Dear Friends and Family 2012
That
time of year is finally here that we get to send our love and Holiday cheer.
This year has been extremely fun filled and action packed. We have moved from
Arizona to Fort Eustis, Virginia, we live off post in a wonderful Towne home
and are enjoying the weather minus the humidity some days. We will start with
the only man in our family.
Cody turned 22 this year and graduated AIT for the army the
beginning of February and was stationed at Fort Eustis, Virginia. For those who
do not know his job (MOS) is 91E, he is an allied trade specialist for the
Army. To quote him “he hates the Army but he likes his job, it would be a lot
better if he didn’t have to wake up so early for P.T every morning”. He did get
his driver’s license back and purchased 95 Acura Integra and was hoping to make
it his project care one day, however those plans changed when someone decided
to steal his car and military equipment 2 weeks before Christmas. He is looking
forward to seeing what car he will get be able to get next and hoping for the
return of his stolen car.
Jessica
turned 24 this year and moved from Arizona to Virginia to be with Cody and Kaiya
and loves it. It started out a little rough and has had to have surgery on her
finger from trying to cut a tag off of a wire Wisk so she probably shouldn’t
attempt to make him breakfast anymore. It was a good thing her mom was still in
town to help out with Kaiya. She is currently working full time and loves every
minute of it. She is the Administrative Assistant for a Land Survey Company in
York County and has learned so much about property and building laws and
permits, needless to say she doesn’t want to build a house anytime soon. She
has also found a new hobby and love for wreath making. Our household will soon
have one for every season (yes she gets 99% of her ideas from pinterest).
Kaiya
turned 1 this past January, every day is a new learning day for her. She has
learned how to say a few words but she really uses her vocabulary around other
people. She still whines and complains to mom and dad to get what she
needs/wants. She has been going to a baby sitters for the past couples of
months and has recently started a full blown child development center on post.
Her most favorite word is no, she also thinks that she gets to discipline the
dog (which doesn’t go over very well). Kaiya’s most visited spot in the house
is her time out spot, she is very active and loves to play. We call her our
little monkey. She is extremely opinionated and she knows what she wants when
she wants it. I would like to say that her favorite color is pink just like her
moms, however she loves all colors. Kaiya does have a shoe faddish; she will
wear anyone’s shoes and loves to put them all over the house. For Halloween
Kaiya dressed up as a little girl with a tutu and wings and glittery shoes (she
hated any costume that we would put on her).
Ellie
turned 3 this past year and has been working on eating less and losing weight.
She enjoys barking at all of our neighbors on her walks and she will even go outside
without a leash on and stay semi close (most of the time).
Through all of the ups and downs of this past year we are
blessed to have our health, love for each other and the laughter of our
daughter. It has not been easy to be away from our friends and family and
officially on our own, but we are loving the new experience. We have wonderful
friends here in Virginia that we have started traditions with and have loved
every minute of it. We are blessed for the love and support of our families and
friends all around the U.S. and wish we could spend this wonderful season with
all of you.
Lastly we want to wish everyone a wonderful holiday season
and we want to thank all of you for your friendship, love and support through
this past year. We cant wait to see what next year is in store for all of you.
Happy Holidays,
Love The Schlotfelds,
Cody, Jessica, Kaiya and Ellie
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