Moving (Yet again) Adventures!

Ok so here is the deal.  We have had lots of adventures since I posted last and I keep putting off posting since I am soooo far behind it will take a marathon posting to catch up!  However I finally just decided to give an update for what is happening now and then hopefully catch up on all the other stuff from the last six or so months another day.

So....current update is that we are moving again!  Literally. . right now we are living out of hotel rooms driving our way across the country.  That is kind of the theme of our life it seems.  I guess really it is the theme of most any military family's life, but having lived my first 18 years on the same farm with the same address this lifestyle still catches me by surprise sometimes!  Our little BB is not growing up like I did in that respect as he is headed to his third home in his short life and is currently on his second cross country coast to coast road trip.  He continues to impress me with his resilience but there have (and I am sure will continue to be) some rough moments as he tries to grasp what exactly is happening!


Here he is checking out the piles of boxes in our basement all prepped to go on the moving truck.  He kept saying "Open it? Open it?". Sorry Buddy.....we can't open them until we get to the new house. :(

Speaking of boxes . . we had so many they just barely fit on the truck.  Here are the movers debating how to get the final things crammed into the truck.  The final solution included cramming the mattress boxes right in at the very end and slamming the door shut.  I'm afraid the poor guy on the other end that opens them is going to get a Jack in the Box mattress surprise!   Of course it was pouring down rain in this picture and pretty much the entire 10 plus hours they were loading. . .we are praying everything doesn't show up sopping wet and moldy, ha!!

Here is BB in our empty rental watching a show on the Ipad to give me enough time to finish scrubbing and cleaning it.  Such a sad picture as he had no toys left to play with or even anything to sit on!!  

But now on to hotel life and our little guy is turning into a pro!  His first order of business in each one is to find the elevator and press all the buttons.  He also is a big fan of hotel pools and riding on these luggage carts with our suitcases,

Car trips are still not his favorite thing (which is part of the reason we are only traveling a small amount each day) and he has a very hard time falling asleep in the car.  This is a shot of a rare catnap in the car in between his many "road trip activities".

The most important thing to happen in the midst of all this moving business though is that Hubs graduated from his program here at the Naval War College!  He now holds a Masters in National Security and Strategic Studies in addition to being incredibly good looking in his uniform . ;)  I'm so so proud of him and all his hard work this year!  Now off to the next job!

Thanksgiving Adventures

Over the past 10 years (can that be possible?!?!) of Army life, Hubs and I have never lived very close to any family.  We do try our best to make it back to one of our respective homes for at least one holiday a year but it doesn't always happen.  That being said, one of the many exciting things about living in Rhode Island for a year is that we are reasonably close to some family!  Hubs'  Uncle P and Aunt T live on this side of the country as well as a couple of my cousins (who we hope to visit with during the second half of our year here!).

You may remember that Uncle P and Aunt T visited us a few months ago.  Well they were also gracious enough to suggest that we spend Thanksgiving with them!  We were so excited to spend a holiday with family and also thought the short flight to Maryland would be a great "trial run" for traveling with our little guy in preparation for a longer one at Christmas time.

So. . our visit in a nutshell. . these people need to open up some sort of hospitality business!  They are absolutely incredible hosts in ever aspect from their beautiful home to their delicious food.  I can't imagine feeling more comfortable and well taken care of.  It sort of felt like we had escaped to a luxury, all inclusive resort...except it was better than that because they let us bring our toddler and actually LIKED our toddler and played with him.

Speaking of the toddler, he got to see/play in his first real snow fall on this trip!

 Such a great time!  These pictures are a perfect explanation for why he asked for "Pe" (Uncle P) and the "daw" (dogs) literally ever day for weeks after the trip! 

We thought he would be most excited about the younger, little dog, Copper.  But as it turns out he desperately wanted to be best friends with their older, big dog, Jenna.  She was a good sport and put up with him tripping over her and intruding on her personal space.  I'm sure she was very relieved thought when the miniature human finally left! :)  

BB isn't a really big eater yet but the delicious smoked Thanksgiving turkey won him over!

Aunt T also won him over!  For starters, she let him play endlessly in her pantry.  All these jars and cans to shake?  That is BB's idea of a good time!! 

 Excuse the low quality cell phone pictures, but check out this dimple!  We often got told that BB is "very serious", which he can be.  But make no mistake there are some great smiles hidden under his stern look that he pulls out for very special people only.  Obviously Aunt T is in that category! 

Thanks so much for all your hospitality and the wonderful, relaxing weekend.  It was such a pleasure spending Thanksgiving with you!  Should we go ahead and book our flight for next year? ;)