A New Chapter

The day after graduation we finished packing up the truck and locked the doors to our first home for the last time. We were all SO tired and glad to be done that it masked some of the pain of saying goodbye. Cleveland will always hold a spot in my heart. There were so many things to love about it. We miss our dear friends so much. Tears fill my eyes as I think about all that we experienced in our 4 years there. Such amazing memories amidst the angst of school. I can't believe it is all behind us now. Nebraska has welcomed us with open arms though. We have only been here for a few weeks but cannot believe how nice everyone is. The day we arrived several neighbors came over to introduce themselves, and one even brought us dinner! Our next door neighbor mowed the front lawn today knowing that Andy is away (more on that later). So while it was/is hard to say goodbye, we are in a good spot here in Papillion, Nebraska. We really lucked out on our rental home too. I was so nervous about choosing one over the internet. We decided to go for price rather than comfort since we will only be here for a year. But, the house has exceeded our expectation. We had no idea when we rented it, but we are 6 houses away from the church! How lucky is that? So, we are starting a new chapter in our lives. For the first time in 7 years,  we are no longer students. This chapter is all about family life in the United States Air Force. Oh what fun adventures await!

We got the biggest sized rental truck available because we didn't want to worry about cramming things in. When we fist picked it up, we thought we were only going to fill up like half of it. By the end, we used every last inch and still had to leave a few things behind. We gave our neighbors a desk, the bbq, our lawn mower, and the rest went on the tree lawn. 

The last picture at 4030 Ellison Road

patiently waiting

A tiny peek. Thanks for being so patient guys!

Isn't he beautiful? Andy's cousin Jayni is the proud mama of little T. Ray. I could seriously eat him!

The Gorgeous J Family has the most amazing blue eyes! Check out his peepers!!

This Handsome guy is Andy's little brother Aaron and I was lucky enough to capture his cute mug for his senior pictures

Stay posted, more to come!

9 months

I am up to my ears in editing and needing to update the blog, but I thought I better take a moment and wish our sweet grumpy buns a happy 9 months! I'm not sure how a baby can be so sweet and lovable and yet be the grumpiest, most spoiled thing ever. crazy girl! 

Livi is just starting to venture out and army crawl. Today she got into the kitchen cupboards for the first time and had a blast sliding the pans across the floor. She is also little miss snaggle tooth. Her right lateral incisor came in last week. I'm hoping her front teeth come in soon to balance it out :) 

and a post about Livi would not be complete without a picture of her adorable chubby little feet. Andy says she is a monkey because she uses her feet like her hands. She feels everything with her toes! Livi is our feisty red head and we couldn't love her more!!

Is there a DOCTOR in the house?

Introducing

Captain Andrek J. Ingersoll DMD

 After four long years of hard work we are finally done. Graduation was amazing. I think Andy and I both had perma-grins the whole day. It was just such an amazing feeling of accomplishment. We couldn't be more proud of you hon!!

Newly commissioned Captain in the United States Air Force

We were lucky enough to have Andy's parents and grandma come to help us celebrate

Andy and a few of his buddies 

Avery and her future husband Talmage :) hanging out before the ceremony

I Got a Dollar, I Got a Dollar, I Got a Dollar, Hey Hey Hey Hey!!!

We signed Avery and Drew up for the spring toddler soccer team. The weather was terrible for the first 4 games. It was so cold and windy that the kids did not even want to play. The weather finally decided to cooperate for our last game, and Avery had such a great time (Drew was too sick to play)! I think she was showing off for Grandma and Grandpa :) We told her (or bribed her, how ever you look at it ;)) that we would give her a dollar for every goal she scored and boy did she deliver. Especially for a little girl who thought it was too mean to take the ball from the other team :) She scored 2 goals and had one assist!!! It was so fun to watch her dribble down the field with a serious look of concentration and her tongue hanging out :)

So Andy gave her 3 dollars for her goals and 1 dollar for playing so good. He looked at his grandma and jokingly said "Is that bad parenting?" As he was saying it, Avery handed Drew 2 of her dollars because he was sick and couldn't play. Andy's grandma smiled and said "I'd say that is good parenting." What a sweet girl she is!!