Trick or Treat?

So last night was Eli's first Halloween and we went Trick or Treating on base... for about 30 minutes. It didn't start until 5:30 which is Eli's pre-bedtime nap. We made it around a block and Eli's eyes were having trouble staying opened. Once in the car we had literally not even gone a quarter of a mile and the child was out. Poor baby. Luckily I had put pajamas on underneath his costume so when we got home I just unzipped him and put him to bed. He was such a cute little lion and not cowardly at all... Just sleepy! I'm thinking that next Halloween will be a little more interesting!

Eli loved watching all the other kids run around!

The first bit of candy he got, Nerds.

The Jack-O-Lantern is an Eli pumpkin. It's teeth are just like his!

Always watching to see what his daddy is doing.

Eli's favorite big kids! Charley and Collin

They love him so much! Aren't they adorable??

The First One

OK, so I've tried starting this about a hundred times (or just twice if we are going to be honest) and I really didn't know where I wanted to go with this whole blogging thing. I'm thinking that our European excursions will be the highlight for most of my posts as well as the most popular member of the Land family... Surely the three years or so that we are here will give me enough to talk about.

Before I get into anything else, I will answer a few of our FAQs! Hold on to
your hats folks!

1. What is the time difference? *6 hours (from Alabama)
2. What is the weather like? *As of Oct 26- COLD! COLD AND RAINY!
3. Do you ever drive on the right side of the road by accident? *Not anymore...
starting out I may have... once or twice...
4. Do you think Eli will come home with a British accent? *No, he'll only be about
3 when we "come home" and he spends all day with me so he will probably
be just as twangy!! (some people are convinced still he will have one though!)

Now get you up to speed on how we are doing in Jolly Ole England. We have been here about 5 months now and getting into the swing of things. Daniel's job has had ridiculous hours but he's moving to a new section so that will mean fewer (if any) 30 hour days for him and a happier baby. He knows when his daddy doesn't come home for lunch! I'm not sure what he's going to do when Daniel deploys, but I will save that for another day... So far we've not really ventured out too much other than to London and a couple of local castles and cities/towns. But with our trusty Garmin we are getting better!

Eli has changed SO much since we got here. 5 months ago he would just lay in the floor and roll around a bit. Now he is crawling EVERYWHERE and getting into EVERYTHING!!!! I never thought that I could love someone so much and be so amazed at the simplest things a baby does. Sometimes I have to stop in the moment and say to myself, "Brittany, remember this moment." And I just have to absorb each little smile and laugh and even the tears and cries. He is beyond anything I could have ever dreamed up! Alright, I will quit being a sappy mommy for now.
Hopefully I can bring something a little interesting or entertaining to the blog world :)