R&R

First day of school!!

I wanna be like my daddy!!

Welcome home daddy!! We missed you!

We had a great 2 weeks with the hubby when he was here on his R&R from Iraq. We have a long way to go before the deployment is over, but we savored every minute of the time we had. The weather was great and we did lots of little things here and there, but mainly stayed near home. We just wanted to soak up as much family time as possible. Here are a few pictures from our time together. :)

back to blogging

Well I figured since the hubby is deployed, I should resume writing on my blog. I guess I will do a better job at keeping it up so that he can stay connected with all the crazy happenings here at home... And there are plenty of them.. Stay tuned, you may get a kick out the real life circus my house has become since my husband left 5 days short of a month ago..

I do get to talk to him nearly everyday, which is a great blessing. The bad thing is, is that I cannot for the life of me remember everything I wanted to tell him while I actually have him on the phone. I always remember afterwards about half a dozen things I wanted to tell him, but forgot. So I figured he could keep up by reading my blog and I can give you guys a good laugh every now and then..

So far...
* the first day I had a not so hot annual woman visit.. still waiting on results
* car broke (had to pay for labor for a mistake the dealership made 4 years ago when fixing a recalled part)
* my bank account went negative
* had to ask parents to help buy groceries
* middle child has: torn a towel rod out of the wall, cut his own hair, smashed his baby brothers fingers in a door, needs 5 fillings at $80 a pop, etc......
* had maintenance at my house to fix flood damage in my laundry room, repair my back door, and fix the garage door that was stuck OPEN (today)
* my grandfather passed away
* kids got some stomach virus that was disgusting
* baby is teething 3 molars at once
*I went into anaphylaxis (spell?) in the middle of the clinic on post and had to be rushed in to get a shot of benedryl in my rear... (still sore) so much for latex free facility
* dog sitting a NOT potty trained dog for 2 weeks
* found out that R&R is only 2 months away, leaving a 9 month span of deployment afterwards

Thats all my exhausted brain will let me remember right now.. LOL! It's really more comical than anything else..

Thanks for listening to me vent.. That is the part I miss the most is being able to talk to my husband (someone over the age of 8) and getting a comforting HUG!! ahhhh... I miss him so much!

I know God is with us through this difficult time and I don't know where I would be if I didn't have that comfort. He is faithful to see us through and He has a greater plan that even though I can't see the purpose in all this for us, I know with all my heart serves for His greater good. I also know that He doesn't give us anything more than He knows we can handle... I just don't have as much faith in myself as He does!

Thank you for those of you who are praying for my family.. It really means a lot. I am thankful for each of my friends who have been there for me! I would be lost without you! I am also so very thankful to be a part of the ministries in my church. It puts it all into perspective of how small these things become when you have the honor and privledge of serving the Lord God Almighty!!

We'll see what tomorrow has in store.. LOL

My baby is turning 1!!

On Saturday, my baby Blake will be turning a year old! He is such a sweet baby and I honestly don't know if I am quite ready for those toddler years just yet..
Blake was born on March 14, 2008 @ 7:48pm.. He was born on the first day of my 35th week. He was 5 pounds 7 ounces and 18 inches long. Today he is 19 pounds and 28 1/2 inches long. Not that I have favorites between my 3 boys, but Blake is by far the best baby I have had! He rarely cries, unless for food... and sometimes minor bouts of mommy seperation. He has slept from 8pm-7am since he turned 2 months old and is a very go with the flow, easy kind of kid! He is such a sweet and special boy and I am so proud to be his mommy! So I'm a little bit sad to see my little baby slip away and turn into a little boy.. :(

Neglectful... I apologize

Ok, so I am really not doing so hot at keeping up with this blog! BUT! I am doing a Bible Study with some friends in person and online on a blog! I'm hoping that by doing that, it will inspire me to keep up in the blog department! It has just been a crazy year and I cannot believe how its flying by! I have kept myself rather busy doing projects and crafts and such!! I also made a resolution this New Year's to lose 50 pounds (hopefully this year) I'll keep you posted on how that's going!

Stay @ Home, Rainy Kind of Day

Today it was a little chilly and so a group of ladies from church gathered at my house today to crochet. It was really nice to sit around inside where it was warm and dry and just relax and share our newest project. Crocheting, in general, is a newly found hobby of mine. I have a friend, who will remain nameless but she knows who she is... taught me the basic steps of crocheting a little less than a month ago, and I am hooked. (no pun intended)
Since then, I have already completed a blanket for my oldest son, who loves it. I made a hat for the baby today. I'm taking a break right now from making the squares for another friend of mine's baby blanket for her baby shower on Saturday. I bought yarn already for my mom's Florida Gator blanket and for my middle child's blanket that he is ever so impatiently waiting for. And there is a long list of projects I want to do! I am addicted! One good thing about the cold, snowy weather up here in upstate New York, is that you have plenty of time to get projects done inside the house. And I have just recently discovered somewhat of a crafty side of myself that I never would have known existed before. I will start posting pics of my projects on here. That way I can remember them.
Anyhow, it was a very nice day to stay inside and hang out with a bunch of talented ladies! I love y'all!

Cracker Barrel

Ok, so yesterday was my crazy red headed neighbor's (and very good friend of mine) birthday! I was obnoxious and wrote on her car windows with a white and blue window marker. Well I actually wrote on both of her cars in case she wanted to get out of driving the one with writing.. Well we had a MOPS meeting in the morning yesterday and we went to lunch at Cracker Barrel (one of my husband's favorite restaurants) afterwards. It was a yummy lunch! I tried calling my husband to let him know where I was. He doesn't get good signal in his office, and he didn't answer his work number. So I left a message on his cell phone. Good enough I thought.

Well we decided to go to Michael's (the craft store) afterwards to look at some crafty stuff and my friend gets a phone call... its my hubby calling from his work number. He asked to speak to me. The conversation went like this:

Me "Hello"

Him "Hi, where's your phone?"

Me "In the diaper bag in the car, why?"

Him "No it's not"

Me (thinking, how in the world do you know) "well then, where is it?"

Him "Cracker Barrel" (he hadn't listened to his voice mail yet)

Me "Oh, oops. How did you find that out."

Him "Well I was calling to say hello and see how your day is going, and some guy answered your phone. Then this guy continues to explain to me that my wife must have left her phone at the table while she was eating lunch (at my favorite restaurant without me)"

Me (laughing histerically in the middle of the store) "I'm sorry honey, I guess you didn't hear the voice mail I left you then?....."

Maybe you had to be there.. It must have been funny to see his face when he was more upset to hear that I ate at Cracker Barrel without him than he was that some strange man answered my cell phone. I picked up my phone today and the manager who spoke to my husband on the phone said, "oh YOU"RE the woman who left her pink phone here yesterday.." and brought me my cell phone with a funny expression on his face. I wonder if he could sense my husband's disappointment over the phone line.

Without further ado...

I guess I will finally sit down and write in my blog! I have been so crazy busy that it hasn't been at the top of my list of things to do.. But I am extremely tired today and I am trying to be lazy for a little while. I have less than 30 minutes before my oldest gets off the bus and the dinner rush begins and all sorts of craziness with homework and such. I am on my final load of laundry right now out of what seems to have been 80 loads. But who is going to come put it all away? My dear husband is away on some special officer field trip for the next few days.. Would it be wrong to leave it on the couch til then.. LOL! So much has happened since I last wrote 2 months ago.. I made a small list...

* WE MOVED to a beautiful new house on post! We love it! I do have a crazy red headed neighbor though... (hee hee, I love you Kristen)

* We got a dog! Her name is Chai.. She is one of the illegitamate puppy of the crazy red headed neighbor! She is a very sweet puppy, but not the brightest at the potty training thing.

* My 13 year old sister came up for a visit! It was very nice..

* Our church has Vacation Bible School. I was a teacher for 5th and 6th graders! It was a blast! ALOHA!

* MOPS started! I am the coordinator of our local MOPS group and we have been planning this year and it started last week.

* School started *PRAISE GOD!* Taylor entered 2nd grade and Shane goes to part-day Pre-K

* AWANA started a couple weeks ago and I am one of the T&T leaders for 3rd-6th grade girls (what am I thinking, there is a reason GOD gave me boys)

*My baby turned 6 months old and is doing very well. You would never know he was a preemie! He was 17 pounds and 27 1/2 inches long!

That is all I can think of off the top of my head right now. Like I said its been busy and I'm too tired to think of what else..

All I know is that I have learned that you really do squeeze in as much as possible in the summer months here because soon it will be winter and life will pretty much slow down to a rolling stop..

I feel absolutely blessed to be a part of the magnificient things going on in our church! God is so good and for the first time in my life, I feel like I am somewhere where I belong!

Thats all I got for now.. I will try to write again before 2 months goes by!