Two Winks

Well, Potty Training has begun. Hannah has expressed interest in the potty for several months but with the move I hated to get started with all the new changes. The past few days she has asked to sit on the potty so we decided it was time to buy the potty seat and stool and get started.
We started yesterday afternoon and she went 3 times in the potty. This morning she was not as interested but went again this afternoon. Maybe by the time Chris gets home she will have the hang of it a little more.
Sorry, I don't have any pictures. The last couple of times she wanted to go she insisted that all her clothes come off.

At lunch today Hannah says, "momma, wink". It was too cute. Had to grab the camera.

Quick picture of our new home. At some point we will be getting a new roof, new siding and new front porch and deck. We are guessing that our house will change to a chocolate brown color but who knows. The whole neighborhood is getting a makeover since they have begun selling some of the homes that do not belong to the base anymore. I am also adding some pictures of Hannah. I could not get her to look at the camera and smile at the same time that I was taking the picture. Go figure!

Just to be clear...that is the picture of our furniture off the website. Unfortunately, it is not of our new home. I could only wish.

This is our new bedroom furniture. Chris' parents gave him his bedroom furniture from home when he moved to Pensacola and it is what we have had ever since. It has been very good to us, survived several moves and been loved on by Maggie but we decided we were ready for a change. We found this at a store here in Rapid City. It will be delivered tomorrow along with the rest of my household goods and furniture. I can not wait. It is going to be like Christmas!
Thank you to my sweet husband for spoiling me!

Today we went to our first "attraction" in Rapid City. It is called Storybook Island. It is a free park that has storybook characters like Cat in the Hat, Tarzan, Wizard of Oz, 3 Little Pigs, etc all over the park. Lots of little houses and things for the kids to walk through and play. Plus tons of slides, swings, and merry go rounds. There is even a train ride. It is amazing all that they have and there is no admission fee. Hannah was not having a good day today so she enjoyed getting out of the empty house and running around. We are anxiously awaiting the arrival of our furniture on Thursday. It will be a big day.

Hannah loved that she could drive this car. She kept getting in and out.

So, we are alive and well and just got cable and internet hooked up. A great day. We arrived in Rapid City last Monday afternoon. We were given a hotel room off base that we could stay in until Wednesday. I would not advise moving to Rapid the weekend of the 4th. All of America is here to see fireworks at Mt. Rushmore. Crazy! We spent Tuesday looking at base housing and rental properties out in town. After much debate we have decided to live in base housing that is off base. The negative is that the contract with the base is up next year so most people are moving out and we are the crazies moving in. There was just not a lot to choose from so we decided this was the best for us.
I like the house. It is 4 bedrooms and there is an open space downstairs that we will use as Hannah's playroom. It also has an unfinished basement for storage. I think it will meet our needs just fine.
As soon as we got an address we called about having our furniture delivered. It will not be arriving until July 16th. We have been living in an empty house. Thank you to Patri and John for feeding us, giving us a bed and letting us wash clothes. Otherwise, we would be in a world of hurt.
After the furniture arrives next week I will try to post some pictures!