2011: so far we have survived

Well, as most of you know, Chris is now in Afghanistan. He's been there for a few weeks and is finally getting settled into a schedule and his job. They switched him around a couple times in the beginning and the poor guy was having to go back and forth between day shift and night shift. But now he is definitely on the day shift. They are about 10 1/2 hours ahead of us; we don't know how the extra half hour got worked in there. :) If you would like to mail him something this is his address:

Christopher Moses
415th MIBN
Bagram AF
APO AE 09354

I know he would love to receive any letters. Mail takes anywhere from 6 to 20 days to get there, just depends on how things are going.

The kids and I are doing pretty well. I finally have Benjamin and Anna on consistent routines, which has helped a lot with everyone's sanity and happiness. Things will be even nicer when Anna is down to 2 naps instead of 3. Right now it seems like one of them is almost always sleeping or eating. Benjamin has his 18 month check up tomorrow. Can't wait to see how tall he is! Hopefully shots will not be a part of the day. Those are never fun. Anna is 5 months now and a tiny little thing. Very tall and thin. They get along pretty well, although, Benjamin's sibling jealousy is starting to resurface a bit. If he hears Anna waking up from a nap he will grab onto my legs and fuss like he's saying "please don't get her, please just stay with me". Once she is awake and we're all playing together he is fine. He is learning how to work the system, though. There have been various experiments on how to get Mama's attention and he has almost perfected the fake cry. He almost had me falling for it the other day! Anna just stares at him. He doesn't fool her. ;) She loves watching her brother. He is one of the most interesting people around. She loves it when he gives her hugs or comes to play near her. Sometimes she will reach out to grab him, but he doesn't always like that.

Well, hope you all are doing well. I will post a few pictures of the kids. Don't have any of Chris yet. He doesn't have a whole lot of free time on the internet. When I get some I will try to post them. Have a great day and God bless you!