Sadie and Lilly Get a Haircut

On Sunday we went down to the hair salon on base. We had been talking about how the girls needed their hair cut badly all week. When we got to the salon we found out they were closed on Sundays, so we left and told the girls we’d try again on Monday after school.
I decided that Sadie needed a shorter hair cut and some bangs basically because she’s 3. She wipes her runny nose with her hand and is constantly getting food in it. The poor child just screams and screams when I have to brush and do her hair. Something had to be done, so shorter hair it was. Lilly on the other hand, has thicker hair and puts stray hairs behind her ears. She really liked the cut she got last time, so she just had it reshaped. They both love getting their hair washed and cut. They really think it’s something special.
When they were all done, they looked so adorable. I really liked how their hair turned out!
Sadie’s hair before:

And here they are after:

♥krissy

Happy Valentine’s Day

Happy Valentine’s Day everyone! We are having a fabulous day and I’ll back with all the details! Until then, here are a few photos from some mini photo shoots I did with the girls. We hope everyone has an awesome day :)

♥krissy

Bedroom Furniture

When we first got married we didn’t have any furniture. We got a bed from my sister and found a discount bedroom set from  a local furniture store, which was really 2 dressers. We made due with what we had and over the next 4 years we bought different pieces of furniture with tax money, TDY money, and Steven’s reenlistment bonus. We were very excited that here in Turkey you can bring a furniture maker a photo of what you want and they’ll make it for a fraction of the retail price. It took us about a year but we finally decided on a nice bedroom set for us and ordered it about a week ago. It’ll take 6-8 weeks for it to be done, but we are very excited. The collection we choose had a TV armoire in  it, but Steven didn’t like it. We showed Sunny, the furniture maker, a photo of the tall chest of drawers in the collection and he is going to turn that into a tv armoire that will fit up to a 40” TV. Did I mention we are beyond excited for it to be done? Just checking!
We chose a Tommy Bahama set called Kingston.

My favorite part are the spindle bed posts! And, the canopy will be removable and the finial above the canopy will be able to attach to the posts to make a poster bed. We’re hoping that the bed will be high off the ground so for a short time, Lilly won’t be able to climb into our bed in the middle of the night or poke me until I wake up. It scare the crap out of me every night!
We’ll be able to see the furniture as it’s made during different stages, so I will try to take pictures of it. And I’ll keep y’all updated!
♥krissy

School Pictures

We finally got Lilly’s school pictures last week. An oversight in our order caused them to get to us 3 months late. We were very excited to get the anyhow! These were taken before we went on vacation and before Lilly decided she wanted to cut off all her hair. She always looks cute but I have to say that I think I like her hair shorter.

We love this little girl!

♥krissy

Turkey and My New Toy

With part of our tax money this year, the hubs let me get a new camera. I was so excited and so impatient to get that money in our account. If you know me you know I am VERY impatient but have worked hard over the years to be very patient with the kiddos. But when it’s not the kids, I know I drive Steven nuts! But we finally got it and I am the proud new owner of a Nikon D90!! I am in love with it! And I am so excited to learn everything I can about it. I have been taking pictures non-stop since Friday. The girls have been pretty patient with me and the camera in their faces, but I know they’re getting sick of it. Steven said he didn’t want me to take it out of the house until we had a proper case for it. So, he bought a really nice leather bag for Pop’s Leather out in the alley. And to go with it, a new pink couch wallet, well it’s a fake coach but a really good one! I also bought a foam insert for the bag that will hold my camera with attached lens and an extra lens.

From what we’ve heard, we are having a very warm winter this year. We’ve had some very cold days, but for the most part it has been in the 60’s and even 70’s. When the wind blows it does get chilly, but all in all not bad at all. With good weather, we are able to still play outside, which the girls love. Ruby has learned to climb up on the little swing set and slide down the slide. She absolutely loves the slide. She’s also obsessed with balls. She cases them all over the yard. If she finds a small one that is easy for her to carry, she’ll carry it the whole time is playing and will occasionally kiss it! The big girls like to swing and pretend that the little swing set is a pirate ship. They are just happy to be able to run around. The other day they found a weed in the yard and Lilly thought it was broccoli. We corrected her and she and Sadie went off the find more weeds. They were completely fascinated.

This was taken on base here. The mountains have had snow on them for a few months now. They are pretty to look at since I miss seeing snow. I am glad that we don’t actually have any because it makes thing 10000x harder when taking the kiddos out of the house.

Swinging with Daddy :)

Looking for weeds in the grass!

She found a ball in her size!

They play pirate ship/Captain Hook on the little swing set.

Sadie and Ruby in their hiding spot for hide and go seek.

Getting brave with the swings!

Bouncing on giant bouncy balls!

We are going to enjoy the weather until the about summertime, then I gonna pack up the kiddos and are going to find sanctuary somewhere a little less hot! Also known as Yiayia’s (my mom) house. And hopefully Memaw, Papop, and Uncle Shelby will come up for a visit when Steven gets there too! It should make for a good summer vacation!

♥krissy

I Heart Faces–Hearts

This is my first time entering in the I Heart Faces Photo Challenges, but I have admired the site and photographers for a while now. This week’s challenge is hearts and I just took those photos of the girls for Valentine’s Day. Since I did those, I thought it would be perfect to enter one. This photo was taken in our backyard here in Turkey and is of two of my beautiful girls, Lillian and Sadie-Mae. Ruby wanted no part of the photography fun and proceeding to run around chasing balls. She’s only 13 months old, so she can have this one pass

To join in all the fun check out I Heart Faces!

♥krissy

Sick…still.

The entire house is now sick. Well except for Steven. Lilly and Ruby has RSV and Sadie has an ear infection and a blown ear drum. I think she has RSV too and the ear infection was a result. The doctor said that we should keep an eye on Ruby because it could lead to an ear infection for her too. My throat is hurting and I have a headache. So hopefully we get better ASAP because I can't stand anymore of this. I want us to be healthy and get out of the house for some fresh air.

Oh and I went for the thyroid test yesterday. The worst part of it was the migraine I had from not taking any of my medicines. I won't know the results until I get yet another appointment made. Apparently the results take 2 days to come back so we'll see. I'm pretty upset about that but what can you do? So when we are all feeling better I'll be back to updating this more often.

♥krissy