Another year older...

So I had my birthday on sat. It was good, Gabe took us to see a movie and out to dinner; he also got me a few gifts. All and all I had a very nice b-day. But anyway enough about that I don't really like to write about myself on here so. Adeleah is doing great, she is really wanting to crawl. She can now get on here hands and knees and today she was trying to actually move one forward. I can't believe she is about to start crawling, plus that means I need to work on my house and more things around. But it will be nice that she can come to me when she wants to and not just cry at me. She loves to eat and the only thing I have found that she just won't eat is peas. Oh and when we went out to dinner for my b-day she sat in a high chair the whole time and did really good just playing with a few toys. Now if only she will sleep through the night:)

6 1/2 Months

She kept taking grandma and grandpas hats when we were with them that grandma got her one of her own to play with. She loves it and leaves it on until you take it off.

I can't believe my baby is 6 months old! She is great and we love her so much. I can't say I love the crying when I leave a room or biting. No she really is wonderful. She is now 25 in and 14 lbs 14.9 ozs. We are still breastfeeding and eats dinner and fruit in the mornings. She is still seeing what she likes and doesn't but most of everything she likes. She really likes ice cream, she got to try that when we were at fair. And yes I know I shouldn't give her it but she loved it and it didn't hurt her at all. She can sit on her own but ends up on her tummy after a few mins. Can't sit up yet but that is fine because she would just be back on her tummy anyway. She is able to get up on her hands and toes and do what I call baby push ups. I think she will be crawling in the next month or two, she wants to you can see it. And she loves bath time, the water is a lot of fun. Anyway, she is doing great and we love her so very much and are very thankful to have her as our darling baby girl.

Oregon State Fair and trip home

Adeleah with grandma Harper

Adeleah riding Joe around. She loves that dog.

Adeleah got to ride back in on the team with Grandpa Harper and he won the class. She loved it!

Adeleah with Grandpa Ruhnow

Adeleah with Grandma Ruhnow

Sitting around talking
Mom cooking

Adeleah on Bob

Had to play with moms dog, Joe (the dog) thinks hes the life of the party.

Adeleah with uncle Tyrel

Sorry it took me a week to get this done.

It was really nice to go home for a few weeks and to be able to go to the state fair. Fair was fun and a lot of work but I was able to see a lot of family. I was even able to get anyway one day to go down to Gabes parents for the night and visit with all of that side of the family. It was great to see everyone and I am going to miss all my family on both sides a lot when we are in japan. Anyway, we did really good this year with the draft horses. I love showing them and am thankful to have been able to take Adeleah to her first horse show. After fair we went back to my parents for a few days. Then on Thursday we had to fly home. Which I was ready to be home with Gabe, I missed him so much. But it was really hard to say bye to my parents because I don't know when I will see them again with the move to Japan. Well I would love to say the flight home was great, but that would be a lie. When we got to the airport that morning they said the flight was an hour late, not a problem, we were going to be sitting in Dallas for a few hours as it was. Well when we got on the plan we sat there for a long time and then they finally tell us that they need 5 people to wait for a different flight. Then we start to get going or so we all thought, no they tell us we have to go back to the gate and have 5 more people leave. It was all because of some bad weather in Dallas and we have to have more gas to get there and weight and everything. Well we finally do get in the air and flying to Dallas after sitting on the plan for 2 1/2 hours, it was only the time we were to be landing in the first place. And if that wasn't enough, we get over Texas and they tell us we can't land in Dallas because they have closed the airport because of the weather and so we will be landing in Abilene, Texas. We ended up staying the night there and flying out in the morning to Dallas and then finally flying into jax at about 3pm Friday. Thankfully the airline put us all up in a really nice hotel for the night and I was lucky to have really nice people help me out and give me some one to visit with during all of this. I am very thankful to them. So yeah I don't really want to get on another plan for sometime now. Anyways besides the flight home I had a wonderful time with family and friends. I will miss them all very much in Japan.

There are more pictures on the side under my photos.

Leaving to see family

Adeleah and I leave tomorrow morning for 16 days with my family. During that time we will be at the Oregon State Fair for 11 days and there I will get to see a lot of my family and Gabes. It will be nice to see everyone before we move to Okinawa. Well Adeleah and I are about to go pick up Gabe from the base and get to be with him for the night. I hate how he was gone for a week and now we will be gone for two. I wish he could come with us:( Anyway, hope you all have a good two weeks and that everyone starting school with have a good time. Talk/see you all in two weeks.

This and That

1st- I got my hair cut just over a week ago. I love it. I really needed a change. The only thing I wish is that someone could come do my hair everyday for me. But it really hasn't been that bad because Adeleah likes to sit in the bathroom and play with everything she can get her hands on. So it lets me do my hair, and lets her eat everything. (not a great picture it is off my phone)
I just really liked this picture and thought the grandmas would like it too:)

2nd- My baby is growing too much, I can't believe she is going to be 6 months in a few weeks. Before I know it she is going to be one. It is hard to think that she is eating real food and playing with toys and just everything. Oh and she has two little teeth on the bottom. I found the first one and then about a week later/few days ago the other one cut through. (Picture)The other day I put her in it and she would just sit up on her own and play with the top of it/not the toys, what holds the toys. But I wouldn't change anything about Adeleah, I love her so much and she is just a joy to have.

3rd/last-Happy Birthday to Gabe. Sunday was Gabes 28th birthday. Gabe thinks he is old, which he isn't. But it is crazy to think that in two years he will be 30. I love my old husband:) We had a nice day just being together here at the house. He had to get ready to leave with the navy to the Bahamas, so we didn't do much. For his birthday I got him wii sports resort and a game for his psp. Wii resort is a lot of fun and Gabe played it more then he needed to and it put us up late packing. Anyway, Gabe left yesterday for a week to the Bahamas. Its not as fun as it sounds, they work a lot and unless you drink there really isn't much to do. Hopefully he will be back before Adeleah and I leave next week or it will be three weeks before we see each other again. This is the 2nd time since having Adeleah that Gabe has left, for the navy thats pretty good. Thankfully so far it has been pretty good with Gabe gone, Adeleah makes it easier then when it was just me alone. So we'll see how the rest of the week goes:) And hopefully I will hear from Gabe soon. I always hate it when hes gone, but love it when he gets home.

Oregon State Fair

Adeleah all ready for the fair.

Since my little family is going to move half way around the world we thought it would be good if Adeleah and I went home one more time. This way our families get to see her one more time before the move. And for those who know me and my family, you know how state fair is a thing that my family does ever year. All growing up I would miss the first week of school to go to the Oregon State Fair and show our draft horses. It is something that my great grandparents started a very long time ago. Anyway, Adeleah and I are going to fly out to NV and then drive up to Oregon with my parents for the fair. Plus this way Gabes family can come see us too. The very sad thing is that Gabe won't be able to come with us because of work and he is going to be gone the week before we leave. And we will only get one day together before I leave and that is if he gets back by then:( I am excited to be going to fair though, I get to see a lot of family and with moving it is just nice to be able to do.

Well about the move to Japan, we heard yesterday that we should be here til after the new year. Gabe will be with HS-11 till dec and then have sometime off before he starts schooling and then after that we will make the big move. Hopefully we should get the actual orders here in 2 to 3 weeks (that what we were told). And then that should tell us all the dates and everything we need to know about moving and getting things ready in Japan also. Gabe and I both have mixed feelings about this move. We are not excited about the housing over there, it is small, like a two bedroom is between 850 and 900 sq feet. Plus it is just going to be very different from what we are used to. Although we did pray about it and this is what we felt was right for us at this time and so we just have to remember that the Lord will be with us. And one nice thing is that we will get to travel all over and get to see a lot of that part of the world. Oh and I am going to kill myself over there, they drive on the left side!
My mom got all of the grand kids a pair of these. My great grandpa wear overalls everyday and so my great grandma got a pair for all her great grand kids and my mom wanted to carry it on.

5 Months Old!!!

Looking at daddy.
I love her smile.

This is a cute little outfit we/gabe had to get her yesterday. And I know I didn't need to put all three pictures of her in the same dress but I just liked them all:)

I can't believe she is 5 months already! She is the joy of our lives and we don't know what we would do without her. And she is growing up way to fast for the both of us. Gabe keeps telling her to stop it, but she just won't listen to daddy. Adeleah loves her toys and loves to play with us. She loves it when we play with her toy cow and make moo sounds, I want to get a video of it. She is starting to eat rice now and seems to like it. I had to start her on some food because she was driving us both crazy when ever we had food. She was always trying to help us eat:) The one thing I don't care for right now is that she will start to cry when ever we leave the room and she seems to want us right by her to play. So I will be happy when that is over. Adeleah is now in her own room and has been for about two weeks. She is doing fine other then the fact that she wakes between 6:30 and 7:30 ever morning. Which is fine because I get more done when I get up earlier in the morning. But it would be nice to sleep in with Gabe on the weekends. But I know that my sleeping in was going to come to an end at some point, its part of having children. Oh and she loves to talk very loud, which she is doing right now:) It is very much bedtime for her!
Well other then that she is just a joy to have and we love her very much.

Adeleahs farm, she likes to eat the pig and horse.

These we Adeleah and I playing the other day together.

As a side note: We do not know when we will be transferred, all we know right now is where (Okinawa, Japan). We hope to find out more this week about dates and everything. Right now I am just happy about finally getting orders but as for the rest of all this, I just don't know what to think. I mean in a year from now we will be living half way around the world and in a place were we don't know how to even talk to the people. But we have prayed about it and so I will be putting a lot of faith into this whole thing. And the main thing is that we will still be together as a family.