Lets See if I Can Stay Caught Up Now!

Hey everyone! I'm sorry I haven't put any pictures up since we have been here. I have gotten to the desktop several times to upload pictures but something is always happening! Well Kentucky is pretty good so far. I am homesick for sure, but it feels more like home than Hawaii did to me at first. Jeremy says he likes the people he works with, but he will be busy at times as the basic trainees come and go (since Fort Knox is a training post and they have 9 week cycles). I like our house it is cozy. We actually have space in our living room for both couches, both love seats, coffee table, 2 end tables, and a tv stand/tv. I am really surprised because I didn't know what we were going to do with our extra couch...not the sleeper sofa we got in Hawaii but the extra couch they gave us with the furniture we ordered in Hawaii haha! When our furniture was shipped to Kentucky we had 4 couches and 2 love seats. We got rid of one couch. So anyway Jeremy got the tv stand put together tonight and we were talking about how we hoped it would take Jackson awhile to discover the doors, I think it took him about 3 minutes.

So funny! I wonder what he will think of the tv? It gets here Wednesday and I'm hoping we can keep him away from it. We may have to fence it in! Last night we bought a baby gate at Target and it has been very helpful today. The living room is mostly baby proof now, so it has made it easier for me to get things done. Don't worry mom I'm just talking about grabbing clothes to fold or getting something to drink not running to the store. He is never left unattended for very long at all! Maybe 20 seconds or something, and Chloe helps me out anyway :)She has been so good with Jackson. Today he yanked on her ears twice before I could stop him and all she did was yelp (poor girl). She didn't snap at him or anything. She stays pretty close by his side. Jackson is into everything he can get into. He crawls at lightning speed and feeding him in restaurants is getting to be a problem...he is such a loud, vocal eater. Every bite we gave him he squealed until it hit his mouth and then he said "ummmmm" really loud. Every bite! People were looking at us at another table, they had kids but she was still giving me a bad look. At this point he really doesn't understand how to be quiet no matter how hard we try to get him to. I guess we will be doing takeout from now on!

So these pictures are from the week before we left and also since we have been here in Kentucky. We got Jackson a santa hat and realized it was pretty much too small already, so we went ahead and got some santa pictures, Merry Christmas 2 months early!

You aren't putting these online are you momma?

Nap time before Target
I love the tree in front of the house across the street

I love the golden leaves

Not the best pics because we took them going down the road, but this is down the road from us.

He is standing really well

Our neighbors cats like to come over and they drive Chloe crazy! Here is a good action shot :)

Big boy at the table, He is on level 2 and 3 baby food

I took this pic while driving, really safe! But we were sitting still in construction. Anyway, this is a view of an old bridge by the Ohio river. Those trees are in Indiana. I never realized how close we were to Indiana.

Helping unpack after his bath

Chloe is ready to go back to Arkansas I think

Daddy's first lunch break with us at home, Jack was surprised

She likes the backyard, especially when she can chase cats

Snuggle Buddies!

Grandpa and Jack walking the day he left

Jackson and Peepaw

Mamaw and Papaw Louis

Papaw Shoptaw and Rosie

Our 5 Generation Pic again, with Jackson a little bigger and easier to see :)

Jack exploring with Aunt Joan

I will have a few pictures soon of a little punkin!

Settling In

I have some pictures to put on here, but for some reason it won't let me upload right now! Of course, when I have time blogger wont let me upload. We are getting settled in here at our house. I really like it so far. I have finishes with the kitchen and Jackson's room is next. Kentucky is a pretty state. The leaves are beautiful up here, bright yellow and orange everywhere. I don't think Jackson is feeling too well. The first night we were here he slept great, all the way through the night, but last night was terrible. I had to sleep reclining on the couch all night with him. He couldn't sleep in the crib for long at all and wouldn't even sleep in our bed (usually that works every time). So I'm hoping tonight will be better. He may be having a hard time adjusting to the new place and wondering where everyone is. Brian was on speakerphone earlier and Jackson was looking everywhere for him :( Other than that, we are doing good! I really wish mom didn't have to leave Wednesday. I'm already looking forward to the holidays! I miss everyone already. I will try to put some pictures on again later.

Going out with my boots on...

I got Jack some boots to wear to the pumpkin patch tomorrow :)
They are a little big length wise but not width. They are size 5!! I'm hoping he stays in a 5 for awhile.
Mamaw Louis got Jackson this outfit. So cute!



Chloe is getting more used to having Jackson around
Mamaw and Papaw Louis (Jeremy's grandparents) came down to see us the other night. We had a great visit and went to Larry's pizza!

Jackson likes sitting on Papaw Louis's lap

Well Jeremy is signing the lease tomorrow on the house! He gets to "move in" this weekend. Our stuff from Hawaii can't be delivered until next Thursday. He has a little bit with him though (remember the storage building we had to get?) Even though I'm sad to leave here I am so ready to get there!

We got our house!

It is so funny how things work out! Jeremy was in the housing office this morning and they wouldn't even let him speak to our housing lady. The office was packed. All he wanted to know was do we have a house on post or not? Are we assigned one? They wouldn't even tell him. So the sweet landlord of the house that listed for a split second online that morning called Jeremy as soon as we got off the phone and told him she wanted to rent the house to us. She called our Hawaii landlord on Saturday and he gave us a great review. We are so glad! Now we have a house 3 miles from post, bigger than the on post duplex we were going to get( eventually but who knows when) within our housing allowance, fenced backyard, fireplace, 3 bed 2 bath AND Barney and Chloe get to go too!! We don't have to wait until Thanksgiving to move in, we get to move in next week. This was such a long shot for us we are really surprised it worked out. Thank You God!!

Pictures and Update

My dad got him this little newsboy outfit! I love it!


He said enough already!

Game day! Everytime Jack wears Razorback gear we win!


Jeremy is at Fort Knox now trying to make heads or tails out of what we are supposed to do next. Since we have been sick, we decided that Jack and I should stay back and let Jeremy go to Kentucky for a couple of weeks without us. It is a good thing he did because he got to Knox with our stuff in a Uhaul and they notified him at housing that our temporary house was being demolished and that we had nowhere to go. He was now number 12 on the temporary housing list and who knows about our permanent house. Our agent won't be back until Tuesday because she took a vacation. He had about 3 hours to find a storage building and a place for him to stay that did weekly rates. In the middle of the night a rent house listed (miraculously) and we called on it first thing. Before noon she had 4 calls so she took the listing offline. Anyway, since Monday is Columbus day we won't know until Tuesday or Wednesday if we got the house. People are FIGHTING for housing out there right now. It is ridiculous! When Jeremy and I went up there on the first of October to take care of everything (which wound up being pointless) there were 90 something people on the E1-E5 list for on post housing and no houses. It is really bad. We were second on the list when we left Fort Knox a week ago which is why we chose to stay on post.

So now Jeremy is staying in a hotel 30 minutes from post, we are having to pay for that and a storage building. He unloaded the entire Uhaul into storage by himself on Saturday morning and now we are just waiting to see what is going to happen! If we don't get that house I don't know what we are going to do. Tuesday Jeremy plans on being in the housing office first thing because obviously it isn't right how they are doing people. There are tons of families up there right now paying for a hotel because they have nowhere to go. The Command Sergeant Major wasn't there for him to speak to, they told Jeremy that he wouldn't be back until Tuesday also.

Jeremy also starts work on Tuesday too, so we are hopeful that things will go smoothly! On the 22nd of October mom, Jack, and myself will be driving up to Fort Knox then she will fly back the next week.

Jackson is feeling better and I'm on my last day of steroids. I feel better but my chest is still hurting. I think I'm just going to start ignoring it and maybe it will go away. They started me on new antibiotics and cough syrup. I am so ready to feel better! This time of year is usually so beautiful and fun and I'm ready to enjoy it. We have been staying in too much, and we have family that we really need to see before we head to Kentucky! The holidays are right around the corner though.