Zoo fun!

Today was a very nice day, so we headed to the Waco zoo. The girls had alot of fun, and Constance named all the animals for us. Even a Macaw! She is very much into animals, Ivy on the other hand is more into the running around and trying to climb on everything part! lol Tomorrow is Super Bowl day. Im really not into football, but we are going over to some friends house for the game so that should be fun. Well thats all from our end! Hope everyone has a great weekend!

Hide and Seek

David is playing hide and seek with the girls right now. Ivy just kind of runs around everywhere, she doesnt really get the concept of it yet. Constance on the other hand will hide and then when he goes to look for her he will say "Wheres Constance!" She then replys "Im right here!!!" LOL Its hilarious!!! Its nice to have someone else here to help with the play time. Doing it by yourself all the time gets really tiresome! Earlier I was scrapbooking and he brought the girls in there and they all did thier own scrapbook pages. Ivys consisted of a bunch of glue on her page, and Constances was a fall picture of us when she was little on Christmas paper with Dora spring stickers! Very creative!! I tried to take pics but the batteries in my camera died and they need to be charged. Oh well, maybe next time!

Its cold outside!!!!!

I know Missouri may be a little colder, but its pretty cold here too! Its 32 right now, and we are supposed to get freezing rain all night tonight! Not fun, but David has already gotten out of doing pt in the morning! So hes pretty happy about that!

Just to let you all know, my 200th post is coming up very soon. So watch for it and you might get a special prize!!!!

Lots of Baby Powder!

The girls and I all took a nap today. I am feeling horrible today and think I have a yucky tummy bug. I must have been napping really hard cause I never heard Constance get up. I woke up to the smell of baby powder. I was like hmmmm that smells good, but then I was like why am i smelling baby powder. I then walked into the bathroom to this scene......

I asked her why she did this and her reply was "watch the clouds mom, the go really high!" Children!

She would not keep her eyes open!
Ivy fishing!

my fisherman and fishergirls, and Apollo too!

David and Constance

Apollo

eating his duck!

getting in some good practice

rescuing the cat! lol she escaped into the backyard!

constance fishing

Daddy teaching the girls to fish




This morning David took the girls outside to practice fishing! Constance is pretty good at it, Ivy just likes to play with the pole! lol Apollo had fun playing out there too, and as you see from the pics, the cat wanted in on the action as well! We are planning on going out to the lake this afternoon once it gets a little warmer to fish some more!

sick baby

Last night was a very long night. Ivy woke up around 1:00 am crying. So I went in there thinking she just woke up and needed some lovin so she could go back to sleep. Turns out when I put her on my lap she threw up everywhere. This went on all night long. She went back to sleep for the rest of the night around 4:30. After she went back to sleep the cat and dog were being pains! The cat was meowing and the dog was trying to get on the bed. He tried to jump up there once and ended up jumping on my face. Needless to say, by this point I wasnt too happy! lol Ivy seems to be feeling much better this morning so Im not real sure what that was all about, but boy do I have lots of yucky laundry to do today!

Lost!

Lost starts again in about 30 minutes!!!!! Im so excited!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Apollo!

The four of us! the girls were really hyped up and would not cooperate here! lol
Aunt Rennie, Uncle Kevin, and my mom

Grandma and Ivy

Grandma and Constance

Ok apparently I put this one twice!

David and Apollo!

Funny face!

Constance in her new booster seat! She was very excited about it!

Well, Apollo is now here living with us! We had a nice visit with my mom, Gina, Rachel, Kevin, Rennie, and Chynell. The girls had lots of fun playing with everyone as well! Apollo is doing good here, but we are working on going outside. He doesnt want to be out there alone. Im sure thats because he was used to being around his brothers and sisters all the time, but he needs to learn. We are working on that right now. He is out there but not really liking it! lol

Today, David goes back to work. He doesnt have to go til 11, but I think tomorrow he starts regular hours. So we are all going to have to adjust to the new hours. Weve been having lots of fun the last week, but have not been on any kind of a schedule at all, so it will be nice to get things back to normal! David worked on my scrapbook room some more last night and got all the big stuff where it needs to be. So today all I have to do is organize my stickers, embellisments, ect.... So maybe tonight I can actually do the page! I havent scrapbooked in quite a while so Im itching to get in there!

Im going to try to get back on track with this whole 365 post thing. I got kind of off track once David got home. Its to be expected though! lol So now that he is going back to work i need to get back on track! Here are some pics from our weekend in Oklahoma!

Headed to Oklahoma!

Tomorrow we are headed out early in the a.m. to Oklahoma. We are going to meet my mom, aunt Gina, and cousin Rachel half way from Missouri. They are bringing our puppy, Apollo, to us. We are so excited to finally have him! We went this morning to buy all the stuff we need for him! Lets just say hes already very spoiled! LOL ................ We are also going to be meeting Uncle Kevin, Aunt Rennie, and Chynell there. I am very excited to see them. We havent seen them since our wedding day four and a half years ago, so this is a long awaited visit. I cant wait for them to meet the girls! It should be fun. We are renting a hotel room then coming back on Sunday. Actually we will have two puppies with us. We are picking one up for a friend here, so that should be fun at rest stops! Two kids and two puppies! Should be interesting. Im sure I will have lots of pics to post as soon as we get back! Ok time to go finish packing and getting everything in the car!

Fishing

Richard and RJ
Ivy throwing rocks in the water(maybe thats why they didnt catch anything!)

Constance our little fisher-girl!

Daddy and his girls!

On monday we went fishing with our friends the Schatz's. It was alot of fun. The guys fished with constance and Ivy while Jess and I sat up on the shore with little RJ. Constance amazed us all with her fishing abilites. She can cast the line out and reel it back in all by herself. No one caught any fish, but it was fun amyways. David is taking Constance back on Saturday for a little daddy/daughter outing! He even bought her a pink princess fishing pole! Im making him take the camera! I think Ivy and i will stay here and scrapbook or take naps! Anyways, after fishing we went over to our friends house and bbq'd. We had a nice time. I think next monday we are headed to Waco to the zoo there. The girls should like that! Well, thats all from our end!

He's Home!

The four of us and the Schatz's
David and the girls with the sign we made

Constance with her daddy right after we found him!

formation

Here they come! It was very loud at this point!

So I know I didnt blog yesterday, but it was for obvious reasons! The reunion ceremony was great. The girls and I didnt get there til like half an hour before the guys did. Most wives get there like two hours early, but with it being so late I wanted the girls to sleep as much as possible. Im glad we waited too. We didnt have any trouble finding a seat and they got there right after we did, so we didnt have to wait around forever. The guys walked in to lots of yells and screams. It was very emotional. I couldnt find David at first then I looked right in front of me and there he was the whole time! So as soon as they were released we ran over there and got him! It was almost three in the morning before we even got home! We were all exhausted. Didnt get to bed til after four and of course the girls were up at seven! Ivy and I are still sick. Im hoping we get over is soon, cause its not much fun! Here are a few pictures from the welcome home ceremony!

Today is the day!!!!!!!!!!!

This morning I let the girls decorate thier signs they are going to hold up when we go get David tonight. We were going to do it yesterday but since the time kept getting pushed back I thought today would be a better day, and it would get them really excited to see thier daddy! The welcome home ceremony is scheduled for tomorrow morning at 1:00. We will leave the house here around midnight. Its going to be a late night, but thats fine with me cause my honey will be coming home with us! We have waited for this day for so long now, and now its finally here! I couldnt be any happier!!! I will try to post pictures tomorrow of the ceremony!

new info and pictures

Sign the other ladies and I made. They will see it as they are on the busses going on base from the air port!

sign I made here at home. This one will be in our front yard!

Ok so David just called and thier flight from Kuwait has been delayed again four hours. So he probably wont get home til late tomorrow night. I was afraid of this happening. I just hope the girls do good being up that late. Maybe I can get Ivy to sleep in her stroller while we are there. We will see. I will post a for sure time when I have one!

Footsteps at the Door

Footsteps at the Door

Another sleepless night for me

Alone upon our bed

I see again his every move

And those last words he said.

So proud he looked in uniform

Convinced that he was right

He had to go, for duty called

There was a war to fight.

Those last few days before he left

I hid the pain inside

We talked and loved and even joked

He never knew I cried.

And when the dreaded moment came

He kissed me tenderly

His eyes met mine, and then he said,

"I'll be all right, you'll see."

I tried to smile and nod my head

Afraid to let him see

The terror that I feared if he

Did not come back to me.

His precious children hugged his neck

He told them to be good

And help their mommy out at home

And mind her like they should.

They were too young to realize

That Dad would not be there

To tuck them in their beds at night

Or listen to their prayers.

I see him as he walked away

I tried to say "goodbye"

But words were trapped within my throat

All I could do was cry.

The weeks have stretched now into months

And every night I pray

That God will keep him in his care

And bring him home one day.

I do not moan beneath the load

Of all that I must do

My children will see strength in me

Until this war is through.

At last I drift off into sleep

In dreams I see him more

I turn around and smile to hear

His footsteps at the door.

Restless I sleep, and then I wake

Not opening my eyes

I move my hand to reach for him

But no one near me lies.

I will not give in to despair

With each new day I'll cope

For I know he would want me to

Be brave and live with hope.

I hear the voices loud and strong

Who criticize the war

While yelling men are fools to go

They stay on freedoms shore.

A man who cowers under fear

Will die a thousand deaths

While men like mine for freedom fight

And offer their last breaths.

I hope prehaps in fifty years

When men remember war

They wont forget the wives who dreamed

Of footsteps at the door.

Gwen C. Rollings

Two days and I will hear those footsteps!

What a day!

Well the the girls and I are still sick. Ivy isnt too bad, just a runny nose. Constance and I have the cough and sore throught to go with it. Not fun.

Also we found out that David will be home on Friday now instead of Thursday. They just said there was a 24 hour delay in thier flight. I havent talked to him though since I found this out. Hopefully he can call tomorrow.

I got my Cricut in the mail today! That was the good part about my day! I love the fact that my first project I did with it was making a welcome home sign for David! Made it that much more fun! I will post a picture of it tomorrow. I still need to put the girls handprints on it before its finished. Here is a picture though of my beautiful Cricut!!!

New info

Ok, so David just called from Kuwait! They will not be home friday, they will be home THURSDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Im so excited I can hardly contain myself! He is really excited too. He said now that he is out of Iraq it is much nicer and he can allow himself to get excited. My hubby will be home in 2 1/2 days!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sick

UPDATE: As soon as I posted this Rear Detachment called and confirmed he will for sure be home on the 9th. Its such a relief to finally no for sure!




The girls and I are now sick. So far none of us have fevers so thats good, but we all feel terrible. Lots of sneezing and coughing. It couldnt come at a worse time. I just hope we are feeling better by the day David gets home. Speaking of that, I just checked the website with the flight information on it and they have added an extra flight on the 11th. I really hope David isnt on that flight! Weve waited long enough, I dont feel like waiting another two days! lol Im sure he doesnt either. He should be in Kuwait now. I havent heard from him yet and dont know when I will, but Im sure once I do he will have more information for us. No picture to post today, as we all dont feel good we havent been in the picture kind of mood!

4 days to go!!!!

Only four days at the most to go til David is home! Im starting to get really excited. He is flying to Kuwait our tomorrow morning. I dont know if I will get to talk to him before that or after he gets there. Hopefully after they get there they will be told which flight they will be on and what day they will be home. Right now its up in the air. Anywhere from wednesday to friday. We arent going to get our hopes up though and are keeping our count down for friday. Its so exciting that he will be home by the end of the week though! It almost seems unreal that it is actually here!!! Constance is now understanding how soon Daddy will be home. Here is a picture of her marking off her calander before she went to bed tonight!

bath babies!!!

Ivy was being silly!
Constance blowing bubbles!!

Here are my pics for today!

Dont know still exactly which day he will be home. We may not know til a day or two before, but we are still counting on the 9th. I will post more info as I get it!

365 posts

today- Ivy outside riding her bike!

yesterday- picture of daddy that constance drew. I can see the resemblence!

Im starting a new challenge for myself. Jenny actually gave me the idea. Instead of a 365 scrapbook though Im just going to do it on my blog here. I think it would be neat to see how our family changes just in that little time through pictures everyday. Im posting two today since i didnt actually take any yesterday! So I hope everyone enjoys our 365 pictures! lol I am going to try my hardest to keep up with it too!

Happy New Year!!!!!!

Me and Jess
Jess and RJ

Constance

Ivy Jewel

Me the party animal

Jess and Kayla

Well, first things first, we know a date David will be home. Its the 9th at 2:00. Its great actually knowing a date. Its still 8 days away, so hopefully those days go by very fast for us!!!!!!!! I so cant wait to have him home!!!!!!!!!!

Last night we had alot of fun at our friends house. The three of us are super tired today though. I was hoping they would sleep in just a little this morning, no such luck though! Oh well, we are all going to take good naps after lunch today!!! I hope anyways. Here are a few pics from last night! Hope you all had a great New Years Eve!!!