4m old

Another monthly update, introducing Miss 4 month old...

As of turning 4 months old Baby L can now roll over in both directions.  She is proving to be quite the strong little lady. 

 

Her nice schedule and good sleeping patterns have went haywire!  We were spoiled by her sleeping, and are having to readjust.  She now wakes in the night wanting to nurse and is taking 30 minute catnaps instead of real naps during the day.  It's been a frustrating battle, because she is tired and gets fussy, but just won't sleep.   Good thing she is so adorable and is loved to pieces!

  

Baby L is a gigglier.  Showering us with the beautiful sound of baby laughter.  It makes my momma heart feel like it might burst.  She is also a lover of water; thoroughly enjoying every minute of bath time.  She splashes and kicks... a lot.   

Baby L has made our family feel perfect.  It's hard to remember what it was like before she was with us.  

A decade of service.

This month marks MM's 10th year serving in the United States Army.

A whole decade of service: working a variety of jobs from aide station medic, to combat medic, to senior line medic, to parartrooper, to teacher of basic training medical skills, to Emergency Room medic, to running the entire Emergency Department.

The Army has moved him from his childhood home to Georgia for Basic, to Texas for AIT, to Kansas, to Italy, to Oklahoma, and back to Georgia (where we presently reside) again.
He has spent over 2 years of his life deployed; fighting in both OIF (Iraq war) and OEF (Afghanistan war).

MM is smart, compassionate, strong, and dedicated.  He works long hours, sacrificing many personal freedoms.  I know he doesn't hear it nearly enough, so I want to take a moment to say Thank You for all you've done, serving our country, these past 10 years.  Happy Army Anniversary. 

My husband.  Their Daddy.  Our Hero.