Adventures in Nebraska and Easter

Sorry, another monster post! :)

We took off for Nebraska on Saturday morning, and seems like we have been in the car ever since. Yes, we drove and took the kids with us. It was quite the whirlwind of a trip, and with adventures around every corner. Livy definitely gave us a run for our money this trip. The first night when we stopped at a hotel we took them swimming in the pool, well hot tub. We were all in the hot tub, and there were some little girls in there with us and we got to talking to them. Jon and I were sitting next to each other with Livy in between us, and I was holding Sofia. Next thing I know I look down and Livy is face down under the water. She wasn't moving, I quickly grabbed her arm and pulled her up, and the look on her face still brings me to tears whenever I think about it. It was a horrible look of fright, and it took her a little bit to finally start coughing and breathing. That night all I could think of was how my worst nightmare was coming to life, and it was happening right next me! Their were a lot of tears shed that night as I was trying to fall asleep.

The next morning we were all just about ready to head out again when Livy tripped over her boots and went flying head first into the safe box. I went and picked her up and she just kept turning her head back and forth. I sat down on the bed with her and turned her to face me, and then I saw blood every where! Which resulted in me screaming and scaring Jon. She ended up just having a bloody nose, but I think she possibly could have broken it.

Then on the last day of our trip we had every thing packed in the car and Livy was getting ready to walk down the steps of our little TLF (Temporary Lodging Facility) apartment, which had 3 little steps. She again tripped over her boots and fell face first down the steps, which resulted in scrapping her nose up pretty good. So as you look through the pictures, you will know why Livy's face looks so beat up.

Where we spent most of the trip. The kids did really well with all the traveling.

You can kind of see Livy's swollen nose There was lots of playing on playgrounds while there. This playground was right outside our TLF

This playground is the one that the kids will be spending a lot of time at in our new neighborhood!

I didn't take very many pictures of the house inside because I thought I could get them off from the internet listing, but it is all ready off. This was Jaedon's one request for a house..., a fireplace! So that Santa could come down.

This is in the master bedroom. The bathroom is just behind Jon and the closet is to the left.

Our new home come May 24th

Back on the road. Livy's nose after falling down the steps

Livy's nose all scabbed up The kids, well Jaedon was excited to get home, because then that meant that the Easter Bunny was coming!

Sofia was not very happy... but then she spotted her basket

I love Livy's face in these next 2 pictures.

It took Jaedon a bit to find his... in the dryer.

We then had an Easter Egg hunt with all the neighbor kids out on the playground

Happy Easter!!

I didn't do it

Poor little Sofia has been beaten up. Last night she was sitting in her chair in the dining room and Jon and I were in the kitchen finishing things up for dinner. Livy was being a helper and feeding Sof some puffs. Then we heard banging and crashing, and then screaming and crying! I ran in there, and there Sofia was tipped over in the chair with her head against the brick wall laying on top of Livy. I am assuming that Livy climbed up on the side of the chair to do who-knows-what, but then made the whole chair fall over. After things were settled down, Sofia was actually quite happy and smiley.

These were taken pretty much right after the whole ordeal

These were taken a couple of hours later that night

This is what she thought of the whole thing. :P

Jaedon is becoming quite the little artist lately, and I must say that I am pretty impressed with what he comes up with. He told me he wanted to draw a picture of Nebraska.

(You may need to click on the image to see it better)

I was mostly impressed with his house WITH steps, and his airplane and helicopter on the left side of the paper. And to end on a happy note..., Jon wore his "short" white coat for the last time today!!

match day, new moon, duck pond, and a card

I am playing catch up, so just to fore warn you, there is A LOT of pictures. I will keep the writing to a minimal though. On March 18th, Thursday, it was Match Day. This is the day where all the Medical students across the nation find out where they are going, or where they "matched" for residency. So we all met at the Hershey Country Club and waited to open a single little white envelope. Although since we are doing an Air Force residency, of course we all ready know where we are going, but we went to join the rest of the class and to see where they were all headed off to.

Waiting patiently Everyone before receiving their letters... Hey look, Jon got a letter too! Hope it says Omaha.

3, 2, 1... open your letters!

Yep, still going to Omaha...whew! I kind of liked all ready knowing where we were going and so I was able to get some good shots of every ones first reaction. Over all I think every one seemed to be pretty happy about the results. (And I think Amber was a little surprised) The Bradford's and Flint's are staying here in Hershey, the Wright's are going to New Mexico, the Brueseke's are going to California, Ashley is going to Washington, the Duncan's to Texas, the Heslop's to Utah, and the Thompson's to Ohio. We then all went out to eat later that evening to celebrate. It was so awesome to all be together and I am definitely going to miss these guys.

If you didn't know, New Moon came out on the 20th! But it has been advertised that you could get it at 12:01am on the 20th. So Jon kept telling me that I needed to go and get it that night. It was an on going joke and came up frequently. BUT, I happened to be up working on this little gem, (which will be revealed on Easter) and by the time I got ready for bed, it was 11:30pm. So I thought, "wouldn't it be funny if I went and got the movie tonight and Jon woke up to the movie next to his bed." So I headed off to Wal-Mart thinking I would run in and just grab the movie and be out in like 5 mins. That was not the case. There was a huge line that wounded through the shoe department. So I didn't get back home until almost 1am. But I did surprise Jon with thisAnd Jon is definitely the best husband ever, because he woke up at 6am with the intentions of going and getting me the movie, until he saw it on his night stand. :) And then we both fell back asleep.

We have been having the best weather this past week and so on Saturday we took a jog out to the duck pond and had a little picnic.

I love Jaedon and Livy's expressions in these pictures. Jaedon is ecstatic that they crossed the river and all Livy can think about is that her feet and legs are going to freeze off! Yeah, it's cold

Jaedon slipped...and about lost his shoe

and slipped again, which resulted in wearing just his underwear home

Jaedon continues to amaze us at how well he can pick up and learn things. He came out and told me he was going to write a card to Grandma. And this is what came of it. "This card is from Jaedon and love to grandma grandpa (picture of grandma and grandpa) heart Bassett I love you the best"

can't help but smile

Every time I look at this picture, I just have to laugh. Jaedon is pullin' some swimming kind of pose. Livy is really straining to get a smile. And Sofia, well, she was just thrilled to be up on the couch.

sunshine

We have been seeing some nice weather the last couple of days. And today was great weather, so we got out of our cooped up apartment and enjoyed us some!

Sofia was wishing she could run around like everyone else

Here is some proof that she is standing!! Yes, standing. Of course just for short little spurts, but she is standing. She has been doing it for the last week or so now, and she will just be turning 8 months on the 10th! She is growing up way too fast.

Didn't seem to mind the grass too much Livy was waiting and waiting to hit up the swings

ahhhhh...finally Jaedon was running wild playing who-knows-what... and being a goof ball for the camera

Sadly it is supposed to rain the rest of this week come Wednesday, but it will still be in the 50's at least.