Commissioning & Graduation????

Finally! Can you believe it? After 11 years of college and 10 years in the military, Rob has graduated college and is now commissioned in the Air Force as a 2nd Lt. We are so happy. It was great having some 0f his family to come in for the events that took place. We know there were many other family members on both sides that wanted to be here, but were unable to. And due to the nature of the military changing dates so often, it was uncertain if we'd be able to stay here at our house or not.

Our house still has not sold, and still only one person has looked at it. Hopefully after school is out, viewing will pick up.

I'm posting some pictures of Rob's commissioning ceremony and one picture at his graduation. Both events were very nice and all went smooth. I'm just in shock that he's done! Well, not completely. Plans are to start up school again in Jan. for his master's degree that will take 2 1/2 years to complete. But that he's finally commissioned doesn't seem real to me.

Oh, some may be wondering what he'll be doing at his new assignment. He's assigned to Tinker AFB in Oklahoma as an oil analysis program manager. With that job, he'll be analysing oil from a couple different airplane engines to make sure no metals are getting into the oil from different parts of the engine. If him and his team find there's metal, they have to report it. If metal gets into the engine, it could cause engine loss in the middle of a flight and crash. So, I suppose it's an important job.

We'll be moving this week!!! I leave on Thursday, Rob leaves on Friday!!! We are excited for another chapter in our journey--exploring a new place and being closer to my family.

Well, lots to do around here still, so off I go. Enjoy the pictures!

All those who got commissioned at attention.

Rob's family that was able to make it out.
Thanks so much for coming!

Rob's cake I got for him. It turned out really nice!

Rob getting sworn in as a 2D LT by a Coast Guard officer who helped him get in this program for school. He came all the way from Memphis to commission Rob before heading to St. Louis to respond to the floods. Thanks LTCDR Davenport for coming, for your dedication, and for all you've done for Rob!

Rob with LTCDR Davenport.

Me and Ronnie (Rob's dad) pinning on Rob's 2D LT bars.
Yes, Rob was on his knee! I'm too short to see his shoulder!

A proud 2D LT!

Rob's awsome salute to his commander at the ROTC detachment.

At Rob's graduation!

GOT PICTURES!!!

Spelling errors? A common thing for me. Mistakes? Make lots of them and don't have time to check for any! Sorry!

Strange about this blog! Couldn't download all my pictures at once, so had to do 2 at a time. ??? I hear this place has a mind of it's own sometimes.

Baby seems to still be doing good. Growing just fine. Still have a pocket of blood that's quite large and another one that has started, but I'm sure God will take care of us all. Thanks for everyones prayers.

So, here's some pictures!

Us going to church one Sunday morning with Grammy and Popaw. Emma and Grammy up ahead, Popaw and Madison beside me.

Some friends of ours. Ben and Tabatha (Tabie, as Madison calls her). The girls just LOVE them! We hope they can move to Oklahoma with us!

Oh, now here's some pictures that I just love. Madison isn't scared of much at all, Emma, very scared of everything! Madison doesn't care to get dirty, but Emma, has to stay clean at all times. Even cleans the dirt off the bottom of her feet from the concrete before she gets into the grass! Won't finish eating if she drops food on her shirt until it's cleaned and wiped up!

So we go outside. Madison wants to look for bugs as she tells me, "Outside, bugs." So off outside we go in search of bugs. Of course, Emma close by to follow as always. Even excited about looking for bugs as she digs away. So I find a worm! Two of them! Madison at first was hesitant to hold it, but does. Then she tried to pass it off to Emma. Emma was not about to have ANYTHING to do with the worms! Pulls her hand away as she saying NO! Madison passed the worms off to me and as long as I was holding the worms, Emma would touch them, but not hold them. And then would look at her hand as if it was going to fall off. I finally made her hold the worms and she cried! Pictures below show the result of her happiness.

Madison trying to pass the worm to Emma. At first, I thought she might take them from Madison!

Emma making sure her hand was still there after the worms touched her.

And now very made at me because I made her hold the worms!

Hope you all enjoy. Gotta get going now. My girls are awake and it sounds like they are tearing their bed down. Just checked on them and they are STINKY!

Busy mom, gotta run!

Update. . .

I'm slow at dishing out news, but hey, that's just me and I'm sure things won't change.

I have some pictures I would love to post, but for some reason this thing won't upload them! Second day trying, I'll try again later.

Best Buy replaced our camera! They couldn't fix it, so we got an even better camera for the same price as our old one! We went ahead and purchaced a warranty for it as well. The girls are beginning to get helpful at handing us things and with a new baby along the way, just thought it might pay off again to have the warranty. If mommy can break the camera, I'm sure the girls could too. *smile* Takes great pictures, wish you could see what we captured, oh well. . .

I guess the most important thing to share is that the baby's heartbeat is normal and appears to be doing fine. The only thing is, the doctor found a pocket of blood that he wasn't happy with and put me on a lot of rest this week. At least it's not complete bed rest, but enough rest that this pocket of blood would hopefully go away. He told me it's not a good thing, but it's a common thing, but not normal. I go for another ultrasound on Thursday to see if it's any better.

Morning (all day sickness) has settled in much sooner this time! Not my exact thought of a great pregnancy. I was hoping to be able to move without having to pull over on the side of the interstate and get sick!!! Should have known I wouldn't get that lucky. hee hee. I'm already making a "DO NOT EAT" list! I thought when one was pregnant, you could eat whatever you wanted. I wasn't that way with the girls, and I'm not that way with this one either. Seems like all I like to eat is Raisin Bran cereal. ??? Oh, and potatoes are good too. Anything else, forget it! Can't keep it down.

May is here! We move this month!!! What a wonderful feeling! Less than 20 days away now! Our house still has not sold, in fact, in 2 months, we've only had one person to look at it. Thankfully, we did get approved for another home loan, so this home isn't keeping us from buying another one, but it would be a great burnden lifted if we could sell this home before we leave. Please be in prayer for this.

Won't bore you any longer. Hope everyone has a wonderful day!