copperas cove, texas

we made it!! we arrived in our new hometown copperas cove, texas on thursday november 12 at 6:30pm mst. i tried to take a picture of the first sign we saw, but we were highway driving and we were going too fast. so it's just a blurr.

copperas cove, or cove as the locals reffer, has about 30 000 people. i never thought i would want to live in a small town, but now that i have kids, i wouldn't want it any other way. our neighborhood is awesome. it's full of friendly people and tons of kids. my girls are loving it! hannah started school as soon as we could. her school, ironically is huge. almost 1000 kids!! but the actual class only has 20 kids. she catches the bus at 7:11 and doesn't get home until 3:30. she's gone all day! most mom's would love that, but my hannah can be so sweet and calming, i miss her. it's only been 4 days, so i still have time to adjust.

ainnsley is doing so well in her new room. for the handful of people who know her habits knows she doesn't sleep well. she always falls asleep cuddling, or on the couch beside me. with all the chaos i let it go, and would "worry about it later." so we moved in and got everyone's room set up. we got her a new big, big girl bed with everything blue, her favorite. she surprised us all with no real fights in going to sleep there. however, the other problem is she always wakes up and comes in our bed. being lazy i fixed the problem...... by getting a king bed!!! still, it;s a nasty habit. so last night we made her a makeshift bed beside ours and told her that if she got scared she can come and sleep there. well, it made it okay to come in, so she had no part of it. slept right through the night. i hope this isn't a sign of rebellion!!

breonna has had a persistant cough since leaving utah. finally i took her to the dr and he concluded it was allergies. everyone's been letting me know about the texas cedars and the "cedar fever" it brings. i hope it's not as bad as it sounds! i think she's teething again, and i think it's the big ones as she's been miserable the past two nights. all this fun stuff i forgot about with babies.

it's been great to be reunited again. i neglected to think however that being reunited with brad means being reunited with his laundry, dishes, habits. so it's been "refreshing" to get acustomed to life together again. it's fun to know that there is no sign of being apart for a while so we are really taking advantage of together time. one great thing about living in a military town is the family unity that the town feels. there is so much to do as a family. what a great value to have. i say if you ever get the oppurtunity to move to town close to a base, take it. it's wonderful. that being said about a small town, the closest target is 25 miles away.

i hope this all finds you well. it's american thanksgiving tomorrow, and while the majority of america will be enjoying turkey, we'll be enjoying homemade cafe rio. i'm more thankful for that than turkey!!