1, 2, 3, 4

"Mommy, stop it! Stop it right now, Mommy!!! I'm gonna count to four and you better STOP! One...two...three...don't make me say four!"

Yes, that would be another one of Jessica's recent quotes. And all I was doing was washing her hair!!! LMAO!

Birthday Pictures 2

And finally...playing with her new tag reader. I really think this will come in handy on that long plane ride coming up!

Birthday Pictures 1

Balloons, balloons everywhere!




Very excited about the balloons!


And then she insisted on separating the pink ones from the greens ones...and heaven forbid, if one got on her rug, LOL!






Seeing the dining room for the first time that morning

June 14, 2010

Four years ago -- after two very emotional years spent ttc -- Jeff and I were blessed with a tiny but nonetheless amazing miracle who has blessed our lives in more ways than I could ever begin to count. And this past Monday, she celebrated her ~FOURTH~ birthday!!!

The night before the big day I decorated the dining room and blew up over 2 dozen balloons to sneak into her room while she was sleeping. She awoke that morning to a room full of balloons and her reaction was priceless. So worth it!!! :) After letting daddy sleep in for an extra hour, we decided to wake him up and Jessica insisted on bringing a few of her presents to open in our bed. We had a few errands to run that morning involving the upcoming transfer, and then we picked up her Strawberry Shortcake cupcakes at one of the local bakeries and McDonalds for lunch. The afternoon consisted of opening the rest of her presents, eating more cupcakes, making a trip to the park, and cooking homemade lasagna and garlic bread for dinner....per Jessica's request! What a great day!!!

I still can't believe she's four....FOUR!!! She's getting so big and growing up waaaaay too fast for my liking. But it has truly been a gift to watch her grow and change from that tiny, precious 6lb bundle of joy into this bright-eyed, energetic, intelligent, and hilarious child with opinions and attitude all her own. Jeff and I are beyond blessed!!!

It's Official!

We're leaving Guam! This past Friday Jeff finally received his pcs orders for limited duty....we're heading back to Virginia Beach! And we have to be there by July 15th!!! AHHHHHHHH! Here we go again!

Luckily, his first class gave him the rest of that day off, and in five hours we were able to accomplish oh so many things....30 days notice to our landlord and the property manager, scheduling dates for the express shipment (which was yesterday) and household goods pack-out, finding out info about departure TLA, obtaining a letter of authorization from our bank to ship the Kia again, and setting a date for the power to be cut off! WHEW! Told you we got a lot done, lol! Let's just hope the next several weeks go as smoothly and productive as that day did!

Purple

"I want purple ice cream and a purple balloon from the purple ice cream store!"

And, yes, that would be one of Jessica's newest quotes. I have no idea where she gets all this from, but she sure keeps us laughing!