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I had to take Hadley in today for her 15 month well baby check-up.  She is now 30in long and weighs 21lbs 4oz.  She is in the 50th percentile for her height and weight.  She's my little nugget!  However, her doctor was concerned about her weight because she lost about a pound since her 12 month check-up.  I'm not concerned about her weight at all because she has become so active in the past few months whereas before she was constantly attached to my hip at all times!  But I got grilled by the doctor as to how much milk Hadley drinks, how much she eats, how many snacks I feed her.  I mean honestly, my children don't go hungry and Hadley eats like there is no tomorrow.  I was shocked that she had lost weight and even more shocked that the doctor was so concerned about the tiny weight loss.  I was instructed to give her Pediasure, but I don't feel like she needs it.  The doctor said she'll be curious to see what Hadley's weight is at her 18...

When we found out that we would be staying in Hawaii for another three years I immediately made an appointment with the housing office so that we could get on the waiting list for a four bedroom home.  I guess we could stay in our three bedroom home, but why not get a bigger place?  When I went to my appointment a few weeks ago I was told that it would be at least a six month wait.  I was expecting that because that's what I was told the last time we moved.  When we moved into the house we are currently living in we only had to wait for two weeks before we got our phone call that there was a house available.  So of course this time I was keeping my fingers crossed that we wouldn't have to wait too long.  I really wanted to be into our new house before our new bundle arrives.  All I kept thinking was that we were going to be offered a house and it would be right when I was getting ready to have the baby.  Much to my surprise we got a phone call las...

I can hardly believe that in two months my first born will be 3!  Where has the time gone.  I swear she wakes up taller everyday.  She is growing like a weed these days and her appetite definitely goes along with that story.  We just upgraded her out of her toddler bed into a full size bed.  She was more than thrilled with the change.  Riley even picked out her bedding set which was none other than Dora the Explorer.  I didn't want a themed bedroom for her, but she desperately wanted a Dora bedding set and who was I to refuse her request?  Plus Trey reminded me that when Riley outgrows her Dora phase that she will have two younger sisters who will probably still be loving Dora.  I need to take Riley shopping for some new clothes because she's getting so tall that her shirts and shorts and getting too short!  Here are a couple of shots that I took of Riley this week.  Where has my little baby gone?  She looks so big to me!

Ok, don't be too jealous!  There have been quite a few days this week where it's been hot enough outside that I put the girls in their bathing suits and turned the sprinkler on for them.  Oh yes, a major  perk of living in Hawaii is being able to play outside year round.  The winter months are definitely colder than the summer months, but the sun has been getting more intense the past week or so and we can definitely feel the difference.  Riley even makes comments that it's too hot out and she's ready to go inside.  I try to have them play when there is a nice cloud cover or where there is shade.  But now that it's warming up, we just play with water.  Hadley thought the sprinkler was super funny and played in it quite a bit and then decided to go back to playing with the sidewalk chalk.  

The girls are still a bit young to understand the meaning of Valentines Day.  But I still wanted them to know that they are loved!  They each got matching outfits with an adorable top that said "lil' love bug" because they are my love bugs!  I wanted them to have a cute valentine shirt, but I wanted them to be able to wear it again too.  I thought this shirt was perfect!  We went to Riley's gymnastics class in the morning and exchanged little Valentines with her class and coach.  Riley was super excited to receive little Valentines, but wasn't too keen on saying Happy Valentines Day and passing hers out.  The girls received hand made Valentines cards from Kiki.  I, however, wasn't privileged enough to receive one!  They also got a gift box from their Nana filled with all kinds of goodies: cups, bubble necklaces, little stuffed puppies, and their favorite treat was a light up wand. When Trey got home from work I surprised him and got us dinner...

Most of you know that after much deliberation Trey is staying in the Navy.  We thought for awhile that we would be leaving the military life because Trey's PTS was denied, but it wound up getting approved and I thought it was a sign from God that he was suppose to stay in.  So after finding out that Trey was staying in the Navy it was time for Trey to pick orders for his sea duty.  There were a ton of orders to Japan which we were seriously contemplating on putting in for.  Then I started thinking as much as I like adventure, I don't know how much I'd like an adventure in a foreign country with three children and my husband on deployment for 6 to 8 months at a time.  I started feeling very uneasy about moving to Japan.  Trey was in agreement with me and we decided that Japan wasn't the right move for us.  We both agreed that trying to get back to VA would be ideal because my family is only a 3.5 hour drive away.  And with Trey being gone on deploy...