Teeth!

Now I have heard the horror stories of teething. The baby staying up all night screaming their heads off, no way to calm them down. Those stories...let me tell you my story.

Teething...was a piece of CAKE! Evelyn must love to sleep because she didnt wake up all night screaming or nothing. I was fully prepared to be awake all night when we found her teeth starting to break through. I took the portacrib downstairs, because the husband had work and needed to sleep, and I slept on the couch and made Evelyn very comfortable. I had already bought her teething tablets and Day & Night Oragel. It took a while to get her to sleep but I made sure to give her tylenol and the oragel, and she went to sleep pretty good. She was a little fussy in her sleep but nothing her binkie couldnt handle.

After 3 days the 2 bottom teeth finally popped out!...

She did awesome! I am so proud of how she did with this! I know I got very lucky with her. I cna only hope that she does this good with all the other 25 teeth!

New!

We have a few new additions to our household! No not pregnant again...yepp a little too early for that. No animals either, not ready for those. But we have a few new household items!

Hubby and I have been really looking into re-doing some furniture in our house...as in "selling and buying" re-doing.

We have had this red couch since we got married. My husband insisted on buying a red couch, I threw my hands up in the air and let him buy it...well I've always hated the damn thing. Theres only so many decor options with a red couch. We finally decided to sell the damn thing and buy a new one. We used the money from selling the red couch to put down on a new couch...well within a matter of 1 hour the couch was sold so we had no couch...but not to fear the next day we went out and found this beauty!!

I am now aware everything in my living room is BROWN, so decor will be re done when we move. We were lucky enough to take this right off the floor! The original couch we picked was amazing, it was brown leather and you could change it from a sectional to a love seat and sofa! Perfect for a military family, but the couch wouldnt be in for at least 30+ days! My parents are coming on the 25th so that just was not going to work. I am happy we picked this couch! Its not to big or too small.

The other new thing in our house is just bedding for our Guest Bedroom. As I just said my parents are coming on the 25th and we havent done anything with our "guest room" right now its not technically a guest room, its a sunroom but we had a guest bed so we just made it into a room, and because its right next to our living room most of Evelyns toys go in there. Hubs has been conviced that we need something warmer for my parents since its surrounded by windows. So I started looking online (LOVE) and found an amazing site called kinglinen.com and I bought a 225.00 bed set for 79.99! I wish this was our bedset but here it is!

Its from Hotel Collections and I really do love it! Once again nothing matches but just something else to look for once we move! :)

Dont you just love having your own home??

Adventures in Baby Food.

So as I said before, Evelyn is now on baby food! We have just been giving her Gerber Stage 1 baby foods since we dont have a food processor at the moment, and shes been doing very well with it. I am pretty proud!
She hated the rice cereal and when we went on leave a few people told us to try bananas. So when we got back to Kansas we went to the store and bought some. Not to our surprise Evelyn wasnt a fan at first, but we knew it was new to her so we kept trying. She caught onto opening her mouth for the spoon and started to slowly swallow.
Now shes almost a champ at it! She moans and groans and kicks when she wants more, its so adorable!
The only thing she cant stand to eat is Squash. I cant blame her too much on that one! But shes done very well and seems to love carrots and any of the fruits we give her. Baby girl is growing up SO fast!

MilSpouse Quiz

This has been seen all over the bloggosphere! So why not join in :)

1. How did you and your spouse meet? I was visiting friends at Fort Riley, Kansas and ran into him at the PX.

2. How old were you when you two met? I was 19 and he was 21.

3. How long have you been together? 3 years! 4 in September.

4. Where are you and your spouse originally from? I am from Utah (over by Salt Lake City) and he is from California.

5. How did you feel about him joining the military? I wasnt arround when he joined.

6. Where did your spouse go to Basic Training? Fort Jackson, South Carolina!

7. Has your spouse ever been deployed? Twice. Iraq: October 2008 - September 2009 & Iraq: November 2010 - October 2011...Ya I know!

8. Ever been to his promotion ceremony? Never been to one since he was promoted twice in Iraq.

9. How long have you been a military wife? 2 years!

10. Did you marry him before or after he joined? After :)

11. How did your husband propose? Christmas morning laying in bed together and he pulled my ring out of my stocking!

12. Where did you get married? Courthouse in my hometown.

13. How old were you two when you got married? I was 20 and he was 22.

14. Did he wear his uniform on his wedding day? Nope. We got married 5 days after getting engaged

15. Where are you and your spouse currently stationed? Currently in Fort Riley, Kansas and PCS'ing to Fort Bragg, North Carolina in March!

16. Do you live on base? Yes.

17. How long were you married when you had to go through your first separation? 5 months when he left for 2 weeks for field training.  7 months he had Deployment Training for a month and 11 months he deployed.

18. What is your favorite base so far? I've only been at Fort Riley.

19. Do you think your spouse looks good in his uniform? yumm yes.

20. Do you think military life is more advanced than civilian life? No?

21. Do you like the benefits you receive as a military dependent? Of course! I never compalin about it.

22. Do you have a lot of military wife friends? Nope! and it doesnt bother me too much.

23. What is the hardest part of the military life? Saying goodbye!

24. Do you own military wife stuff? No. I have a decal for my car and thats about it.

25. Do you support your spouse as a member of the military? Of course! I am so proud of him and his accomplishments!