Easter

I know I'm a few days late, but here are William's Easter pictures.

We had a quiet day at home, it was strange to not be with any family, but this is just the first holiday of many. It will give us a great chance to make our own memories and traditions though.



Learning to Laugh

While changing William today I was making faces and noises trying to keep him happy, I kissed his tummy and he broke out in a huge smile so I gave him a raspberry and he broke into the biggest laugh, this went on for two or three minutes, just laughing up a storm.

Moving Road Trip

Thursday afternoon we got on our way to Kentucky. We had great weather almost the whole way there and William was great. We stopped in New York  City on our way through, and spent two hours driving around lost for two hours. We tried to find Central Park, but it wasn't showing up on the GPS. We went over the Brooklyn Bridge and saw the Hudson River, which was beautiful.

It was great to see another portion of the country, meeting the people and laughing at all of the funny names they used for cities and countys.

We got to Fort Knox late Friday afternoon. We found our house, only to find that the water and electricity wont be on until Monday. So, we went and found a hotel to stay in for the weekend.

We can't wait to get into the house and make it our own. After driving around post and looking at the housing we are eligable for, we have decided to stay in this house till he gets re-stationed. It's going to take some work, the last renters had very interesting taste that we'll have to cover up but with a little time and work it will be perfect for us.

Saying goodbye

With all of our things packed up on the truck making their way to Kentucky we stayed our last night at Kim's house to get a little more family time in before we left.

 Everyone helped feed him and held him one more time before they had to leave for school.

 We are really going to miss them, we have had so much fun doing things together and just spending time with each other.

It was so great having family in Massachusetts, and it will be a hard adjustment not having any here in Kentucky. We can't wait until we get together again in July.

Good bye Massachusetts

This weekend is our last here in Massachusetts. The movers are coming on Monday to pack everything up and load it up on the truck. After Nick's reports to work on Thursday we will be heading out, making our way to Kentucky. We found a cute little three bedroom house to live in, it even has a fenced in yard so we can have our doggies again.

Kim was kind enough to watch William for the day on Saturday so Nick and I could spend some time just the two of us. It has been so fun to have her children around, they are always eager to hold him, talk to him and read him stories. We are going to miss them so much when we go, it's going to be sad to leave.

Welcome home Daddy!

Nick got home last Friday evening, and it is so great to have him back. He was home for a couple of weeks during Christmas, but it's a great feeling this time that he doesn't have to leave again, he home for good. Well, at least a year or so.

He is such a great Dad, I can't help but smile every time he interacts with William. He loves to talk to him and make silly faces at him, always bringing out that cute gummy smile.

They play games together, and Nick was so excited to find out how the swing worked, and that it even has lights and music to go with it. I think he was more excited than William.



He reads William his bedtime story most nights, and always has him feel the pages in any of the touch and feel books.

I love watching their relationship blossom, and I'm so glad to be have such a wonderful husband and father to our son, such a wonderful start to our little family.

Top of his class

Nick took his final test on Monday, and all of his hard work paid off. He is second in his class giving him the title of Distinguished Grad and I couldn't be prouder. He worked very hard these last few months learning everything that he could about the program and what is expected out of it. This could be a huge boost for his career, he will get a letter from his instructors stating how well he did and what an asset he is, to take to Fort Knox with him which could bring upon his next promotion even faster.

He got his orders on Monday, so it is official, we are going to Fort Knox. He has to report on Monday the 25th. He will be home for two weeks working in the recruiters center before we head out. We learned it will take about two weeks, possibly three in order for our things to arrive so we'll be packing up the car with the essentials and driving down. We will hopefully be able to get right into a house, and it will just be like camping for a little while till everything else arrives.

William had his two month checkup this week, and it is confirmed, he is growing like a week. He weighed in at 11 pounds and 1 ounce and 23 1/4 inches long.

The Doctor was extremely impressed with how well he can hold his head up. He is finally able to sit in the mini saucer I bought him, although his arms aren't long enough to reach any of the toys. I don't think he would even know what to do with them is he could.