The Three Moore's: October 2008

Thursday, October 30, 2008

Update

Life has kept us pretty busy, so it's been awhile since I've been on here. We arrived back home last Friday from leave. Our time with our families was long overdue, so much fun, and went by way too fast. Highlights would include: watching gleefully as Jessica disappeared into the back bedroom to play with her two cousins for hours at a time, playing poker with Jeff's family and chicken-feet with mine, spending more money than I thought I would on Southern Belle t-shirts, meeting Mandy for dinner at Italia's, going out alone with my husband....without our child...for an afternoon, watching Jessica pick out her own pumpkin from the pumpkin patch, seeing that my 10 month old nephew now weighs more than my 2yr old daughter, and trying...unsuccessfully, might I add...to have Jessica's pictures taken--twice!!! OH!! Mom and dad let us switch vehicles with them for our trip to Grenada, so we got to test drive a brand new Kia Sedona for a whole week! I never in my wildest dreams thought I would fall in love with a mini-van!!! Even though I caught some sort of stomach bug towards the end of our time in Grenada (which I was hoping to be a certain 9-month condition, but, unfortunately that wasn't the case) and then passed it to Jeff by the time we got back to my parents, our trip was awesome. We miss everyone so much already; I know one day we will find our way back down south closer to home--where we belong!

This week I started watching a friend's two children--Noah (4) and Kylie (2)--so things have been a bit more crazy with three children running around the house. Added to the fact that on the very first day (Monday) we had ceramic tile installed in our downstairs bath which made for a chaotic morning. Even though there have been a couple of time-outs and a lot of "we all need to share" discussions, the kids really get along good together, so I'm enjoying it and, so far, have managed to keep up with all my usual housework and cleaning. PLUS I will finally be contributing to our household income again! YAY!!!!!!! And it will definetely help out the next couple of months with holiday shopping!

As for today I have no clue what we're gonna do when Jeff gets home from work, but I know that tomorrow I have a doctor's appointment in the afternoon to have an ugly looking mole removed from my back and then we are taking Jessica trick-or-treating. Hopefully, she'll actually wear her adorable ladybug costume cause when I tried it on her last week, she hated it.....screamed and cried...so we'll see what happens.

Have fun and be safe trick-or-treating tomorrow night.
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!

Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Alabama here we come!!!

I spent the day packing clothes, pull-ups and wipes, toys, various snacks, and gathering all our cds together. The car is now loaded and gased up. All we have to do in the morning is shower, finish packing the cooler and our bathroom bag, wake Jessica up and change her, and then walk out the door by 5:30! Hopefully she'll fall back alseep for a couple of hours, and if Jeff takes the first driving shift, I might too! Well, my tummy is full from Chinese food and my eyelids are heavy from a busy day, so I'm off to bed. Tomorrow morning is gonna come way too early and it will be a long 12 hour drive with a very energetic two year old, but I'm so excited! I can't wait to see everyone!!!!!!!!!!!

Saturday, October 4, 2008

APPROVED!!!!!!

Jeff's leave chit was officially approved yesterday so there is nothing holding us back now!! We are definitely coming home next week! YAY!!!!!!!!!!! I CAN'T WAIT!!!! Here's a rundown of our 15 days of leave:

DAY 1 (Oct. 9) leave Virginia Beach 5:30 AM!!!!
DAY 2, 3, 4 (Oct. 10-12) Alabama with mom and dad
DAY 5 (Oct. 13) leave mid-morning to head for Grenada
DAY 6-11 (Oct. 14- 19) Grenada with Jeff's family
DAY 12 (Oct. 20) leave late morning to head back to Alabama
DAY 13, 14, 15 (Oct. 21-23) Alabama with mom and dad
DAY 16 (Oct. 24) leave Alabama 5:30 AM to head back home to Virginia Beach

Friday, October 3, 2008

New Floors!

It's been a busy week!! Our laminate floors were installed on Monday and Tuesday, so the next couple of days were spent not only putting everything back in place, but also cleaning and re-organizing. It was worth it cause the downstairs looks amazing now! And I found an area rug at Target to go in our dining room! I love it; Jeff hates it.......imagine that.

About Us

We are the Moore's...Rachel (29), Jeff (29), and our beatuiful little girl--Jessica (4).

He is a MA2 in the US Navy and I am a stay-at-home mom.

We are a military family and everything that entails: pride, frustration, loyalty, insanity, and strength.

We have been happily married for eight years, and although we don't always see eye to eye, we couldn't imagine ever being with anyone else. I never thought that our three-month junior high romance would turn out like this. Even though he says he knew right away and was determined to always be there, even if it was just as a friend, it took me several years before I finally opened my eyes and realized what had been right in front of me the whole time. One day when my daughter asks me, "Who was your first love?", I can look across the room and say, "He's sitting right there."

In June of 2006, we were blessed with the arrival of a healthy, beautiful baby girl! We were ecstatic to finally become parents, especially since it took us two years just to get pregnant. From that very first day, Jessica Rylee wrapped us around her finger and became the center of our world. She is now a non-stop whirlwind of energy....a sweet but sassy, talkative, and very opinionated child! She is our angel...our everything!

We've been trying to add to our family for over two years now, and hopefully we'll be able to give Jessica a little brother or sister soon.

Just Another Day in Paradise

The kids screaming... phone ringing...dog barking at the mailman bringing that stack of bills - overdue. Good morning baby, how are you? Got a half hour...quick shower... take a drink of milk but the milk's gone sour. My funny face makes you laugh...twist the top on and I put it back. There goes the washing machine. Baby, don't kick it. I promise I'll fix it...long about a million other things

Well, it's ok. It's so nice. It's just another day in paradise. Well, there's no place that I'd rather be. Well, it's two hearts...and one dream. I wouldn't trade it for anything, and I ask the lord every night for just another day in paradise

Friday, you're late... guess we'll never make our dinner date. At the restaurant you start to cry. Baby, we'll just improvise.
Well, plan B...looks like Dominoes' pizza in the candle light. Then we'll tippy toe to our room...make a little love that's overdue...but somebody had a bad dream. "Mama and daddy, can me and my teddy come in to sleep in between?"

Yeah it's ok. It's so nice. It's just another day in paradise. Well, there's no place that I'd rather be. Well, it's two hearts...and one dream. I wouldn't trade it for anything, and I ask the lord every night for just another day in paradise.

And I ask the lord every night for just another day in paradise!

Phil Vassar

We Weren't Crazy

We headed out to California. Everybody tried to warn us...said we wouldn’t make it any further than that worn out Chevy would.

We broke down a time or two--thought “maybe we didn’t think it through.” We were all we had to turn to when it wasn’t lookin’ good.

We coulda set it down when things got tough....coulda walked away from this love. We turned out right and proved them wrong...look at us still going strong.

Lookin’ back laughin’ ‘cause they called us crazy.

We were young, we were wild, we were restless...had to go, had to fly, had to get away....took a chance on that feelin'. We were livin’ for the minute we were spinnin’ in.

Maybe we were a lot of things, but we weren't crazy!

Josh Gracin

Living Our Love Song

Oh darling, would you look at me with my heart beatin' fast, and my shaky knees. It's pretty hard to believe after all these years, I still need you this badly.

You're dancing in my arms with a spotlight moon and a sea of stars. Oh girl we've come so far..... everything I want is everything that you are.

It makes me reminisce back to years ago on a night like this--teary eyed as you took my hand and I told you I would be your man.

So many things have come, so many things have gone. One thing that's stayed the same is our love still going strong.

Baby just look at us, all this time and we're still in love...people said it would never work out, but living our dreams, we shattered all doubts.

It feels good to prove 'em wrong just livin' our love song.