Another Adventure!

As many of you know, C & I have been anxiously awaiting finding out which plane he'll be flying once Pilot Training is finally over. And with the plane assignment, we would find out our new base as well...double exciting!! Well, Friday FINALLY rolled around and we found out...

We're going back to North Carolina!! I'm a little leery of putting his jet on the blog (paranoid much?!), so I'll borrow the description that his barber used the other day and call it the "pointy-nosed fast one" :) I'm so proud of him. He worked hard this year, unbelievably hard...and it has paid off tenfold. We're thrilled with the plane, and the base, and we're absolutely giddy about the prospect of getting back into the community that we left.

I think I've mentioned this before, but I get antsy when we've been in a house for more than a year. The ideas start churning for me, and the furniture starts getting rearranged. So, though I know it will be hard work (especially with a baby), I'm actually really excited about moving. And I'm soooo happy to get to see some of our friends again!! Plus, we really loved NC the last time we lived there (about 3 years ago), and I know that we'll enjoy it just as much this time around.

So, we're off on another adventure. This time, as a family of 3!!

Life Lately

I'm so excited to report that my little business has been doing really well lately! God has blessed me so abundantly with encouragement and support during these last few weeks. To be perfectly honest, I don't always have a lot of follow-through. I'm easily distracted, highly critical of myself, and have a tendency to give up before I ever really get started. This venture has been no different. There have been numerous times when my first thought was to just do something else, to move on, to quit. And it was in those times of self-doubt that God provided a phone call from a friend, a note from a family member, or an email from a happy customer...and it's made all the difference in the world! Right now I'm working on 3 custom orders (only one of which is related to me! Gotta love that family support!), and I'm having a blast! I've recently added reversible, chenille backed bibs to my inventory. The pic above shows a few of my favorites :)

In case I haven't told you lately, my little girl is turning 1 in less than a month!! CAN NOT get over it! In my attempt to save a little money, I've been trying to make my own paper pom-pom's. The pic above is of my first 2 attempts...not too bad, but I'm a perfectionist at heart and I have a feeling that our house will be covered with these little guys before I'm satisfied with the 4 that I'm planning on using. Way to save money, huh?! Here is the tutorial I'm using, feel free to try your hand at your own pom-poms. Gotta be honest, they're not quite as easy as they look!

I'm also going to attempt to make this little cutie! Go HERE for the tutorial on how to make a Ribbon Topiary like the one above. I LOVE that it matches the colors for Elli's birthday, so mine should look pretty similar.

As I stated in my last post, my daughter is finally not completely shoe-less anymore! I bought these adorable sandals on sale the other day for $10! They're perfect for church (which is really the only place that she wears them), and she actually doesn't seem to mind having them on her feet. The soles do bend all the way back (I was sure to test them out after some good blog advice!), and the heel strap is really loose. I kinda wish I could find some in my size :)

And it's that time again....time to move furniture b/c I'm getting antsy! We've been in this house for a little over a year now, and I'm starting to feel the need to move. Weird, I know. So, I've been "shopping the house" (Thanks Nester!), and have been redecorating without spending any money. Chris is so proud! I'll post pics when I'm satisfied with the results...right now, I'm still letting the changes sink in!

And that's it; our life lately. What's been going on in yours?

Thank Goodness for Saturdays

Chris's schedule has officially gone back to being really, really crappy. He started his 12 hr days again 2 weeks ago, and I gotta say, I really didn't miss those guys! I guess if it was JUST the 12 hr days it wouldn't be so bad...but the studying for at least 3 hrs when he gets home afterwards makes it even worse. I always try to look at the bright side of things (emphasis on TRY), and I hate to be a downer about stuff, but sometimes it's just hard to find the good amidst the, uhhh, not so good. It makes me sad that he only gets to see Elli for 30-45 min a day, and that our time together consists of speeding through dinner & going to bed at 9. Yuck! Not fun! I thought, after the craziness of England, that there was NO WAY that his schedule could get worse, or that we'd spend LESS time together. Umm, I'm beginning to think that I was wrong.

But I still vividly remember how much I missed him when he was deployed, and I'm so thankful that we're not having to deal w/ that at all during Elli's first year. And I know how important it is for him to do well in this Phase of pilot training, and doing well takes hard work. I fully understand that. And I'm grateful for the spouse's that I've met here in Columbus...they are some of the most selfless women I've ever known. So, though it's tough sometimes (okay, a LOT of the time!), I'm trying to focus on the positive.

Saturdays are our respite, our family day, our "us" time. And I LOVE them, I treasure them, and I long for them by the time Friday rolls around. The rest of the week can be a crazy, hectic mess, but give this girl a Saturday and she'll be happy! Oh how I wish there was more than just one per week!