So, we are now at Fort Leonard Wood, MO...
I know I have not kept up w/ this blog but I hope that now in the new house & with less keeping me gone from home I can write here more often to keep everyone up to date rather than just the people on my facebook. I had a wonderful birthday Bo really put a lot of thought into it this year & worked with Erika to surprise me with a dinner at Chili's along with Melissa & Angela. He brought balloons attached to a beautiful Lily & $500 cash for the refrigerator we had just sold hahaha! After dinner we went back to the house & had ice cream birthday cake & I opened my amazing gifts. Erika bought me a really sweet silver peace necklace, Lily made me a keychain(happened to be Scentsy colors)as well as 2 awesome necklaces w/ glass charms. Bo bought me a Dyson vacuum while that's not a normal birthday gift I'm more practical & prefer gifts I will use and he also got me an iMac computer! It caught me by surprise since I have used HP's my whole life but I'm getting the hang of it now. After the party wore off we had to start packing to move. We had packers in our house on February 10th & 13th which was really strange not doing that ourselves then the movers came on the 14th & took all of the boxes & our furniture. We kept food, baby stuff, clothes for a week, a folding table, camping chairs, pet stuff, computers, 2 tv's, game systems, etc....basically enough to survive in an empty house for an undetermined amount of time w/ 2 kids & 5 pets. It was a tough move w/ all of us but we made it. Once we got here we had to view the house, sign paperwork with housing then download the cars & trailer. The house is SO loud compared to our old house due to the hardwood floors so I'm really hoping furniture & rugs will help when they get here. We also had to go to the P. O. to fwd our mail, go grocery shopping, set up net/cable, etc...all the usual moving stuff that keep us busy in between Dolly's meal times/nap times & Luke's school drop off/pick up. Speaking of, Lucas was enrolled on Tues. at Wood Elementary here on post. He's now a Tiger! It's awesome b/c the school is covered in tiger paws & they have bright orange paws painted on the sidewalk leading into the school just like Clemson! He did get a bad note wednesday though for kicking at lunch & for telling a kid he would kill him. Before you think this is extreme, please understand we had this happen at his old school where a little girl told him she would kill herself then another kid in their class & he has been testing this word ever since. I told him he would get into serious trouble at school, he tested it anyway & he got to talk to the principal. He also lost his games for an undetermined amount of time & I made him write an apology letter to his class that he read aloud to them yesterday. He came home yesterday with a green which is the best color you can get at this school. If he has another good day today Bo is thinking about taking him out to one of the lakes on post tomorrow for a 15 & under fishing tournament! It's all free...poles, bait & food provided so I'm really hoping they get to go have some good father/son time w/out Dolly stealing Bo's attention away from Luke. Another cool thing about this new school is they don't have to be there until 0800-0830 & they dismiss @1520-1530 so we're on a later schedule that at Ft. Hood. They are also implementing starting next week, free breakfast for ALL students so Luke can get there & pick up a bfast tray & take it to class to eat! He thinks that's awesome ofcourse. They hand out Tiger Bucks to kids who are behaving & at the end of the week they do drawings during lunch for kids w/ tickets, they also have parties the last friday of every month for new kids so today Lucas should be having a party. Next Tuesday they're keeping the kids after school for a math safari & at 1730 we get to go have a free dinner w/ him & they'll do games & prizes so this school seems so far like it's going to be a lot of fun. He's already doing more difficult work than he was before as well like double digit math he's having a hard time with b/c they weren't doing that in TX. So for Dolly's updates she's doing well in the new house loving the hard floors in her walker. She's been sick though so I try not to get her out too much I'm not sure if it's just a cold or allergies so staying home & Lyscoling like a crazy person to keep it from spreading if it is a cold. She has 5 teeth now & a 6th one cutting through and she's making sounds but no words yet. She wants to walk so bad but the hard floors are slowing her down so I'm hoping she can adjust & keep her slippers or skid proof socks on long enough to start going. More than likely she'll be on the go by the time we get to SC again. By the way, we are planning to come home & visit but we have to wait for Bo to get to work & find out how leave will work now. At the least we will try to come home for Xmas depending on if we have someone here to watch the animals & we have a place to stay(with our dogs)while we're there. My friend Lori will hopefully be here by then so I don't have to trust people I don't really know with my furries & scalies. Well I think I will end this here for now...I need to venture into the world of uploading & photo editing on this Mac so I can get my photobucket & facebook caught up. If you are not on facebook & you do not get my photobucket links via email please email me at: armybutterfly13@yahoo.com & you can check out our photos. This is to family & close friends don't waste my time if you are neither. Please stay tuned for more frequent blogs from me!
PS: I will also be putting out our new address soon now that we are able to receive mail.
