thank heaven for 7-11

13 years ago today my brother Dylan was born! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO DYLAN!

Very Awesome completely homemade birthday cake from family friend Mary

It was a mint chocolate cake with butter creme frosting, so rich, and so delish!!! 

In other news, Aaron left for the field early Sunday morning, so no further contact for the next 4 weeks! I don't know if I can ever get used to this. So far, I feel okay about it. I am suppose to call this lady that is in charge of the group assignments to find out where we will be station. Either that, or just wait til Aaron, gets back, so duh, of course I will call, probably tomorrow, to find out when to call back. It makes me really anxious, I am so nervous that we will end up going over seas. If that's God's plan, I guess there must be a reason, so I will just have to do what I can to cope.

 We miss Daddy!!

My girls will keep me strong!

Last week was a decent week. I took the babies to the YMCA 4 times last week, and unfortunately though Kelly got sick :( For a breastfed baby, she gets sick a lot. Its mostly just a runny nose, but on Friday, she was especially sickies, and probably had a fever, I did not take her temp, but I dosed her with children's Motrin, gave her her children's Zyrtec, and some honey for her cough. Then I called off for my PT appointment, and had a really awesome 7 miler, and then we went to Mary's pool to swim, Kelly did not get a nap, but was pretty good any ways.

 Kelly was still afraid of the water, but would go in a little bit, with me

 Layla just hung out on the side and enjoyed the warm Colorado weather under the shade of the umbrella

 Mommy & Kelly, YAY!

 After Kelly got dressed, because she kept peeing everywhere, LOL, she loves showing her belly

 Self portraits are the best!!

My Mom and Mary

We also went to the park a few times for some fun in the sun!

 Layla likes the view from the front the best

 Healthy Snacks before the park

 Kelly is a little shy, even though we see baby Riley there pretty much every time we go

 She loves talking through the intercoms with mommy

Layla chills out in the stroller (we always walk to the park, its only like 0.25mi away)

Independence Day is a day to celebrate those who have fought for our freedom. Praise God for that! For us, this year was pretty uneventful. We had a cook-out at Eddie's house, and hung-out, and then I took the babies home, put them to bed. Her are some select pictures from the day...

 Kelly loves her baby sister

Layla Loves her UNCLE Dylan

We just bought our tickets to go back east. We leave in two weeks. I am actually sad about this. Its hard to know what to feel. I feel like we need more time here, even though we've been here over 2 months straight. But then again I also miss having my own house, my own quite space. BUT, I love being around my family. We are flying in the Rochester, NY to visit my Grandma (Great-Granny!), and to hopefully pick up my pretty much brand-new daybed I had during nursing school,her treadmill she is giving us (the one I have at my NC home is broken), and a dresser, and small desk for Kelly. It all depends if my Grandma's CRV can pull an trailer because we are driving it down after hanging out up there for a week. Then I finally get to see my lovepants!!!

But, ugh. I am so afraid for what the future holds...