Virginia Beach

How I love the sun! After living in a beach town for 2 weeks I've decided I never, EVER want to see snow again. We are really loving it here. The weather is beautiful (did I say that already) there is so much more to do then in Fredericksburg and Lydia is loving her new school. It's really too bad that we are only here until June.

I don't have any pictures to post yet. We are still dealing with move-in craziness. I don't even have a key to our mailbox yet. I am sure the postman loves us right now. :) We are hopefully getting out and about this weekend so I'll take some them.

**I just have to laugh! Two days after I wrote this Virginia Beach is having a record breaking snow storm. :) I think the snow is following me!!**

Oh My Goodness

The world has stopped for the residents of Virginia! It has snowed! Due to the large amounts of the fluffy white stuff they have delayed opening the YMCA until 10 am and cancelled school. I thought after the record breaking snow we had in December they would be a little more comfortable with it but I guess not. The roads will be a scary place today...almost as bad as California drivers when it's raining.

How I miss my brave fellow Minnesotans!


**You can still see the sidewalk! And Grass! Seiously people!!**

Christmas

We had a wonderful Christmas. We missed being with our families but we had a good time with some close friends. We had a quick trip to Urgent Care on Christmas Eve. Addi knocked her head open on a corner in the living room that needed stitches. Luckily the Urgent Care by our house saw her even though they were closed when John showed up, it would of been a very long night in the ER if they hadn't. Besides that it was calm and relaxing.

The girls were VERY excited about all their gifts. I love the look in kid's eyes when they see their presents from Santa. It will be a sad day when they stop believing. John and I had to laugh though, Addi made a very worrisome comment about Santa. She was naming off a few things she didn't get that she would of liked to this year and said that she was going beat up Santa!!! I don't think she was serious but I'm not sure :) We're in trouble with that one.











Now that the holidays are over reality has come crashing down for the Rice house. We went to Virginia Beach this week and found a place to live. We move out on the 15th. We are actually really excited. We'll be 6 blocks from the beach and Lydia is in a really good school district. John will start his new school on Dam Neck on the 25th and will be done on the 11th of June, then who knows! :)

Treston's Fun Facts

He is a growing dude. 75th percentile for height and 10th for weight.

He can take about 5 steps and is crawling like a mad man (explains why he's so skinny)

He loves the vacuum. I have to wait until he is asleep to use it or he follows me and attacks it.

He has 8 teeth!! His favorite snack right now is Nutra-grain bars. We're still struggling with using a sippie cup but he'll get it soon.

He seems to get a bruise or bleed at least 3 times a week. Today he hit his mouth getting into a drawer in the kitchen. It bled for hours....boys are crazy.

Daddy gave him his first hair cut while Mommy fought back tears. John said he couldn't stand his "hippie hair". I'll post pictures soon.

He loves to wrestle with his Dad and sisters.

Apples make him throw up.

He is off his midnight bottle but isn't happy about it.

He is a happy, loving little guy. We are so lucky to have him.

Missed a day already..oops. I have a good excuse, I'm sick. I love the mild weather here but dang my allergies are going crazy.

I called and broke our lease today. They were really nice about it. One of the pluses about being around a base again. No need to explain why, they just understand. So now John and I have to make some appointments to go look at house in Virginia Beach. We're going to make a trip out there during Christmas break. I think it will be good for Lydia to be part of the process of picking out a place. It will be an adventure that's for sure.



Treston cracks me up. He will always take the most rugged route. Always over and through, never around!! Boys are crazy. :)

Day 7

I didn't take any pictures today so I decided to find some from last year. It's amazing what a difference a year can make.

Duty Station

John got his orders BUT we still don't know where we'll be stationed. We are moving to Virgina Beach at the end of January and will be there until June. By the latest, we should know where we're going in May. I'm happy that we get to stay together but not looking forward to moving again...then again. Sigh. To make matter worse Lydia is really upset. She loves her teacher and wants to stay. Whenever she talks about it, John and I just want to cry. I hate seeing her sad. I thought being a Marine wife was hard, being a mom to a military brat is heartbreaking. Not looking forward to his next deployment.

Ok, I'm done with my pity party. On to today's picture. I love seeing them smile :)

Day 5

Day 4
Lydia has her first loose tooth...

and Treston is cutting another one!

Day 3
This kid has some skills. The minute he hits the floor to play he wiggles out of his pants and takes his socks off! Crazy kid. :)