i think the last time i posted, nick and kris were both being baptized... we had such a great time on our trip to san jose and i know that we always find an excuse to go home and visit. kris is getting ready to go to his new mos school in a wk or so and i've been staying busy at the office and trying to shed some weight at the same time. i guess it's working cause i looked so terrible in the baptism photos but i've lost almost 20lbs since then (3wks to be exact)and fitting into single digit jeans again without a muffin top is pretty awesome!
nick is 9 months old today and he is cutting his top 2 teeth... both at the same time no less! poor baby is cranky all day long but at least he's still looking forward to bed time as much as i am! he's eating like pro, going up and down the stairs and only getting better! all we need now is for him to walk without holding onto anything and i think he's got it down! i've looked into the CDC on base and have decided that it might be better to start nick in full time daycare instead of hourly care. it's 1 provider to 4 infants and all meals are provided. it just makes me feel so much better than i don't have to rush from one end of base to the other so that i'm not going over my childcare hours. it'll also be nice while kris is away for nick to be enrolled so i can have some grown up time. i'm also debating on whether i should add nick to our dental plan now or wait until he's at least a yr old to do it. i missed the deadline to enroll him for march so i have a few more weeks to sleep on it to get him enrolled by april.
i cleaned house and cleared out a lot of space so i rewarded myself with a new carpet cleaner :) i'm working on getting a new steam mop next! i cleaned the carpet both upstairs and downstairs all by myself today and let me tell you... having a dog and a cat and a mommy that sheds more than the dog and cat combined is not funny business! but the carpet looks really nice now! i set up my new exercise bike and hopefully i can watch tv from where it's at. and this is when i kick myself in the ass for not getting a swivel mount.

kris' graduation is in 2months and i'm thinking about gifting him with a new iMac. i think he really deserves it and especially with his new MOS he'd need an amazing platform to do his work. now to just look for the perfect desk and to wait on orders! kris put us down for miramar, overseas and virginia. i'd rather chew my arm off than to go to lejeune! but home is where the marine corps sends us.