I think I have the only baby that doesn't coo or babble, but growls. Please excuse my un made-up face, my spots and exposed bra strap (I was at home all day - you're lucky im even out of my PJ's!!) and admire my beautiful baby girls delicious growls. Its funny to think that one day she will have a sweet, girlie voice.

How did it get so late so soon? Its night before its afternoon. December is here before its June. My goodness how the time has flewn. How did it get s

What a busy month. On Friday we got back from spending a month in England. It was SO wonderful. The children really get so very much from being there. There is space to run around and you don't boil to death, there are enough people to lavish them with the attention they deserve, there are animals and trees and most importantly for Sam there are hundreds of his beloved 'Choo-choo's'. Sam spent a great deal of time with my dad in the meadow watching the trains go by and playing with Lola. It makes me realize how truly limited their life is here in Az. Its too hot to go out, there is barely anything to do and no family around. I really hate this place for them.

That brings me to my next point. Bryan has got an assignment for an unaccompanied tour of Korea for a year. For that year, the children and I will go back to England where im sure they will flourish and I will get to have a life and family to talk to. To compensate for a year away from family the airforce allow you *some* say in what base you go to afterwards. We have picked Germany as our number one spot and I really, really hope we get it. However, we all know how the airforce likes to do as they please, so we can only hope.

As for milestones, Sam is almost potty trained. We haven't dared to leave the house nappy-less yet, but the time is close. He has zero accidents during the day at home although he is still in a nappy at nap time and bedtime. Molly is growing slowly but surely, she is finally just over 14lbs and will turn 5 months old next week. She can roll both ways and has been doing so since the 25th August, she is much more steady with her head control and can do baby push-ups while on her tummy. We will introduce solid foods in October when she hits 6months. We will be doing baby-led weaning and I cant wait. I'm hoping it will help her to gain a little more weight as Ive been researching some baby-friendly calorific foods like avocado, sweet potato, bananas etc etc all of which she should be able to feed herself.

Thought id show a video of Molly's newest trick (she's been doing it for around 3 weeks now) - She can roll front to back. No indication of rolling the other way though, just yet. Almost time for our trip back to England. I cannot wait. I have compiled a list of what I will need in my 'carry-on' for Molly alone and it's A LOT! there will definitely be no room for anything I need! Can't wait to introduce my darling girl to the rest of her family and I can't wait for them all to see how much Sam has grown in 15 months (10 cm to be exact lol)

I've been thinking about our up and coming trip home to England and wondering if Sam would remember my dad as the last time he saw him he was just 15months old. Lately Sam has enjoyed looking at photos, namely our wedding photos and I was shocked to hear him say 'oh look, there he is' and I said 'who?' and he said 'Granan' meaning 'grandad'. He was pointing at my dad. I got him on film telling me who 'granan' is. He also thinks the picture of Dustin is 'Sam' haha!

Ive been trying to teach Sam his letters, he is getting there. He wasn't in the most co-operative of moods this morning but you can see that he knows some. He is almost able to sing the alphabet too.

What a truly amazing day! Bryan has had issues at work, Sam has been hideous-firstly he drew with pen all over the front door AND the wall. Then he poo'd and wiped it all over his toys AND the wall, then he bit the top off of a pen filling his mouth with ink (thankfully they are kids 'non toxic' pens, but still!) Molly has been fussy all day and feeding every hour and a half and not sleeping at all. The house is a wreck and Ive felt like driving off hahahaha JOY

Molly was 8 weeks old this week, she weighs 10lbs 3oz (tiny little thing) she eats around 3oz of breastmilk every 3 hours and her feeds takes forever as she likes to have half, then pause for some burping and a little break then 10 or so minutes later she will take a little more, then we have to have another break! VERY different from her brother who was packing on the pounds at this age and would drink as much as I let him haha!

Bryan is TDY to Alaska at the moment, he has been gone for 2 weeks and we have another week left. There have been some stressful moments, like when I was feeding Molly and Sam decided it would be a wonderful idea to stuff toilet paper down the toilet and flush it 6 times resulting in toilet water an inch deep over the bathroom floor. I really enjoyed putting my hand down the toilet 1st thing in the morning, its a real recipe for a great day let me tell you! Other than that though, we're plodding along. I for one, cannot WAIT for Bryan to get home. It will be nice to be able to go for a wee without taking 2 children, it will be lovely not to have to plan showers strategically around when both children are napping (a rare event in itself) and then rush like crazy in case one wakes up