the game of life

first, i want to thank everyone who is commenting on my blogs!  you guys are the best!  okay, so i'm making a command decision and saying i have enough votes to declare a winner.  so here are a few family updates:

Winkerbeaner- she is now over 23 months old and closing in fast on 2 yrs.  this will be a good day for a couple reasons.  first, if it's anything like her first birthday, she'll bring in another motherlode of presents (this is good for daddy, too, since he loves playing with most of her toys when she lets him).  and second, she'll be able to say her age.  if you ask her how old she is today, she'll excitedly put one finger in the air and say "two!"  we're pretty sure two is her favorite number right now because when we race instead of saying "1, 2, 3, GO" she decides she doesn't like saying one and has no time for 3 (or maybe she's trying to get a headstart on daddy) and says "two, two, GO."  she's gonna miss having steps once we move into the new house cuz she plays "catch" with daddy by throwing a ball down the steps and then tells daddy "uh oh" and points for him to go get it for her...and repeat.  she loves. her. babies.  sometimes i worry that she's going to be a marine someday.  here's why: time to go to bed, time to head out for errands, time to take a bath....doesn't matter.  it all begins with her motto "leave no man baby behind."  we tried watching ice age.  wow...BAD IDEA.  she burst into tears when she saw the animals were taking the baby.  it seriously took us 20 minutes to calm her down after we quickly shut it off.  crazy girl :)

wifey- loving life as a stay at home mama.  or maybe she's a professional shopper.  sometimes i wonder...just kiddin babe :)  i asked her for input for her update and she said to put that 5 months into pregnancy she looks like a fat cow (this is not true of course, but good luck trying to convince her otherwise).  she's getting very excited about decorating the new house.  i think she's pretty much got every room planned out, including the basement that we don't plan on finishing for another year haha.  she loves scrapbooking and is anxiously awaiting warm weather to get outside and go on walks through the park.

me- i'm still enjoying my time in the air force...although sometimes i wonder why i chose to pursue this master's degree thingy.  i still play basketball every tuesday and thursday at 6:30 a.m. (dedication, i know lol) and i've finally gotten back to the gym to start pumping some aluminum again (i'm still working my way up to iron :).  i, too, am excited for summer to get back on the mountain bike and maybe bring aubriee to the practice putting green (she's getting pretty bored hitting balls around her room haha).

family- we've missed living next to the beautiful rocky mountains in utah, but are settling into the area here in dayton, oh.  it's nice to have a little family (miranda's mother's side) within an hours drive.  as i mentioned earlier, we're expecting little one #2 in july and are hoping to be moved in and unpacked into our new house before he/she arrives.  right now, the house is about to begin the "rough mechanicals" stage, so the foundation, flooring, walls, roof, windows, and doors are all in.  we're excited and nervous about our first home purchase, but hopefully everything goes smoothly!! :) 

this may have gotten a little long (sorry, i think all of mine are super long so far...i'll work on that in the future)...but hopefully those of you who i haven't talked to in awhile at least feel a little caught up on the life and times of an air force daddy :)       

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[jessica]

looks like i've got the honor of first commenter again. wish you guys were closer so we could see all this happening in 'real time' and the kids could grow up being buds and playing baseball in the yard!!! :)