Well, Greyson recently had his 15 month appointment and his new stats are in. He now weighs in at 25 lbs 6 ounces (yes, are arms are getting buff carrying him), and he is 32 and half inches tall - putting him the 90% for height. Definitely think I'll be looking up to yell at my little boy one day. He's been playing around some 2 year olds lately and is about the same height....better get him practicing some basketball skills soon! He's a walking/running monster who loves to get into everything. Gone are our mellow babies days and we've officially entered little boy land. Full energy all the time!
The month of May have been a busy and exciting one for our family. It's a winding down time in our lives as we prepare to leave Clarksville now that Kyle has completed his masters degree and been commissioned as an Army Field Artillery Officer. His commissioning and graduation were at the beginning of the month and both were wonderful events where we and our parents were thrilled to share in Kyle's accomplishments. Kyle former "boss" 1st Sergeant Money and his family came to be his first salute - so awesome of them! I proudly got to "pin" on his new rank of 2nd lieutenant. It marks a major accomplishment in his Army career and he's now preparing to begin his training in Fort Sill in early July. Speaking of Fort Sill - we will be moving to good ole Ooooookalahoma on June 10th. I can't believe moving time is here. Clarksville has been great to us and we've made some lifelong friends here that I know we will continue to keep in touch with no matter where the Army sends us. Our packers and movers are scheduled to come next week and then Kyle's parents will be flying in shortly after that to help us make the lovely drive to Oklahoma. We're so thankful for their help in driving our other car and helping us to get settled in our new home. Sadly we didn't end up selling our house here, but we did find a wonderful family to rent it and a great property manager to take care of the details in our absence. It's a rough time to try to sell in this market, so we're hoping to rent it for a few years and then try selling again once the market improves.
The other change in our household is that I'm now officially done teaching for the foreseeable future. I finished the school year last week and I'm now changing my job title to full time stay at home mom/online grad student. Basically I now have a new boss and he's a high energy 15 month old little boy who is quite demanding, but darn cute! I recently started my first grad school class (online through Penn State) and I'm really enjoying it. Kyle has been great at showing me the ropes with online classes, and I'm enjoying the thought provoking discussions with many other fellow teachers in the program. I plan to take a class or two over the next few years to piece meal my degree slowly, but surely. I'm thrilled to now be able to be home with Grey all day, though I know Kyle is soon going to be missing his special time with him when he's back to full day training. Though I know he'll find a way to make extra time for our little man - they have such a great bond together.
Well, I'm off to go organize a bit more to prepare for the move. Thankfully the Army takes care of most of it, but we do need to set aside what we're moving ourselves as the moving truck may not arrive in Oklahoma for a few weeks....oh what fun it will be to live out of boxes and suitcases. Wish us luck on our new adventure in life and be on the lookout for an email in the next few weeks with our updated address so you can update your address books. We'll be in Oklahoma from June through January and then we're headed to Colorado...yahoo!!!
Lots of Love,
Kyle, Lindsey, and Greyson
P.S. Enjoy the May pictures of Kyle's commissioning, our adventure strawberry picking, and playing around our house.
Here is Greyson being his usual goofy self at home.
Below is our big boy eating - he's come along way and even likes to switch it up and feed Mommy sometimes.
