Josh's Graduation, Memorial Weekend, and More!

Whew have we been busy! We have been doing so much that I am too exhausted at night to even check my email! Here's what we've been up to these last couple weeks.

Josh graduated! Way to go, Josh! He graduated in the top 15 of his class, and earned a special award. Ty and I are so proud of him! A few days before graduation, Josh had a "dining in" with his class. He wore his dress blues for the first time, and looked so handsome! Gotta love a man in uniform. Here are some pics from the "dining in" and graduation:

Holding Ty carefully to avoid getting spit up on his dress blues!

So handsome...and patriotic with the flag in the background!

Some of Josh's buddies after graduation

Congratulations, Josh! We are proud of you!

A couple days after Josh's graduation, it was my turn to play Army for a day! Josh's unit had a "Spouse's Spur Ride" where the wives got to do what their soldiers do! It was so much fun! To start off with, we had a PT test, which consisted of push-ups, sit-ups, and a run around the track. From there, we got to go to the tank simulators to learn how to operate an Abrams Battle Tank with a four man (woman) crew. Next we went to a team obstacle course. We worked through 3 obstacles while making sure our "battle buddy" (a raw egg) was safe. To wrap up the day, we got to play paintball! We learned how to clear rooms just like our soldiers do. The day was so much fun, and definitely gave me a new found respect for what my hubby (and all our troops) train to do to protect our country.

In the tank simulator

Trying to crank out as many sit-ups as I can!

Push-ups are brutal!

We took Ty to the Louisville Zoo twice in one week. He had a great time, and we will be going back there lots this summer!

Ty looking at the Orangutan


Daddy and Ty with the giraffes!

We traveled home to Cincinnati on Memorial Day Weekend. It was the first time Josh had been home since Christmas! We had a ton of people to see in such a short time, and were exhausted by the time we got back to Ft. Knox. It was great seeing our friends and family, though. We miss them so much!

Josh and his good friend Paul with Paul's Porsche 996 race car! Notice the military-themed paint job?!

Ty and Gabrielle with Great-Papaw Stone

Ty with Great-Grandpa Mertz

Ty with Great-Grandma Mertz

Daddy and Ty swimming at Meemaw's house!

Ty is cutting his four top, front teeth. He has been so much fun, and really adjusting well to "sharing" his mommy with the daycare kids. We are working on getting him to eat more solid food, but the poor thing just gags on stage 3 baby food. I guess it's just too lumpy a texture for him. Mean parents that we are, we had to record him gagging on his food. We felt bad for him, but thought it was too funny! Hopefully the video isn't too dark for you all to enjoy.

In our next post, we will reveal some news to those of you that don't already know, so....stay tuned! :-)

Such a Slacker!

Again, I am a blog-slacker! Sorry it's been awhile since my last post. Honestly, I have no excuse. In fact, Josh had been gone on his last (thank goodness!) field exercise, called "The Gauntlet." Gauntlet is the culminating field exercise of BOLC III (the class Josh has been in since January). He was gone for 9 straight days, and Ty and myself were very lonely! :-( But we are so, super proud of him because he did a great job out there, and he graduates on Tuesday! Yay! I will absolutely be posting pics of that!

As far as I go, my daycare is finally picking up...praise the Good Lord for that! On Monday, I will start with my first full-time kiddo. His name is Carson, and he is 20 months old. I also have two 3 year-olds, Charlotte and Noah. They will be hourly kiddos, and be there on Wednesdays only. So, starting Monday, I will be very busy and up to my ears in kids stuff!

Ty is doing terrific! He's still not crawling yet, but when he wants something, he just rolls until he gets there! He is cutting another tooth...his top, right fang, so he's had a bit of a runny nose. Other than the runny nose, and constantly using the booger-suction-thingy on the poor, little guy, he's been great!

So I will try not to let so much time pass before my next post, although I'm not promising anything since I'm sure I'll be thoroughly exhausted after chasing around a 20 month-old and an 8 month-old all week!

Oh, and Happy Belated Mother's Day to all you Mommies out there!

Here's a video of Ty in Meemaw's exer-saucer/walker...whatever you call this thing!