Happy Thanksgiving!

I just wanted to come one and wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving! I can't believe its time for Thanksgiving again! Wow did this past year past by fast! We're having the Lebleu's over again...I hope everyone enjoys their holiday weekend. Mitchell's got the whole weekend off! yay! God Bless!

Marine Ball

We went to the Marine Corps Birthday Ball last weekend and we had a lot of fun. Our friends were really nice and watched the girls and took some family pics for us. I've been meaning to come on here and give an update but this week has flown by.
I wore a dress to the ball that I have worn to a ball four year prior. Except this time it was a little tight and I didn't wind up drunk at the end of the night. lol. Wearing it brought back fun memories. All last week I was worried about whether or not I should have even gone to the ball. I was worried about all the little stuff...which to be honest isn't abnormal for me. I was worried about what dress to wear..the shoes to wear with the dress..how am I going to do my hair..then I would go maybe I shouldn't even go. Then Mitchell would say "It won't be the same without you" and then a friend told me she felt the same way until she realized it was going to be a night out with her husband. Then I realized she was right...and that's just what it was a Great night out with my husband!
For new updates we have Mitchell's Dad coming out to visit this weekend with his sons Nick and Jordan. Mom and Dad Burke are coming out to visit for Christmas..yay!! I can't wait to see them! Our Friends Bobby and Brooke might be coming out visit right after..another yay!! A friend of mine who miscarried this time of year last year is about to have a baby, she's 37 weeks along...another yay!! So many yays!! Another friend of mine is knitting little booties and hats then turning around and selling them on a web page and craft fairs...so far is turning out good...if any of are interested here's the web page: http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=6400792. They're very cute!
For us...Mitchell is trying to get recruits lined up for next month..when he's not here helping out. The dishwashers motor blew out the weekend before last and he's been for each step of the way to get the new dishwasher put in.
Hannah's learned how to pull herself up on things and its looking like she might have tooth trying to come through. These girls just don't stop growing. KalieAnn is just growing more and more independent. Along with a little sass and some attitude. Well I need to go make this clan some lunch..put Hannah down for a nap, then get things together for KalieAnn's swim lessons. God Bless!

Happy Halloween!

Just wanted to come on and wish everyone a Happy Halloween! We took the Girls and the dog up our street down another and then found our way back to the house. Hannah about fell asleep in her stroller while KalieAnn would go door to door with me. She learned the routine...knock knock...Trick or Treat!...Thank you!...Happy Halloween!...then she would turn to us each time and go "Free Candy Mom!!!" or "Daddy! Look!! Free Candy!!" Well I'm off to bed. God Bless and Stay Safe!

Getting Settled

I've been busy trying to get us settled into our new home. forgot how much stuff we have lol. There's one thing I do not like about moving and its Unpacking. When I think about all the work that goes into moving it makes me stress but the over all picture of getting to see different places and meet new people is nice. I think there are...now remember I said think...three things in life that can really send me on a stress panic.

The first is money. I dunno what it is about it but it makes it hard for me to enjoy things. One of the first thing that pops into my head is okay do we really need this. I think it only stresses me out when its on something that isn't a necessity. I'll stand there staring at it thinking what if I get this and we need something more important later on and won't have the money for it.

The second is the new. I almost wanted to say the moving. All the work but I don't think its the actually work that goes into moving. Its the going somewhere new and having to do all the work because you know your hunny's going to have to work. Wondering how the new place is going to be, how far from family is it, and how our lives are going to be there.

The third is the Tornado's out here in MN. I used to love sit and watch the thunderstorms. But watching the skies turn pitch black around new, the flickering of the lights and wondering if the house and my stuff are going to be ruined, with all our memories gone is another. I think a huge part of that fear is loosing my girls. What if I don't get them down into the room fast enough, if something happens to us, whose going to take care of them. I think this probably a little personal for this and probably a bit silly but there they are. The three things that tend to stress me out the most. Well tomorrow is Halloween and our pumpkins have yet to be carved. So i need to go work on the house some more. God Bless!

Moving

We are going to be moving this weekend. I really don't feel like putting all the details on here. We will be sending out a letter though with the forwarding address. I will say this though I am very disappointed in our LandLord and we just can't wait to get out of this house.
Other news, Hannah is scooting herself around pretty fast now and goes pretty far distances. She's starting to say baba now for her bottle(really only when she angry at me and I hadn't given it to her) and she'll she scoot up to me now and put her butt up in the air to tell me "Hey, mom pick me up"
KalieAnn has all little girl in her now, no Babiness left...makes me a little sad. However she's healthy and stubborn as ever. She's starting to test her boundaries in a new way this days. She's talking back and trying to tell me what to do! For the most part though she is still a great kid and I try to remind her of that everyday.
As for Mitchell and I we're going to start get ourselves ready for this move and for the Marine Corps Ball. Well I've got to get going..Hannah's ankering to get out of her crib. God Bless!

Pumpkin Patch!!

Last Saturday we went to a place called Berry Hill Farm in Anoka. We all had a blast. They had wagon rides..pulled by a tractor! This farm is huge! They have raspberry fields, strawberry fields, sunflower, pumpkin, squash and more!!! The wagon/tractor ride takes you all around and stops at the Pumpkin field. Other than seeing the beautiful farm they have..what i want to call vegetable people set up all around the farm. For example a family of Pumpkin Heads...A squash headed wood cutter...apple friends..and it continues on.It was soo cute! It was hard getting a picture with KalieAnn and Hannah together. For some reason KalieAnn didn't want to have her picture taken with her sister.
KalieAnn helping Daddy pull the pumpkins out of the field. Such a cute little Helper.
Doesn't this picture make her look like she's completely focused on something? Our serious yet goofy baby girl.
KalieAnn in the Hay Maze...I was just in shock that people were still doing this kind of stuff!!! The only time I'd heard of a Hay Maze was in the last season of Gilmore Girls when Taylor Dosey set up a Hay Bail Maze in the middle of their town. It was soo much fun zigzagging through the maze and then trying to find your way back!
Here of course is a family picture with the pumpkins we almost got. I on the other hand found a cool round pumpkin and its big!!! It was 35 pounds ...I think...I could be wrong. We had a great time at this place! If you guys want to find a Place that has Pumpkin Patches and more heres a website to find them: http://www.pumpkinpatchesandmore.org/ You pick your state, area and it will show places that do it!

Birthday Party

Her birthday party was great! Just about everyone showed up and well I had a blast hanging out with everyone. Granted I was exhausted after I cleaned up the place a little. When you don't host get togethers like that very often you tend to forget the exhausting part of it. However my body still seems to be a bit out of whack when it comes to my hormones.

These past couple of days I have been a bit emotional. Some part because yesterday was a bit of a stressful day but putting that a side I still have been a bit more temper mental and bit more on the emotional side. SO I figured there would be two reasons... Reason One: My body trying to get back on a regular schedule seeing that I haven't had a period since I found out I was prego with Hannah. The doctor said that I should have one within a month of when I stopped nursing. Which was the 15Th of last month so we'll see..now he did say that before I have my period I will ovulate which goes to the Reason 2: Prego..since we are trying to get pregnant AGAIN. But I'm ruling out Reason 2 because I took a prego test tonight and it popped up negative.

And yes..I think I have lost my mind completely for trying for our third but here's our reasoning. When I was pregnant with KalieAnn my experience with a military doctor was far from good....It was SO far from a good experience that I would really not have to deal with it Pregnant again. Now Reason 1 is because I don't want to have another military doctor and I REALLY like the civilian doctor that I have now we've decided to start trying...

Why now? Because Mitchell only has 17 more(estimate) months on production adding prego time that's not a whole lot of time

Reason 2: We really would like to not have a baby in Nov., Dec, or January which means Starting January we'll be done trying if I am not prego by then till April. If that were to happen we'd be cutting really close to moving time.

So there it is our crazy decision to start trying for another...and yes I agree its crazy..there moments with the girls where they just drive me crazy and the first thought that pops into my head is "and your trying for another?" The thing is I love it when my girls drive me crazy because afterwards Cuddle time!!! I love when KalieAnn curls up on the couch next to me while I watch TV...She usually curls up right in my back or Hannah hanging out with me in the Glider. Well I'm tired..its been well an interesting day. The girls let me sleep in and it was just one of those rainy and gloomy days. Hard to get yourself moving but once I did I lost track of time and whola late dinner and now late bed time. I'm off to go investigate the back of my eye lids..God Bless!