18 MONTHS

Baby Whit Whit is 18 months old!!!!!

She and Macy love to play with each other every afternoon while the Bigs are still at school.

 She wants to do everything her sisters do.........She will cry at the front door if she doesn't get to go out and play with them!

 A fan of the "Chocolate Goodness", but her favorite is.......

WATERMELON!!!!

 "CHEESE"!!!!!!

 She has started to like noodles....great when living in Asia!

Life is Good with "Doozer"!!!!

Made in the USA

Found the box that had my already made skirts and dresses in it.  These will be the last ones "Made in the USA" for a bit.  May need to make labels that say, "Made in Malaysia"!!!!  All of these are currently for sale. I hope to get started making more and selling them to locally soon!!!!

SALE!!!!

EVERYTHING IS $22

Size 2

 Size 6-12 Months

 6-12 Months

 Size 3

 Size 3

 Size 3

 Size 4/5

 Size 3

 Size 4

 Size 4/5

 Size 4

 Size 4

 Size 4

 Size 5

Great Way to Shop

Every Monday and Thursday between 1 and 2 an amazing things happens right in front of our house..........

 a mobile grocery store comes by!

 There are 2 trucks and they sell all the essentials....fruits, veggies, milk, water, drinks

 The girls love the sliced ham they have...it is what they are use to--thin and lean.

Justin checked out the ground beef and liked it...which is saying a lot from a guy who grew up on an Iowa cattle farm!

They also have great banana bread--it is a great after school snack...while it lasts!!!

I've heard from others if they don't have something, they will try and get it for you for the next visit.

Life is Good when you don't need to walk past your driveway to get groceries!!!

Valentine's Gift

Thursday, we got the best news.....our sea shipment was going to be delivered the next day!!!!!  

It was the BEST Valentine's gift!!!

When Justin signed the papers it was exactly 2 months from when he signed them in Indiana!

Was hoping once they cut the lock off we didn't see someone else's name written on all the boxes!!!

Since they couldn't bring the big truck into the neighborhood, they took smaller loads in the other truck.

 I thought it would add a lot of extra time, but it was actually a good process: 

Load the little truck

Empty onto driveway

While carrying those in the house....Fill truck again

By the end of the day, we had all the beds assembled and some of the boxes emptied and bigger things unwrapped.

They took what waste were done with that day and will come back for the rest soon.

Most of the boxes are emptied, but rooms are by no means close to being ready.

Macy and Kaylee don't seem to mind the mess.  They love that their baby dolls can sleep in their rooms with them now.  Kaylee has been sleeping on the top bunk...she never wanted to do that in Indiana.

 Whitney has been loving her crib!!!

A small pile of boxes and a space heater(probably won't need that here) to be picked up for the trash.

Before the truck showed up, I warned Justin that this may be the day I have my "We moved to Malaysia Meltdown."  I was feeling a bit emotional and dreading all the work/organizing that would be coming.

Happy to report it didn't happen(yet)......Still waiting for whatever will turn me into a hot mess.

Hoping to have everything organized and put away sometime soon.  The office will have to wait for Justin...he headed to Indonesia for a few days today.  This is the start of his 6 week tour of Asia.  For the next 6 weeks, he will be visiting each of the countries he will be doing business in.

This week, I am also trying to work in a variety of meals.  Since we only had a pot and small pan before our things showed up we ate a lot of tacos and spaghetti.  Just went to the store and had to find a few substitutes for things on my list.........Hope it all works out!!!

Life is Good when you have your belongings back.

Found Fabric!

Went on a hunt for fabric today. 

I was looking for things I can pair with what I bought online and will be coming with my parents in March:

Tone on tone aqua chevron

Aqua polka dots

Tone on tone lavender chevron

Tone on tone yellow chevron 

Yellow polka dots

Tone on tone gray chevron

Gray polka dots

Hot pink polka dots

Mostly what I found in the area I was looking was shop after shop of silks.  

I did find some 100% Swiss cotton that is so soft it feels like silk:

Looking forward to using these and continuing my search for others---always an adventure!!!!

Life is Good with a hobby!!!

Sweet Dreams

We have great sleepers...

...They go right to bed, sometimes we don't even need to walk upstairs with them.  

They go brush their teeth, use the bathroom and crawl quietly under the covers..

..We don't see them again for about 10 hours!

FALSE, NOT TRUE, 

 LIAR, LIAR PANTS ON FIRE!!!!!

I wish this was how it was, but it isn't.

All our sleep issues started when we took Kaylee's pacifier away(probably exactly 4 years ago because it was February after she turned 2).  If I had it to do over, she may still use one to this day!!!  

Whitney is by far the best one about going to bed...We put her to bed about 8 and she is out(having her stay out through the night is another issue--right now we are blaming weeks and weeks in the pack and play).  

They will go to bed really easily, if we lay with them....Who wants to do that?!?!?!?!  Not me...........There have been nights I dread bedtime, especially if Justin is out of town and I have to do all 4 myself.

From the suggestion of a neighbor we asked the Night Fairy to visit the girls.  She only comes and visit little kids who go right to bed and don't need parents to lay with them!

AWESOME, BRILLIANT, WONDERFUL, AMAZING, SUCCESS!!!!!

The first night she left these...perfect for the Year of the Snake!!!

Hannah has been a big help with the Middles.  She has been laying with Macy and then goes to her room after a bit or falls asleep next to her.

The fairy has also left Skittles and a pink lemonade packet so they could make popsicles.

Kaylee is hoping she will leave a picture of herself so she can see what she looks like!!!!!  

I have my fingers crossed this great routine with the girls continues...I have a lot of recorded TV to catch up on after they head to bed...Last night, I got to watch my favorite, Scandal!!!!

I really hope it continues after we get our sea shipment, so I can sew at night starting at 8:45!!! 

Life is Good when going to bed is easy!!!

Freckles