me–right now

 

today is mother’s day & this is how it began for me.

 

it has been a lovely day.  an easy day overall.  a delicious day (oh how I love good food) with a little sun and sand and the waves of the pacific.  a day that I’ve been able to spend with my sweet little crew.  and right now I’m able to take a little time for myself to get back to my blog that I really have missed.
(thanks for waiting for me)

so, where am I these days?

well, right now I’m almost a month into being 35, sitting on my cozy bed with my computer, blinds open, sunshine filling the room, rockin’ my new glasses and my pretty-cool-if-i-must-say-so-myself purple highlighted hair.

I just like where I am right now – or maybe it’s ‘who’ I am.  I’m pretty comfy in my skin . . . and feeling pretty great after finally getting back into working out just this past week.  (started the T25 program after following a friend’s awesome success)  it had been too long.  yah for getting your body moving and being strong!

I have some new growing interests that I am anxious to find time to explore and learn more about.  I’m am looking forward to researching and becoming familiar with essential oils and signing up an Independent Rep with  dōTERRA (dōTERRA International, LLC produces and distributes exceptionally high quality CPTG Certified Pure Therapeutic Grade® essential oils)  at the end of the month.  it’s something I want to incorporate into my everyday for my family and to learn well enough to share with others.  I also am hoping to get started on the curriculum for Lactation Educator Counselor and later for Lactation Consultant Certificate (thank you Stephanie for answering all of my questions!).  and I also have my eye on a Postpartum Doula training program.  I think all three would work so well together and be an awesome fulfilling fit for me.  bonus that they all work pretty much anywhere.  It really feels good to find some things for me and a new focus to discover & learn & explore.  things have been quiet with my little etsy shop but it’s still fun and hopefully will grow this year too.

we move in five weeks from today – on father’s day actually.  I haven’t even had a chance to write about that yet.  our calendar is so full (covered in different colored pen and lots of post-its . . . my attempt at flexibility) trying to coordinate everything and pack all of san diego we can and time with sweet dear friends, some of whom are also moving this summer.  first a quick move update . . . ends up chris is kind of a big deal!  he was selected for test pilot school (TPS) last fall.  he had submitted his package and was waiting to hear if we’d be moving to Navy program in PAX River, MD (where some very special friend live nearby).  the higher ups at miramar ranked him #1 out of the miramar applicants (first high five) and then his name came out on the TPS list (second high five) so we started to make our plans  . . . wait, hold up . . . he was selected for the Air Force program at Edwards AFB (third high five – sort of).  as should have been expected it was time for a new plan.  Edwards AFB is in CA, about 3.5ish hours NE of San Diego in the steamy desert.  yes, quite a new plan.  we weren’t exactly excited about it everyday last fall (ok, maybe that was just me) but we are actually really looking forward to this new adventure for our little family and chris is just stoked for this new challenge and training.  he’s pretty happy that he gets to earn a master’s degree while he’s there too.  so, after five busy weeks we are planning to have a special might-have-to-order-two-entrees breakfast at cantina (our absolute fav spot) before we drive ourselves  up to our new home.  we’ve been calling it jet school for anabelle.  it will be quite a change with target and trader joe’s about 45 minutes away.  we’ll be living on base which will give us much more space, a yard, and free air conditioning!  we’re only there for a year so my brain and pinterest boards are full of easy-to-do and easy-to-take-down ideas for this new space and new adventure.  I’m hoping to home school anabelle for the year and crossing my fingers I can find the right spot to keep up their swimming lessons.

at the same time my heart aches to leave some very special ladies, some sisters I have found out here in on the west coast.  I know there is always skype and plane tickets and I’m definitely thankful for unlimited texting.

we are renting out our condo and have our first customer coming to view it this friday (better hide some more things in closets and cabinets!).  the work to get our place ready has helped the move sink in a little.

my girls – oh the awesome, busy, crazy, wonderfully joyful world of a & e.  these girls fill me up, wear me out, and make me fall in love with everyday of getting to be a momma – their momma! 3 is still sprinkled with it’s spicy challenges for anabelle.  she’s always looking for papa and wants so badly to make her own decisions.  (this pic is the day chris came home from training in texas and surprised anabelle at pick up from school)
she is doing great at school (even though she almost always gets sad when it’s time to go.  she’s reading three letter words and doing simple addition.  she’s also pretty great at puzzles and nearly the entire Frozen soundtrack.  emilymae is putting words together and reading/singing the last word of sentences in books and songs.  she is still the occasional milk monster and likes waking up in the middle of the night.  these moonlit snuggles won’t last forever, so for now I try just to kiss her little cheek, rub her head, and hold her close.  if momma milk is what comforts her and makes her feel safe then I am lucky enough that I am the one who makes just what she wants.

unpacking things, dressing up, singing & dancing are all big hits over here – not to mention tappers (aka tap shoes).

our favorite song right now (other than ‘let it go’) is three little birds.  sometimes I’ll hear anabelle sing it for emilymae if she’s crying.  emilymae is picking up the words too!

anabelle is just finishing up her first soccer season.  oh 3 year old soccer.

have you ever had a chance to see three year olds do jumping jacks?!  it’s pretty great.  and yes, that is anabelle trying to teach emilymae with full face paint from a morning at the wild animal park.  she went to school like that too. 

chris and I are trying to find time together.  days are full.  nights are sleepy.  schedules are always shifting and changing.  he was away for several weeks in texas learning the t-38 and will be gone several days this month for extra flight time – we miss him but I understand that it’s his way of filling himself up before we leave.  he had a dining out this past friday.  a chance to get dressed up and be out together.  in my opinion the party was a bit ho-hum but we definitely enjoyed our time together (and I felt like my outfit was awesome – thank you christal and rent the runway!).  we did the squadron event thing and then went out for a chocolate-banana-peanut butter milkshake, sweet potato fries, and a mojito for him.  of course both our littles woke up within 30 minutes of getting home but still, it was a great night together.  I sure do have quite a incredible man all of my own and he is smittin’ with me.  oh so blessed and oh so smittin’ myself!

 

we had a little trouble with the lighting but forget that – my dress had pockets!  so fantastic!

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hoping I’m back to writing very very soon.  thanks for checking in!