Ft. Benning Family Pass !

It was so awesome to go see Enoch at Ft. Benning! Although the flight was a nightmare there...overnight, 1 year old DOES NOT work. There was lots of rocking in the back of the plane. And she's pushing 23 lbs...my arms, shoulders and back look like I spend a lot of time at the gym everyday. Who needs a gym when you have a toddler? The trip was 9300 miles there and back.  My mom came with me just to help out. If she hadn't, I seriously wouldn't have made it. In Atlanta of all places, we had to go down these crazy stairs to get to the tarmac just to walk up more stairs to get into the plane. We had the stroller and carseat with us.  My mom took the bags down to the tarmac and I was at the top of the stairs with the stroller, car seat, diaper bag, my monster purse and Ashlyn in my arms. There was a guy behind me who just stood there as I tried to haul it all down this flight of stairs then had the guts to roll his eyes at me and sigh....I felt curse words on my lips but held it in.  At this point it was 10 am thursday Hawaii time and I had been up since 5am Wednesday....I didn't sleep one wink on the flight over...So I was at my wits end. Ashlyn of course was very tired. She had slept a combined total of 5 hours since we left Hawaii at 8pm on Wednesday night. When I got to the landing the guy had been just slowly following me so I just glare at him and very audibly and flatly say, Thank you sir. So much for southern hospitality.  We finally got to the hotel, which was very nice, at about 6pm and when we checked in, we were told there wasn't a crib available for us. When I kindly reminded the clerk that we reserved one online, we were told it's first come, first served and they only had 2 for the whole hotel...all 4 floors. My mom and I were shocked...so we had to go buy a pack-n-play. Finally we get settled and of course Ashlyn won't sleep. She is just frayed. We had been up 36 hours at this point and just could not function. Ashlyn had had 45 min naps here and there the entire time and was just beyond functioning. When it turned 11pm in Georgia, my mom finally said, just go to sleep. We had to be at the gates at 7am. Friday morning was a happy morning. I was so so excited. All the exhaustion was overwhelmed with anticipation.


Here are pictures from our amazing weekend as a family again. We got from 10am Friday morning until 4pm Sunday afternoon to do whatever we pleased.

It was so hard to say goodbye! But in 3 weeks I'll be back again for Enoch's Graduation!! Ashlyn will be staying with Grandma in Hawaii this time. There is no way I'm going to put her through that trip again. It was just too hard on her. Now she has a double ear infection and hasn't slept solid since we got back over a week ago.

Saturday Fun!

I'm so excited! Ashlyn and I get to see Daddy soon! He gets a 36 hour pass over the Labor Day weekend and we are going to spend it with him! Daddy hasn't been able to see Ashlyn walk yet. 12 days!!!!

She was helping us with the yard but moving all the little lava rocks around

She just wanted mommy's sunglasses.

Some of Enoch's training in BCT

Can you find Enoch in these??

Ashlyn turned 1!!!!!

My little girl is 1!!!!

Our morning ritual. Yesterday morning was her birthday walk :)

Her very first birthday cake with lots of extra icing for her to make a mess of.

She wasn't so sure about the cake at first.

Then she realized mommy wasn't going to stop her from making a mess.

She tried a little of the buttercream. Didn't like it to much.

Ooo there's cake in there!

Yes, mommy ate that piece of cake Ashlyn pulled off..She really didn't like it.

And she's spent...

Gift time was next. She was more interested in the tissue paper.

I want that swimsuit!

Happy Birthday my baby girl!!!!

Bathtime fun and chocolate ice cream

Car washing fun



There was a little puddle that she found as I was putting a letter in the mailbox. I turned around, and splish splash.

 Her onsie was soaked and her diaper was so gross.

 So it was time for a real bath!

Peek-a-boo!

She loves being just like mommy and loves to carry mom's purse. But I have to leave everything in it. If I take anything out, she'll drop it, sit down and pout.

 This is how much she loves chocolate ice cream. She kept going for my cone.

She looks just like her daddy!!