I miss him

I am missing David so much right now. He found out that he will most likely be home for leave in July. Thats seven months from now. SEVEN! It just seems like so far away. It just gets hard sometimes, and lonely. We are planning on going to Disney World when he does come home, and just get away just the four of us. That will be so nice and I know we will all have a blast. I just wish it were sooner that we could see him again. He does dangerous work over there and I get very scared when I dont hear from him for a day or two. When I get the e-mails notifying us of casualties in the regiment my heart skips a beat. I get so sad for what those families are going through, and then pray to God that it never has to happen to us. I just want him to be home with me and the girls and not have to worry about this war anymore. 15 months seems like a lifetime right now. It just doesnt seem fair sometimes, but I know this is his job and I am very proud of him for being strong for us and for this country. I just feel sometimes like I want to curl up in a ball and cry, but then again I need to be strong for the girls and especially for him. He needs to know that we are ok here, so that he can get home safe. It gets kinda confusing sometimes. Well that was really emotional! lol. Ok well I am done venting now. Just needed to get that out.

Birthday Girl

The Birthday Princess!
Me and my Princesses
Great Grandma made her cake!
Im the princess!
Here have a bite!

Saturday we had a birthday party for miss Ivy Jewel. I cant believe she is one now. She had a lot of fun opening her presents and playing in her cake. She didnt eat alot of it. She doesnt really like sweets. Here are a few pictures from her party.

My baby is going to be One!!

Ivy's first birthday is in three days, and I couldnt be more excited. She has grown so much, and she and her sister could not love each other more. They do have thier moments when they get mad at each other but more than often they just play so well together. I love watching them playing and giggling together. I am also kinda sad though, as we have decided not to have anymore children. This is the last of the baby stage we will ever have, but I love thinking to the future and wondering what they will be like as they grow older.

Last night we started a new sleep routine to try to get them both to sleep better. I have not been getting much myself. Ivy would wake up about 3 to 4 times a night, and then they would both be up at 5:30 every morning. For anyone who knows me, I am so not a morning person so its a little hard for me to get up that early. Anyways, I moved Constances bed to my room so Ivy could have the room to herself. It went perfect last night. Ivy didnt wake up once. I think I have figured out why she was not sleeping good though. Constance talks in her sleep, snores, and just moves around all night. Hmmmm... That sounds like her father. lol. Ivy wakes up very easily, so I think that may be why she was waking so much. Hopefully this is a fix to that. Constance did pretty good last night too. She was a little confused when I put her to bed last night and it took her a while to get to sleep. She slept good though, but was up at 5:30. With her in my room though I can make her lay back down. She didnt like it but she did go back to sleep and is still sleeping actually. Im so happy, we all slept good and that is a step in the right direction!

Shopping!

Daddy and his girls
Jelly Monster. Imagine my suprise when I walk in the kitchen to this scene!
I love this picture of David and Ivy.

Next week is going to be a very busy shopping week for me! I have to get everything for Ivys birthday party, Christmas, and more stuff to send to David. This Saturday we are going to a parade and then to take my cousin Dusty to Pizza Hut for his 12th birthday. Then on Sunday we are going to take the girls to Bass Pro for pictures with Santa. That should be fun! Ivy also has her one year check up next friday. One year old! Wow! Where did the time go?? She has just grown so much. Attached are some pics we took before we left Texas that I just got developed.

Update

Its been a little while since I have updated this, so I thought right now was as good a time as any. Lets see, since I last wrote we had Thanksgiving. Such a great holiday when family can get together. We ate a lot at Grandmas house and the girls had fun getting all the attention! Then my grandparents and I went up to Blue Springs the next saturday. We visited with my dad and I went over to see my friend Amy and her family. Her little boy Jack is just adorable. He and the girls had a lot of fun playing together. Not much has gone on since then. David is doing good. They are busy getting everything set up on base, but soon they will be getting down to business and going on missions and other things. Thats the part I am not looking forward too. He has decided to try and become a Warrent Officer. He has people over there working hard to help him get everything done that he needs to do to achieve this goal. I am so proud of the way he always wants to better himself. If you read this honey I love you and I miss you lots. My Mom is going to be going to Silver Dollar City on Saturday morning with a friend. Good Morning America is doing thier show there and she will get in for free plus get an extra free ticket for herself. So everyone look for her on tv!! We will hopefully be taking the girls December 9th so we can see the lights and see Santa!! Well that is pretty much all of the updating I can do for now!

pictures of David

Here are some pictures of David the day he left Texas for Kuwait. A fellow army wife and friend of mine took them for me. They all turned out pretty good. Just makes me miss him even more.

Fergie!!

Today Me, my mom, and the girls were in the car headed to Wal-mart. I had a cd in that David burned and it had the Fergie song "Big Girls Dont Cry" on it. So Im singing along and behind me I hear Constance singing it too. So I turned down the radio a little bit to hear her. She knows all the words!!! I could not believe it. I was amazed. She was just singing right along with it, and she has a really good voice for a two year old! I dont play that song that much so Im not sure when she learned it. It was soooo cute. I love it when my kids just suprise me like that with something I had no idea they could do. Its amazing watching them do new things.

3 a.m. Scream Fest!

Ok I know I havent blogged in a few days, as I was kindly told by a friend! lol. So I will blog about our really late night last night. It all started when I put the girls to bed around 8. Then my mom and I sat down to watch Knocked Up. About half way through Ivy woke up, which is normal. I can usually get her right back to sleep. Not this time. Poor baby girl has three teeth coming through all at the same time. We were up til 3 this morning. Constance got up to and was trying to make her sissy feel better. She was rubbing her arm saying "you ok, sweetheart". It was the cutest thing in the world. So finally Ivy just gave up and fell asleep on my lap around 3. I layed her down and got Constance back to bed and then at 7 they were up again for the day. I NEED SLEEP!! Its ok though. Ivy is asleep again right now, and will probably stay that way for a while. I am attempting to get Constance to lay back down and go to sleep on Grandmas bed. At the moment she is in there talking to herself. You know I think she even talks in her sleep. We are in trouble when she is old enough to want a cell phone!! Just to let everyone know David is doing good. Not much going on over there right now which is a good thing. I will keep everyone updated.

Life in Missouri

Well we have been here a little over a week now. Seems like longer! Our lives have totally changed from what they were in Texas. David is not here and wont be for a long time so that have really been a big adjustment for me and the girls as well. A new house to live in. This is a big one for the girls. They are in the same room here. Can we say double trouble! Ivy has not been sleeping good at all. She is waking up a lot at night. Hopefully she can get into a good groove soon. Mommy is becoming very sleep deprived! Both of them have teeth coming in. Yeah! lol. Constance has her four 2 year molars coming through and Ivy has four teeth coming in as well. Thats eight teeth!!! Ive been getting all my scrapbook stuff and pictures organized so hopefully in the next day or two I can get started on that. That is pretty much all that is going on here right now. Missing my hunny and spending time with my girls!

Veterans Day

First of all I want to say Happy Veterans Day to all the men and women out there that fight and have fought for all of our freedom. It is an amazing thing that you all do. This morning at church they honored all the veterans there. They had a slide show and had Davids and Brians pictures up there as well. It was a very emotional day for me. I am so amazingly proud of both of them, I cant even put it into words. I dont know what David is feeling now as he is over there, but I do know for sure it is really hard on us here having him gone. I am having a lot harder time the second time around. We have grown so much as a family and now it seems like we have to put all that on hold. It just gets very hard at times and very lonely, but I must be strong for the girls and especially for my husband. He needs me here to keep everything as normal as I can. Its a big job, but its my job and for that I am proud. If you read this honey I love you and miss you lots. Hugs and kisses from me and the girls! xoxoxoxo.

Halloween!!

Here are pictures of the girls we took on the webcam before we went Trick-or-Treating tonight.  They both had a blast.  Constance loved running around with all the other kids getting her candy.  She wanted to eat it all right then!  We didnt let her, she would never have gone to sleep tonight!  Ivy just enjoyed watching everyone.  It was a fun night for all of us.  We hope everyone else had a fun and safe night as well.  Happy Halloween.

Last Week

Well this is our last week here in Texas. The girls and I head out to Missouri next Sunday. David leaves soon after that. I have mixed feelings about it all. I am terribly sad that David has to go to Iraq again and we cant all be together as a family, but then I am excited to see my family again. There is a lot to do this week so that should keep us pretty busy. And Halloween is on Wednesday!! The girls are going to be so cute. Constance is going to be Tinkerbell. We could not find a good cheap costume for Ivy so we got her an outfit that is black and orange and says Who needs a costume when you are already a princess. Its all sparkly. Very cute. As soon as I get the film developed I will post some pictures of them Trick-or-Treating. I broke the digital camera in july so thats why no one has seen any new pictures of us lately. Hope to get a new one soon though! Well we hope everyone has a fun and safe Halloween.

Pictures

Here are some of our professional pictures we had taken for anyone who has not seen them yet. The weekend after the girls and I get to Missouri I am taking the girls to get their Christmas pictures taken. Im so excited to see how they will turn out. I am hoping they will cooperate and we can get one of them together. We will see.
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We have success!!!

David and I decided to start having the girls sleep in the same room last night. I was very nervous going into it. I was not sure how it was going to work out. Our first attempt at laying them down did not go so well. They were both in there screaming!!! You should have seen me, I was pacing!! So I thought i should get them up for a few minutes to get them calmed down. So we went downstairs for about half an hour and they were playing. When we took them back up there they lay down and went right to sleep!! I was very excited. They will be sharing a room in Missouri so I figured it would be easier for everyone to get them used to being in the same room now then after we get there. I didnt want to add to thier confusion. So night one was good we will see how night two goes!!

Hi Everyone!!

Ok, I was going to wait til I got to Missouri to start this but I am bored so I thought I might as well do it now!! Thanks to my wonderful friend Amy I got interested in doing one of my own. Hopefully after I get to Missouri in about a week and a half I can get some pictures up. Ok here is our update. The girls and I are heading to Missouri on the 4th of November. We are sad to be leaving David but a little while after that he will be headed to Iraq. He will be there for 15 months. If you would like his mailing address there just e-mail me and I will send it to you. I hope all of you enjoy reading our blog! I will try to update it often and let you know how we are doing and what David is up to in Iraq.