Packing!

Austin was helping me pack his things this morning for the trip to Michigan. Here's how he thought we needed to pack his suitcase!

What's new?

Alright, I've been catching a lot of crap because I haven't been the best at updating the website lately! Guess what, I just put a whole bunch of new pictures in Austin's photo album! Here's a quick summary of how things are going:

Michael got home from Iraq on Dec 22, just in time for Christmas! We had a wonderful time having him home for Christmas! Austin, of course, was spoiled for Christmas! Some of his highlights were his new train table from Grandma & Grandpa Richards and his very own tractor to ride on from Grandma & Grandpa Ringman!



You'll find what else he got for Christmas in the pictures in his albums. The kid is in love with John Deere Tractors! Not to mention Elmo and Thomas the Train!

We're pretty much settled into the house now. Everything on the inside is organized and not a box is in site. Now in the garage, that's a different story! Besides the totes and boxes out there, it's heaven for a kid who wishes to play with a ride on toy! Half of our one car garage is filled with Austin's toys! We did go for a bike ride the other day, so my bike and the bike pull behind is taking up a little of the space! We finally got some couches in this place too, so now there's more room to sit! After our fiasco with the dead rat on our couch, we got a very very gently used couch and love seat! Not exactly what I would have picked out, but they're not ugly either! They still have the tags on them and are practically are brand new! Definitely cheaper than brand new stuff! I'll have to take some pictures of the inside of the house now that it's all put together so everyone can see what it looks like!

We're getting ready to head to Michigan for Michael's leave! We'll be there for Austin's 2nd birthday, so that's kind of exciting! I can't believe that he's going to be 2 already! It seems like he was just born yesterday!

As you can see, Austin got himself a new big boy bed! Or as he calls it, his "baby bed!" No idea why he thinks it's a baby bed, but it seems to be working out for him! He had a little trouble staying in the bed the first night, but has done great since then! Although the pitter patter of little feet in my bedroom at 5:30 this morning was not the greatest, but who can be mad seeing his little face first thing in the morning! So we got around, said bye to Daddy when he left for work, and headed to the grocery store! Of course someone took a little cat nap on the way home, but has been going strong ever since!

This post isn't going how I thought it was going to go! I'm going to wrap it up so that we can go eat some lunch! We'll catch up some more in Michigan, I hope it's warmer than when we left there a couple of months ago! Wow, I can't believe that it's been almost 2 moths since we've left! We leave you with a picture of the biggest train track ever in our living room (before the couches of course)!