Kansas City Here We Come!

Well, it looks like we are going to Kansas. For all of you worried you will not get to see us before we leave here is how it is going down. Jeremy went to Texas on Monday night for his interview on Tuesday, it was a success and he signed an offer to take the position. We have an offer on the house, it is not what we wanted so we are negotiating the details. The buyer wants to see the house tomorrow so we should know more then. If he takes the house we will close on May 30. Ahh! I cannot believe this is all happening so fast!

We know this is ALL GOD! Back last July when we thought Jeremy would not have a job here for another year. We asked our Pastor (Pastor Shirley) to pray over us. She said the word she received for the Lord for us was "Quick". To Jeremy and I that meant right then, but as we can see now it meant it would happen "Quick" but in God's time! Isn't He awesome.

Jeremy will start Air Traffic Controller School on July 14, and will be there until November 14. I will be staying with my mom and dad in central Florida. So we can save money for the move. We are both VERY excited and feel that this is where God wants us. We know God is going to take care of all the little things that we are unsure about too.

Here are a few pictures from while Jeremy was in Texas. My grandmother came and stayed with me and helped me with a few things. She read Alexander a nap time story, she said it had been a very long time since she had read a children's story. We are so glad she came and stayed with us so we did not have to stay by ourselves.

Alexander rocking the Wayfarers!


This is what TOTAL HAPPINESS looks like! Who doesn't love an ice cream cone?


Look at this chair, I got it today at a garage sale for $3.00! They are $35.00 at walmart!
What a deal and he loves it!

It is amazing how much you can say only having one of each letter in the alphabet. "I love Alxander so much!"

Last Thursday my friend Becky asked me and Alexander to come play at the play area with her and Jacob. They had so much fun playing together. Becky bought Jacob a pair of sunglasses, how funny is he in this picture?

What's going on?

As many of you know last September we had a job scare. Jeremy is on temporary orders at his Air Force base. Last July he was told that when his orders were over (September 2007) that they would not be extending them. As you would think this was scary, he began to send his resume to every possible place he could work and we put the house on the market. They did extend him through this September.

One of the places he applied was to take the test to be an air traffic controller. In March he finally heard back from them and scheduled a test date. He went to Daytona and took this 6 hours monster of a test, WOW! Two weeks later we got the results back, and he made a 90% out of 100%, we were very pleased. This is a good score as you would think! Just so you know he could not study for this test as it is an aptitude test.

Well, last week we got word that they wanted him to go in for an interview. Upon further research we discovered that the position is already Jeremy's. That unless something really wild happened during the interview, he will be an air traffic controller! We are very excited about this, it is schedule for Tuesday April 29 and will take place in Texas.

The position is in KANSAS!

That is right folks we are moving to KANSAS CITY!

In the middle of all of this, Jeremy was up for reenlistment in the Air National Guard. In order to reenlist he had to pass his PT test. This is a test of his physical strengths: running, push ups, situps, waist measurements and weight. Since January he has lost 25 pounds and 3 inches off his waist! WOW! I am so proud of him. He was able to meet all the requirements and pass his test. So on Sunday night (His test was Sunday morning) we went out to celebrate with some pizza. Something he has not had much of on his diet. There is one small thing we are praying GOD is going to take care of for us (Since He already took care of ALL this other stuff), in reenlisting Jeremy should be getting a bonus. Because of the type of orders he is on, there is a small chance that he may not get the bonus. We KNOW that God is going to take care of us and we rely on Him!

Finally, there is the small matter of the house. We would ask that all of you would pray that God would send us the buyer for our house and that we would set it at the right price. We have already come down $15,000 from our original asking price. We are going to wait until Jeremy goes on his interview to decide if we want to lower it again.

Thank you all for your prayers and support, we love you all.

All the time is play time!

Alexander has always been a little cuddlier....I love it. That is why his Mia calls him her snuggle bug! Lately he has started to climb into mine and Jeremy's lap to watch TV. It is so great, he is ready for bed in the ones with Jeremy. He is watch snuggle bye and goodnight.


Playing in the back yard is what we like to do. He loves his swing set, I found it at a garage sale for $30 back when he was 4 months old. He climbs up the back and slides or falls down the front. When Jeremy and I are outside with him we sit in the chairs that go with our table. The other day Alexander went under the table and climbed into the chair to sit with us.



He has a Tupperware cabinet in the kitchen and he knows it is a cabinet for him. He takes out all the Tupperware and carries it around. The other day he even crawled into the cabinet.



We love Chick fil a! Alexander crawls through all the tubes and slides down the slide. Yes, I had to crawl through the tubes to get these pictures!

Pop and Granny come to visit.

Pop and Granny came to spend the weekend with us in Jacksonville.
On Saturday we went to the zoo for the day.


Alexander took Pop and Granny up the stairs and down the slide. Pretty cool that Alexander got to go down the slide with his Great Grandfather. Me nor Jeremy ever met either of our Great Grandfathers. Amazing, huh?

Our favorite photo spots at the zoo.

After a great time at the zoo we came back to the house and took a much needed nap.
For dinner we went to Maggiano's and Pop took us to Kilwin's for some ice cream, mmmmm it was good.

Sunday morning we went to church and ate a Crisper's (my favorite!) for lunch.

Pop and Granny took Alexander for a Sunday afternoon walk in his wagon. He loves that wagon!

I think we all had a great weekend and will sleep really good tonight!

Alexander and mommy's day at the zoo.

These are the stairs that lead to the SLIDE! Alexander knows exactly where they lead too! We went up the stairs and down the slide about 100 times and laughed every time. It was a blast.

Then on to see the "birds", the ant eater and the turtles. We were hungry after see all those animals so we stopped to eat the picnic I packed. Alexander loves PB & Js.

Finally to the water play area. Alexander had a blast running all over the play area. I love this picture where he stuck his face in the water, he did it a couple of time and would come up smiling each time.

Hanging out

This chair was Alexander's bouncy seat when he was little and it converts in to a rocking chair. So I brought it out for him to sit in and watch TV and he loves it. I think he looks so big sitting in it.


First knee scrap...
Alexander was playing outside with his wagon and fell and scraped his knee. :( He did not cry to much, but he did not like the band aid, as soon as I would put it on he would take it off.


Alexander loves his dump truck!
He has learned how to climb out of it now, he could always climb in it but needed help to get out. Now he loads it up with stuff and dumps it. Like this morning he loaded up my shoes and took them for a ride around the living room before church.

I love this picture of him in the rocker, I think he was watching Mickey Mouse Club House which is one if his favorite shows. Also check out "Blanket" is in both of the rocking chair pictures. Why couldn't he have picked one of the cute blankets he has?

15 months

Alexander had his 15 month check yesterday and is doing great!

He is now 26 pounds and 33 1/2 inches, he is in the 80th percentile for weight and in the 97th for height, wow!

Everyday is a new adventure, I really never know what new thing he is going to do.
He copies me so much, I went to lay him on his changing table and there was something on it. So before I laid him down I dusted it off with my hand, when I set him on it, he dusted it with his hand.

He is still in 4 diapers but I think we will be going to 5 soon. He is wearing 12 months clothes for the most part he is in a couple of 18 month stuff. He is now in size 5 shoes.

He loves to eat, there is not a whole lot he does not like. As you can see in the picture above Goldfish are what we eat the most of.

He really loves Elmo and can even say it. When he comes on the TV Alexander stops whatever he is doing and watches and smiles.

He has started kissing into the air. I think this comes from me calling the dogs. In fact a lot of times it is directed at the dogs. The other day he made the kisses and said Dixie Dog.

A week with Michaela.

Since we could not play in the water area at the zoo, we went to the beach too.
Michaela had a great time at the beach. She was in and out of the water and dug in the sand.

Here is a great video of Alexander chasing a bird. You cannot see it in the video cause I was not close enough but was was doing the sign for bird the whole time. Just click on the link below.

http://s132.photobucket.com/albums/q23/pea612/?action=view&current=14months456.flv

We went to Beckett's welcome party on Saturday. It was a blast. Sorry I do not have any pictures from the party, I let Jeremy take my camera with him. All the guys and the kids went to the park and Chuck E Cheese. It was Alexanders first trip to Chuck E Cheese.
I love this photo of Alexander on the swing, he loves to swing.

Alexander loved the cars at Chuck E Cheese.

After this long fun filled day we picked up Michaela and headed back to Jacksonville. On Sunday Michaela got to go to our church. She said it was great but that Uncle John's was better.Then we went to the park in our neighborhood. In fact we have gone to the park everyday that Michaela has been here. This has been our method of travel for the week.

Then on Monday we were supposed to go to the zoo but it ended up being cold and rainy. So we went to Chuck E Cheese again. Then on Tuesday we finally got to go to the zoo. We checked out all the animals and had a picnic lunch. Which I think was Michaela's favorite part. Then I was going to let them play in the water play area but it ended up being repaired.