Late Merry Christmas

David me and mike

Love Love Love this outfit!!

we had them put this on the board for you Chris!!

Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas!!! We certainly did!! Chris' aunt, uncle and kids down come from Michigan and we had a great crazy time to say the least!!! It wasn't the same without Chris here, but that just makes next year that much better!!
This weekend we will be in Annapolis for the Schwind wedding-can't wait!! Will update again after! Love you all!

A few randoms

she loves pizza-but only the cheese and sauce off the top!

already loves her purses!

sleepy munchkin

Lola with cousin Brandon over Thanksgiving

Lola visiting Santa

Lola turns one!

Grandma and Grandpa Wade with Lola at her Birthday party

Opening all of Lolas presents!!

Digging into the Ladybug Cake

singing Happy Birthday to Lola with the Grandmas and Great Grandmas

Pictures with Santa

First of all I want to thank all of you that came to Lola's party-it meant so much to be surrounded with so much love!! We had a wonderful time at her party and I can't believe all the wonderful presents she received!!! We are truly blessed with friends and family!
I can't believe its been a whole year since she was born! It has flown by and been filled with milestones, excitement and unexplainable moments! I look forward to the Holidays and all the wonderful moments ahead! Thank you all so much-we love you all so much!
Thanks for the emails from Japan! Miss you guys

in NC

playing at toys r us

mom and me at the chippendales!

Taking a bath

rocking in grandma wades rocking chair

Eating pizza and watching army/navy game-GO NAVY!!

Picking out the xmas tree for the Wades

Can you tell she cheeses for the camera?

Needless to say we made it to NC and have been having a great time!! Lola is getting spoiled rotten with hugs,kisses and lots of good food!!! She has learned to cheese when we take pictures!!
Lola met all of my Moms family for Thanksgiving-none of them had seen her yet, so needless to say she had a ball! She had all her cousins following her around the house for three days.
We dont have stairs at our house in Iwakuni, so since we've been home shes learned to master the stairs. She can go up very easily, but coming down is still a little hard for her.
Her first birthday is next Saturday so stay tuned for updates!!! I'm sure she will have a blast eating cake and showing off!

Happy Halloween!

pic of Chris in Iraq

me and my lil bear

at the commissary costume contest

my pumpkin-it was a spider but the legs fell off one side!

hanging out at Mrs. Dawn's

with mommy!
Lola and I had a great Halloween. We went to our friend's houses and showed off her costume and then hung out at Mrs. Dawn's and helped her pass out candy. We went to a costume contest at the commissary but she didn't win-of course I think she should have, I mean how much cuter can you get?!
We talk to Chris regularly and he is doing well-we of course miss him like crazy though!
Less than two weeks and we will be back in the states. I'm very excited, but dreading the long flight with a walking eleven month old. She has always done well on flights, and I'm sure she will again, but the other times she wasn't walking. I have already started packing, since we will be there for almost two months! We have lots to get done before we leave!
See you all soon!

playing in the backyard

I love this picture!!

its fun out here!

sleeping-yes this is really her sleeping!

whatcha want?!

The outdoor pictures are in our backyard. Lola doesn't really know what to do out there yet. She would either just sit or stand there, but we also don't have any toys out there for her yet!
Things are still going well here, not much longer until we go to wilmy!

playing in the backyard

"Experience is what you get, when you don't get what you want"
"Brick walls are there to prove how bad you want it"
Be a Tigger not an Eeyore!
Work and Play well with others!
these are just a few quotes I heard today and enjoyed. For some reason the website is not allowing me to upload more photos so I will post more later. I have some very cute ones!

reading already!!-jk!

reading the classifieds-looking for a job maybe?!

of course she has to have a wade jersey!!

eating my breakfast and reading the paper-talk to the hand!

happy even with a big bump on her chin

what?!am I not supposed to be doing this?

Lola has had a rough week. Shes getting another tooth, yesterday she fell and hit a chair and busted her mouth open, and then today she picked up the camera and dropped it on her toe, which is now bruised! Yesterday when she busted her mouth open I think it hurt me more than her! Everyone told me that when she started walking she would get banged up, but I didn't think it would be this bad. She was doing so well for awhile not getting herself banged up, but this week has been rough! I think she might be getting too confident in herself!
Its actually starting to feel a little like fall here!!! Yesterday it was really cool outside-I actually wore jeans and a light sweater! Today wasn't as cool, but was in no way hot like it has been. I watch the weather for Iraq daily-sorry Chris doesn't seem to be cooling down that much over there!
We will pretty much be busy until we leave for the states. We have meetings, birthdays and of course the Marine Corps Birthday Ball coming up!! Not much else to update! See everyone soon!