~~~8 Days~~~

The countdown is on and we only have 8 days to go!!

Jolie is growing like a weed and she is so very ornery!! She gets into just about everything that she can reach. She has a best buddy and his name is Roscoe. They can get into some real trouble when they are together. Yesterday, I was doing laundry and Jolie saw her swimming pool. I had cleaned it out the day before and it was leaning against the porch railing drying out. She laid it down and got in it. Then she saw her toys and got out and went to go get them. Then she got back in her pool and sat there and played, even though there was no water in it. She is so funny sometimes. She even tried to pull Roscoe into it but he wasn't to sure about it.

Dean is still at the FOB but he will be leaving soon. He had real good news when he called one time this week. He got the Gunnery SGT position. This is a really good opportunity for him and I am so very proud of him! He is really moving up in positions. Hopefully this will help him get promoted come February.

I am trying to get everything figured out for the days right before he comes home. Cleaning house, grocery shopping, and all that other junk. We are definitely staying very busy!

I hope everyone is doing wonderful and I hope everyone has a great 4th of July!

Love,
Teresa and Jolie

Time is not moving

We are at 16 days and 18 at the most! That of course will change again tomorrow! I think that I am starting to loose my mind! Cleaning is a tough chore to do when you have a one year old that is getting into everything. Hopefully the day before Dean comes home, I can find a babysitter, so I will be able to clean the house!!
Jolie is all over the place. There is no containing her. She will stay in her pack and play for a while, only for an hour tops! She is so full of it some days and some days she is just a little angel. Last night she only woke up once durning the night and that was so nice! Hopefully we have a good night tonight also!!
Dean is back at the FOB now!! And he will be leaving to fly to Kuwait durning the first part of July!! He gets to come home soon. He is so excited about it! I don't know how to prepare him for his little girl! I don't know if he is going to be ready for her nonstop attitude.
I am getting some of the big stuff that needs to be done takin care of! I seem to never get a break! My next door neighbor thinks that I am going to wear myself out before Dean comes home! Its probably true. The last couple of days I have been working on washing down the outside of the house. It is going good! I only have one side left to do and the front porch. I need to mow the yard too, but I don't know when i will get that done. I will mow the yard 2 more times, and then I am sure Dean will take over that chore! I miss him so much! I think it will be a big adjustment having him back in the house, a GOOD adjustment!
Well I had better get going! I hope everyone is doing well!
Sorry there aren't any pictures in this one! I think there is something wrong with the internet!
Love,
Teresa and Jolie

Counting down the days!!!

We have less than a month to go and it has almost been an entire year since he first left!

Jolie now has 6 teeth, 4 on the top and 2 on the bottom. She is walking all over the place and getting into everything. She loves anything that she can get into. Today she decided that she needed to climb into the cabinet to see what was all the way in the back. Jolie also likes to carry around her daddy's running shorts. Today was also the first time I put a bowl of applesauce in front of her to eat all by herself. I think she really enjoyed it and she did pretty good with the first half of it. Halfway through she decided Roscoe needed to have some. So she gets som on her fingers and then she just puts her hand over the edge to feed him, right out of her hand. She also decided the bowl needed to go on the floor. So Roscoe got some more applesauce. It went better than I expected!

Dean will be home around the second week in July. We are getting very, very excited. He is ready for some good home cooking form what I understand. We are ready to have him at home. I know that when he comes home we will probably be even more busy than we already are but it will be so amazing to have in back in our home. Those 18 day or R & R just aren't enough!

I am starting to get the house all nice and tidy. It is pretty complicated when you have a little girl following you around pulling everything back out. I am still sewing and have a purse in the works right now. I recently finished 2 new bags that are a different style than the ones that I am used too. I think they have come out wonderful. For all of you who are interested in looking at the items that I make, go to http://www.joliejunebugboutique.etsy.com/.

I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!

Love,
Teresa and Jolie

Part 2 of Jolie's First Birthday

Today, we had part 2 of Jolie's 1st birthday! It was lots of fun and we had lots of friends come out to the farm.

Jolie loved being able to spend the evening outside! She chased the kitties all over the place and giving them kisses. She had a hot dog for dinner and then she was able to have birthday cake. She shared some of her frosting with me. We didn't get to blow out any of the candles because they wouldn's stay lit. I hope that that isn't bad luck. She ate all the frosting off of the top of her cake and than she dumped her peice of cakeon her high chair tray. She really didn't know what to think of the actual cake part. Then it was back to chasing kittys around and trying to find the doggy. Chole (my couisn Kelsey's dog) was there and Jolie wanted to play but Chole isn't a big fan of kids. So We decided that it would just be best to stay away from her.

It was a big night for her and she didn't really want to go to sleep. We went for a ride so that she could go to sleep and she was out in about 5 minutes.
She is getting so big and so independent. She has only been walking for alittle over 2 weeks but she is has got the hang of it. She is working on getting her 6th tooth. She only gives you kisses when she really wants to, and that isn't very often.

We had better get to sleep because tomorrow may be along day. It will be our last full day in Kansas so we had better get all we can out of it.

I hope everyone who is reading is doing well today!

Love,

Teresa and Jolie