{A Not So} Wordless Wednesday: Simply Vaiosina

One good thing about blogging from this side of the world...I can get away with posting a {A Not So} Wordless Wednesday two hours away from midnight and it becoming Thursday morning because there's still a lot left of Wednesday back in the states.

These pics of Sina were taken by a friend this past weekend.  If you're wondering what's up with Sina's outfit...we stopped by at a dinner party at the restaurant behind our house to give the honoree a gift.  We'd just given Sina a bath and it was kinda nippy outside, so I grabbed the first hat I saw out of her closet and stuck that on her damp head.  It was nighttime, so we stuck her in her pajamas.  The red glove?  It's covering the blister from her burn (we ran out of bandages).  Just want you to know that we don't dress her up like that on a regular basis.

Of course...she's always with her daddy and in the second picture, she's chewing on some pasta.  You can't tell here, but she's grown two more teeth for a current total of six!

LOVE

LOVE

LOVE

our Vaiosina.

Happy Wednesday Everyone!

Wordful Wednesday

Here is a picture of my hubby enjoying our dinner from last night.  In an attempt to keep all of our meals healthy, I've been pulling a lot of recipes from Cooking Light.  This recipe was for Cold Sesame Noodles with Chicken & Cucumber.  It was delicious and reminded me of cold noodle dishes I'd had in Hawaii. 

I've been doing a lot of cooking lately, so head on over to my cooking blog!

Also, stay tuned for my CSN Stores giveaway!

And...happy two months to our Baby V.  We love you!

Wordful Wednesday: Summer Essentials Swap

So yesterday, I got my package from Allie of My Marine and Me, my Summer Essentials Swap partner!  The swap was hosted by Nicole at Flip Flops and Combat Boots.

I just LOVE getting packages in the mail.  What a treat!  Allie totally hooked me up for the summer.  Check it out!

I got a great book to add to my summer reading stack, some ICEE chapstick (which is funny, because I can't go to the movies these days without having a large ICEE!), a necklace and flower clips for my hair, some bubbles (the dogs love those) and great summer recipes from a magazine (which I am definitely going to try!).  The last few swaps that I've done, the girls always remember Baby V...and Allie got her an adorable little bib!

Thanks so much Allie!  I truly appreciate everything and will definitely keep in touch.  Thanks to Nicole for linking everyone up and for coming up with such a great idea!

Speaking of swaps, I'm in the middle of week one of Kimberly's Snail Mail Swap!  I sent my first letter out to my "pen pal" the other day.  I can't wait to hear from her!

Happy Wednesday everyone!  Be sure to head on over to Seven Clown Circus to get linked for Wordful Wednesday!

Wordful Wednesday: Malu & Chester

Happy Wednesday to all! 

Since this is my last week in the Bulldog Brigade, I asked to take Chester home for a couple days this week.  If you are new to my blog, Chester is Army property and the official mascot of the Bulldog Brigade (3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division).  A select few in the brigade headquarters are permitted to take Chester home from time to time.  And I'm lucky to be one of those people.  He just loves to be at home, well, with just about anyone.  It's either that, or the poor guy is monitored by staff duty all day, every day.

Anyway, Malu absolutely loves having a boy dog in the house and he's been playing around like crazy with him.  They are so cute.  But his Lucy girl, however, gets very jealous.  We've caught her hiding a few times, as if she feels left out.  Poor girl.

Thursday is my last day with the unit, so I'll be taking him back tomorrow.  I was informed by the Command Sergeant Major that even with me moving across post, I'll still have exclusive rights to visit with Chester and even borrow him from time to time.  I like that!

As a matter of fact, Malu and both dogs left a little past 0600 this morning to go on a walk. I think he's starting to miss the guy already.

In any case, my blog is still under construction.  The design is done, we're just working on the installation.  Now I'll tell you more about her when the blog is completely finished, but the design was done by Thanita at Chic & Simple Blogs.

You guys...she is so talented and has worked with me step by step through the entire process.  And what's more is that her blog designs are completely affordable.  You will not be disappointed with her work.  And it sure beats the time that I'd commissioned someone to design two blogs for me for a hefty sum of $400, only to find that she ran off with my money and left me with neither blog design.  Yeah...it was bad.  So check Thanita out please!  And I hope you enjoy our new look!

Anyway, happy Wednesday again...and be sure to link up at Seven Clown Circus

for Wordful Wednesday!