An update

An update about our lives.

Mackenzie turns 3 on the 16th, oh my gosh where did the time go?! She has grown so much, I am so proud of my beautiful baby girl.

Her first professional photo


Her daddy holding her, look how small she was.



Madison has started saying 'no', which is very exciting. I know everyone thinks its cute the first time their child says it, and as they get older and say it more frequently the charm fades, but right now we are so happy. She doesn't talk, she just babbles. At this age Mackenzie could speak, tell you animal sounds, body parts, the whole deal. Madison...no speakage...just babbles. So the fact that she says no, is awesome. (It has been discussed with her pediatrician that if she isn't speaking by the time she turns 2, we will look into speach therapy.)


Anyway..on to the stuff that everyone wants an update about, Tim and the military.

Tim had originally thought he would join the air force, but he has been offered higher pay in the Army. He will be paid more for doing ROTC in high school and for speaking fluent German. The air force wasn't willing to pay him anything more for those two, so we decided Army. He was also having a hard time finding a job that he was interested in within the Air Force. He had planned on studying for about a month then taking the ASVAB, but on Friday our plan was set in to fast pace when he was laid off at work. The economy sucks...
So he is studing for his ASVAB and will take it within the next two weeks. Tomorrow he is going to go talk to an Army Recruiter just to see what they have to say. He has been speaking to my brother Trenton, who has been in the Army for a good while now and he has been talking to his dad who was also in the Army. Trenton has been speaking to one of his friends who is a recruiter and he has been completely honest with Tim. He has no reason to lie to him, seeing as he wouldn't be the one signing Tim up.

So where we are at right now is, Tim needs to take his asvab, see what his score is and talk to a recruiter.

I will update again, when the next steps have happened.

I am also looking for a job between now and then so Tim can stay home with the girls as much as possible before having to go to basic and AIT. If you have any good job suggestions let me know. I don't do food, retail or pet poop, haha.