Moving Right Along...

Seems to be a phrase to sum up my life right about now. Moving right along. My 6 month old is moving right along, literally, like from one end of her crib & couch to the other, and (drum roll please!) our list of possible overseas assignments came out last week! So we are moving right along towards, well, our move =) Let me start at the beginning... Grace, quite the busy busy bee I have. I love it. Yes she is curious, determined, and into any and everything, but like I said, I love it. I think its awesome that she has that desire to learn and soak everything up. She is bold and brave, but also aware so isn't like, speed crawling into walls or anything. She is so big I am anxious to see how long she is at her next appointment. Curious to how much she weighs too, the kid will eat darn near anything. Currently having 3 "solid" meals of homemade purees a day and of course countless bottles, and is also adding in a sippy cup to the mix. Still working on those mechanics, but overall, doing very well. Furthermore, she is doing an awful lot of assisted standing and walking. Yes, walking. Walking with the help of railing, walls, and couches, but nevertheless walking.

We are planning on a trip to Colorado Springs in February and I keep telling grandparents and great-grandparents that she will be running in circles upon our arrival. She absolutely adores our two dogs, and they, especially with all 3 of them sharing a love for all things food, are starting to adore her more and more too.

And our can't-come-soon-enough move! Step 1 has finally happened. Basically a list of overseas bases that will be needing Jonnys job & rank at the time of our move in June came out to view the first week of November. What you do with that information is create a "Dreamsheet" or "Wishlist" and cross your fingers you get one of your top choices. Our list has Ramstein Germany

SHAPE (Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe, NATO Base) in Belgium

Aviano, Italy

And all 3 bases in Japan. Okinawa

Yokota, roughly 30 miles outside Tokyo

And Misawa.

While I know those are only a few of many many possibilities, its still a fun and exciting start to the process! We have been told that December 15th is the last day overseas assignments will be given out, so if we will be heading to any of these destinations, we should know within 4 weeks. If we haven't received word by then, the stateside list of availability comes out in January and we will just go from there! There are of course tons of pros for both stateside and overseas assignments, so to be honest, we are happy with wherever we will be going. Except the south...(excluding Florida) because who wants to live in Arkansas? ;)

TTFN!