Abigail at 3 months

She is such a sweet baby!!!

Love those eyes and lashes!

She is a mover!

update...

Life is good...My husband is home and I have the most wonderful children. I couldn't ask for anything more, well maybe a droid incredible. Can I say that?

August update... We traveled to Lynchburg and hung out with wonderful friends. We miss Virginia and our friends so much. We are really praying about going back there and what God may have for our family next. We came back feeling totally refreshed. There is just something about being with other believers...just joy! John has been on block leave for the last two weeks. It has been such a blessing for our family to have time together. It is always an adjustment when a soldier comes home. It is great, but at the same time it is hard. Then add John coming home to a new baby too.

My baby is now 3 months as of August 14th and I turned the big 30 on August 27th. It has been a busy month.

Not sure where Anna was, but here is a precious picture of Eliza and Abigail...

He's home!!!

John is home!!! Yay!! We are so glad to have him home finally. He got home Sunday evening, had Monday off and then it was back to his busy schedule. I am trying to not be upset. I keep telling myself he will have some time off soon.  We will be going to my grandmother's beach house for a few days and I cannot tell you how excited I am to get away and spend some much needed quality time with the family.

Enjoy some pictures of the girls and their Daddy...

I thought these were funny and couldn't resist...

Visit with Meghan

This past weekend my friend Meghan came into town to help me with the girls so I could get some things done around the house. What a blessing!! I am so glad that she came. I didn't have to go to the commissary with all three kids and that in it of itself made my life a lot easier. It was also nice to have an adult to talk with :)  We had a great time and the girls and I loved having her here. Can't wait to see you in Lynchburg in a few weeks.

Here is a picture with Meghan and the girls....

Lately...

I love all my girls!!! They really are just the sweetest kids and I am so thankful that God has given me these three little blessings!!!

Anna and Eliza love Abigail. They are in her face ALL the time. Every day I have to remind them to back up and give her some space. They love playing mommy and this is what I find...

Baby doll in the car seat.. Notice she has the baby's juice ready too :)

and the baby's are taking a nap...

I love listening to the girls play together especially when it comes to playing with their baby dolls. I hear phrases that I say about Abigail like she is fussy, oh no she spit up, look at this cute little face...It is just so funny and cute to hear them say this about their baby dolls.

Today's craft project

This summer the girls and I have loved doing crafts together. I love simple, easy, fun to do crafts. I got the dyed rice idea from my friend Leslie's blog. She home schools her boys and comes up with a lot of fun creative things to do with her kids. All you need to dye rice is plastic bags, rice, food coloring and hand sanitizer (so simple). You put the rice in the bag, add a little hand sanitizer and a couple drops of food coloring and mix it around. Voila, dyed rice. I drew a picture with glue on construction paper and the girls added the rice.

At the end they had fun mixing all the colored rice together. I got them some spoons and they pretended the were cooking in the kitchen. All around it was a fun afternoon with a fun activity.

The finished product. Then we saved the rest of the mixed rice to do more art work another day.

Operation no more pacifier...

Operation no more pacifier was a success!

It did take about 4 days for her to adjust, but we survived. It has now been about two weeks and she no longer asks for her pacifier. She seems a little more grown up to me. I had wanted to get rid of it earlier, but with a new baby coming and John leaving I thought it would be a little too much all at one time. Next we will be working on operation no more diapers for Eliza. I have been successful with Anna, but Eliza does not seem as interested. She will use the potty, but does not want to wear underwear. Anna was really into it. Eliza not so much. I bribe her with treats, toys and a special potty dance, but doesn't want any of these. I guess I just need to hold off and wait until she is ready...

Eliza sleeping peacefully with no paci.

Could we fit any more animals in the bed???