimmy went out and bought her some Lincoln logs. She built this tower and was so proud of herself! Notice her short hair too. I had 3inches cut off. Her hair was so long but, so thin! It looks so much better this length.