Update on Life...

Right now Matt is still in Mississippi. Or as Camille says it "Daddy is at Mississippi". She always has to say 'AT'. It is too cute! If you were thinking of sending something don't send it to Camp Shelby. Also if you were thinking of sending a card for his birthday email me and I can get you the address for Cali - where they will be for March. Then about April they will be back to NC... but at Bragg probably. Tentatively the Deployment Ceremony is going to be April 14th but we aren't sure what the leave date is so please pray he will be here for the birth of our little boy.
As for Camille and me we are staying pretty busy with visiting with friends and family, ballet and
church. She still wants to go pick daddy up when we are out and about in the truck.

Latest family photo

Matt is currently in Mississippi and training hard - if you are interested in his address for now shoot me an email (kelly.lesher@us.army.mil). He didn't quite make top gunner but his best friend did so he was still excited! They were out in the field but are finally coming back to the baracks so hopefully I will be able to talk (or communicate) with him more.


I want to share that we were in our church magazine... http://www.colonial.org/connections.html if you would like to read our story together and what is to come this next year for us.

Camille is doing well but you can tell she really misses daddy and does not understand that we can't call him but we have to wait for him to call us. She has told me a couple times that she wants to go get him and bring him home. She will also say "I love my daddy" out of the blue... the way she says it is in a tone that sometimes makes me think she thinks if she tells me maybe he will come home.

Baby is doing well and moving lots... I am still testing my blood sugar on a daily basis and it is looking good. I am at the point where I have more energy and and don't feel too big (except for the comments like "are you having twins" and "wow, you have 3 more months are you going to make it". Oh well - just have to blow those comments off... turn the other cheek - even if it is bigger right now...

I also want to share that I have signed up to be a Shaklee Distributor and am working on getting my website set up so if you are interested please feel free to email me and in my next update I hope to have the web address if you are interested in purchasing.

Hope all are doing well!

Lots going on...

Daddy and Camille with Santa (after an 1h 45min in line)

Since the last update a lot has happened - I am hoping this next year I will be better about updating. This year is going to be very busy for us and I know we will have lots to share so I will do my best - I am also on facebook for those that can keep up that way too.

Well Matt is at Camp Shelby MS and will the there until our little boy arrives. We are praying that Matt will be at the birth but if not hopefully he will be there shortly after. We are planning a C-section so I am hoping this will help with his scheduling.

Camille is getting bigger all the time and can have real conversations with me. It is nice but sometimes I miss her being a little more dependent... I can't believe how independent she is... "I do it all myself" is her favorite thing to say.

The baby is progressing well - he is growing normally and I feel like this pregnancy is going a lot faster... ask me again in about a month though. I am having to check my blood sugar 4 times a day but they have been reading under the level they want me so that has been a blessing.

We had a wonderful Christmas and New Years and we wish all are family and friends a blessed New Year!

Dining Room

We are getting a china cabinet/hutch and so we thought we would paint before it comes... so this week my task was to paint the dining room. I got half of the room taped and started to paint so one wall would be ready to move it in, but Camille and I had to go to a girls evening at my friend Christen's house... when we got home Matt almost had it finished - I like it when projects get done like that.
Here is the final product - minus artwork and china... well it is more of a mossy green!

Photo Shoot

Camille had her pictures taken on Wednesday... I couldn't have asked her to be any better and well behaved! I was so proud of her - everyone seemed to compliment her on how she was behaving too. Here are some of the photos unedited...

Deutschland

I have been searching google.com lately and wondering if I just put in terms that only result in German replies. Well apparently someone has been playing on my computer and changed settings to German - well I have since changed the settings and now living back in an English world. How do kids know how to make all these settings?
Other than changing settings we are learning counting and abc's.... we can count to 11 then jump to 45 - abc's on the other hand we are only to E sometimes F but mostly E.
Someone told me to count Camille's words well I started counting but I lost count... she will say pretty much anything you say - so if you are around her you have to watch what you say. One
thing can say really well "I watch Mickey ClubHouse?"

Mickey Mouse Clubhouse

Everyday Cami asked to watch Mickey Clubhouse.... "just one mommy" and then when that one is over she looks at me, her head tilted to the left with one finger in the air to say "one more mommy"... she is so cute it is hard to say no. And yes sometimes I have to say no. She learned how to say one since when Grandma "Ma" would give her an M&M she would say "just one".
Since she would say 'one mommy' I thought I would teach her to tell people how old she is... which has worked out well but she is so strong willed I wonder how long it will take me to convince her that she is two in a few months.