He's home!

After a month of training at NTC, Daddy's home!  Check out the "Cav 'Stache" - they had a contest to see who could grow out their mustache the best.  Matt did not win (shocker, I know!)...but he also didn't lose!!  It's actually the "bushiest" I've ever seen!!

Bunny pic!

I took Aiden and Maura to see the Easter Bunny at the PX.  Aiden jumped right up on his lap, but Maura was pretty hesitant at first.  Luckily there wasn't a line at all so we just waited for her to calm down and took the pic.  Her face is a little splotchy but better than the fussy faces!

Becky & Bonnie's birthday blowout!

Well, maybe not a blowout, but I wanted to keep the alliteration going :)  I took the kiddos up to ATL this past weekend to celebrate my sisters' 29th birthdays!  The three sisters went to see The Hunger Games on Friday night, then they came over to our Mom's house on Saturday and had cake and presents.  All the grandkids got to hang out, too!

He's showing me a bug

Theo AKA Rudolph (he banged his nose!)

Auntie Bonnie helping him with a game

Maura's bottom...

...Theo's bottom!

Don't tase me, sis!  They got tasers from Mom!

Aiden got a present too!

Uncle Bear and his neice

You can see Aiden running on the left, and Maura wanted him to hurry up!

"Helping" bring sister back :)

New camera!

I'm so excited (and I just can't hide it!) - I finally got a decent camera!!  It's a Sony Alpha 55 and I took a few pictures at Aiden's t-ball practice tonight.  The camera looks really bulky but it's surprisingly very light (and best part is I bought it for almost half price!).  Here's the first pics from my new toy:

I call this one "Dog in Yard"

Cutie in Daddy's hat

T-ball is serious, y'all

Up next at bat...AJ HOLT!

Running the bases

Camera phone pics

I tend to take lots of pics with my camera phone, then forget I've taken them, and realize I need to upload a whole bunch!  So here's an overview of our lives lately:  Matt left for NTC on 1 MAR and should be home around the end of the month.  We've been keeping busy with school for Aiden, Maura and I go to the gym, and playing in the backyard when it's nice out.  I auditioned for a local community theater and got the lead role in an upcoming play (!), so rehearsals have been keeping me really busy!  And Aiden began T-ball practices this week and he was so great - ran right onto the field with the other kids, listened to the coaches and threw/hit the ball like a pro :)  I can't wait to see him as the season progresses!

Love when she falls asleep on me :)

Playing at the park

Fully walking now!

My little monkeys

One day it's cold...

...and the next the shorts and tshirts come out!

I like to think of this as the toddler version of the movie "Up"

Playing in the racketball court at the gym

Picnic at the park?  Don't mind if I do!

Getting ready to bat

Ready to go!

Maura's 1st Birthday!

Maura turned 1 on Sat, 7 January!  We celebrated with family at the house.  The first time we tried to get her to eat the cake it was almost nap time and she had a big meltdown!  But after nap we got her to try again and even though she didn't go crazy and get cake all over herself, she still enjoyed it!  I got the idea to have a "winter wonderland" theme since when she was born we almost had a blizzard, but if the weather is going to be as warm as it has been this year the snowflakes won't make sense!!  Can't believe she's already 1...


Official time picture - 8:51 AM

 Holding her balloon

 Gramma Holt made her shirt

 Got her party pants on!

 Aiden had to help open her presents

 Her cake!  Made by the Commissary, and we had about a dozen cupcakes with individual snowflakes on them for everyone else to eat.

 Yummy!

 Got just a little messy!

Christmas

 We had multiple Christmases this year!  We started out at our house on Christmas morning (with our beautiful tree from Trees for Troops!).  After we opened all the presents and got dressed we headed up to ATL to Beth's Mom's house for another round of present opening!  And on New Year's weekend we went to see Beth's Dad for yet some more presents - but of course I didn't get pics there!  Then Matt's parents came the week after New Year's and brought - you guessed it - more presents!!  Here are some of the pics:

Angel baby by the tree on Christmas Eve

Tree on Christmas morning

 Trying out her new doggie

Boys opening presents

Brother and sister with presents

"Oooh he's a dead-eye, ain't he!"

Gramma Nancy & Grampa Brian's tree

 Aiden & cousin Linley opening presents

Maura with her Christmas hairband!  (She barely kept it on long enough to take the picture!)

My new Keurig!

Sorry!

Maura trying to get to her new Razorback sippy cups